AROS
Shares rank 55 of 87 operating systems by recommenders
Free, open-source operating system compatible with AmigaOS, seen as promising and worth developing. Critics agree it lacks a usable modern web browser and is a chore to set up.
Free, open-source operating system compatible with AmigaOS, seen as promising and worth developing. Critics agree it lacks a usable modern web browser and is a chore to set up.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Open-source AmigaOS-compatible operating system
“AROS providing implementations of all the important parts of AmigaOS”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “The virtual AmigaOS runtime (a.k.a. Wine for Amiga:)” “There is an open source version, named AROS, which you can use.”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “The virtual AmigaOS runtime (a.k.a. Wine for Amiga:)” “what Aros m68k is doing with the Amiga”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “I Ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii” - Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16”
Seen as promising and worth developing
“had the resources been spent on AROS instead, we'd have a usable modern ecosystem by now”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “The Next-Gen Mainboard Designed with AmigaOS4 and MorphOS in Mind” “I wonder what if all that time, money and effort went into say AROS and/or emulation.”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “The Next-Gen Mainboard Designed with AmigaOS4 and MorphOS in Mind” “It's a remarkable little OS, and it does have potential.”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “Amiga-Inspired AROS Goes Bare Metal on Raspberry Pi”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Lacks a usable modern web browser
“the lack of a decent web browser is a pretty hard limiter in 2026”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “Native Amiga Filesystems on macOS / Linux / Windows with FUSE” “It lacks a usable browser for todays websites.”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “July 23 1985, Commodore introduced its Amiga 1000: 10 years ahead of its time” Chore to set up
“it's always a bit of a chore to set up a system for it”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “Amiga-Inspired AROS Goes Bare Metal on Raspberry Pi”
Other operating systems people recommend
The four most recommended other operating systems, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 87 operating systems, rankedWhat people said
12 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's always a bit of a chore to set up a system for it”
“It's a remarkable little OS, and it does have potential.”
“It lacks a usable browser for todays websites.”
“AROS would be the closest thing.”
“E.g. AROS One (a distribution)”
“what Aros m68k is doing with the Amiga”
“AROS runs well hosted on Linux.”
“AROS providing implementations of all the important parts of AmigaOS”
“There is an open source version, named AROS, which you can use.”
“the lack of a decent web browser is a pretty hard limiter in 2026”
“had the resources been spent on AROS instead, we'd have a usable modern ecosystem by now”
“I wonder what if all that time, money and effort went into say AROS and/or emulation.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.