# Collapse OS

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Collapse OS and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a free, plausible project for computing after societal collapse; one critic calls its approach unrealistic.

## Why people recommend it

- Reasoning seen as plausible (1 comments): "their reasoning for existing seems much more plausible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974518))
- Fits low-tech collapse computing discussions (1 comments): "You should look into https://collapseos.org/ along those lines." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263657))
- Seen as adding distinct value (1 comments): "The additional value in Collapse OS is that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47109878))
- Admired as a cool project (1 comments): "we have cool projects like CollapseOS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47877329))

## What people warn about

- Approach seen as unrealistic (1 comments): "I find the CollapseOS approach unrealistic and somewhat self-indulgent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104385))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [webOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/webos.md): 20 recommend
- [AsteroidOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/asteroidos-2-0.md): 19 recommend
- [Minix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minix.md): 15 recommend
- [Inferno operating system](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inferno.md): 12 recommend
- [Visopsys](https://hackerapproved.com/p/visopsys.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Collapse OS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/collapse-os/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).