FUZIX
Shares rank 77 of 87 operating systems by recommenders
A free Unix-like operating system for small cheap boards that people find fun to explore. The most common caveats are poor documentation and spotty hardware support.
A free Unix-like operating system for small cheap boards that people find fun to explore. The most common caveats are poor documentation and spotty hardware support.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Documentation is poor
“The documentation is terrible”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Fuzix OS” Hardware support is unreliable
“Works on the RISC-V 32-bit processor, sometimes.”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “Muxcard, a dyi credit card size computer”
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See all 87 operating systems, rankedWhat people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Works on the RISC-V 32-bit processor, sometimes.”
“you'll have a blast and you'll also wonder how to do many things”
“The documentation is terrible”
“Alan's currently putting most of his energy into the compiler.”
“is terrible as it does not even try to explain what FUZIX even IS”
“Only via (USB) serial so far, but that works for me.”
“Very cool, happy to find out about Fuzix running on these dirt cheap SoCs”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.