Visopsys
Shares rank 55 of 87 operating systems by recommenders
A free hobby operating system built by a single developer since 1997, praised as an impressive passion project for learning how an OS works. Critics say it is not practical for everyday use.
A free hobby operating system built by a single developer since 1997, praised as an impressive passion project for learning how an OS works. Critics say it is not practical for everyday use.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 69%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not 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
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Impressive that one person built it
“I find it extremely fascinating that somebody is able to create entire operating system”
Comment from 2 Nov 2025 in “Visopsys: OS maintained by a single developer since 1997” “The most impressive thing is being on 0.9 after nearly 30 years”
Comment from 1 Nov 2025 in “Visopsys: OS maintained by a single developer since 1997” “I thought it was pretty genius at the time”
Comment from 2 Nov 2025 in “Visopsys: OS maintained by a single developer since 1997” Seen as a passion project
“I see this as a passion project, and I think it's really cool.”
Comment from 2 Nov 2025 in “Visopsys: OS maintained by a single developer since 1997” “real passion and love for coding”
Comment from 2 Nov 2025 in “Visopsys: OS maintained by a single developer since 1997”
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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 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I am amazed they got that far without having support for an UART.”
“real passion and love for coding”
“It was fun to play around with and learnt how things work at deep OS level.”
“I thought it was pretty genius at the time”
“this is not useful as a daily driver at all”
“this Visopsys will almost certainly never be able to run a mainstream browser”
“I see this as a passion project, and I think it's really cool.”
“I find it extremely fascinating that somebody is able to create entire operating system”
“This doesn't look very usable at all by someone who isn't basically a computer nerd.”
“Very impressed by the screenshots in the website.”
“actually looks usable as a daily driver if your needs are basic”
“The most impressive thing is being on 0.9 after nearly 30 years”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.