x86-bootloader
A BIOS bootloader for bare-metal x86 programs, written in 8086 assembly (by Joshua-Riek)
Zero
64 bit bootloader for Cyjon operating system. (by CorruptedByCPU)
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| x86-bootloader | Zero | |
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| 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | 12 | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 1 year ago | about 3 years ago | |
| Assembly | Assembly | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
x86-bootloader
Posts with mentions or reviews of x86-bootloader.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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Just got my bootloader and real mode kernel working on 80s hardware!
I recently got my hands on a IBM PC Convertible (model 5140), rocking an Intel 8088 CPU and 256KB of RAM! I had to get my bootloader and kernel running on this thing, and after a few weeks of fixing up bugs its finally working!!! For those interested on the source code: FAT12/16 Bootloader (github.com) SuccOS: A hobby Operating System (github.com)
Zero
Posts with mentions or reviews of Zero.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-09.
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A piece of advice
Yeah, I had the same few years ago... https://github.com/CorruptedByCPU/Zero
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Cyjon v0.1407
Here is the code of my bootloader: https://github.com/Blackend/Zero/blob/master/zero/graphics.asm
What are some alternatives?
When comparing x86-bootloader and Zero you can also consider the following projects:
FutureDOS - A futuristic DOS
Cyjon - A simple, clean code, multi-tasking kernel written in pure Assembly language for 64-bit processors from the AMD64 family.
sjasmplus - Command-line cross-compiler of assembly language for Z80 CPU.
optromloader - IBM PC/Clone 8086+ floppy-loading of option roms.
Pillman - Pillman boot sector game, a yellow thing eats pills and is chased by monsters.
BTAG - The Better Than Awful GRUB bootloader
BootProg - FAT12/16/32 Bootsector for .COMs/.EXEs
Pure64 - Pure64 is a kernel/software loader for x86-64 systems.
Invaders - Invaders game in 512 bytes (boot sector)