pluto

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  • Pluto – An x86 (Ring 0, Protected Mode) kernel written in Zig
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Jun 2026
    I like the following x86 assembly real-mode to protected-mode bootloader a lot! (Taking a quick glance, it seems to be very well written and robust -- at least as far as "old-skool" (should run on ancient PC's back to 386's!) FAT, non-UEFI, x86 assembly bootloaders go...)

    https://github.com/ZystemOS/pluto/tree/develop/src/bootloade...

  • Which do you prefer?
    2 projects | /r/osdev | 11 Jul 2023
    Zig all the way. It's support for lots of architectures out of the box without needing to cross compile is so good for porting your kernel. Allocators and not having to write a whole new std library for your OS is also a major plus. There are lots more ebenfots that would take too long to list here. For an example Zig kernel, check out mine at https://github.com/ZystemOS/pluto (OS name is WIP).

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