What is BleskOS?

BleskOS is an 32-bit alternative operating system written from scratch. It has very low hardware requirements, it is small and fast. The main goal of BleskOS is to provide a system that can bring new life to old and even very old (like 20 years) computers. And we also want to provide system that is just good for user – it do not freeze, it do not “do what it want”, instead it do exactly what you want from it.

How does it look like?

Where is desktop, windows and all that stuff?

BleskOS uses different approach to graphical user interface than mainstream operating systems. Instead of clicking between one hundred windows on monitor, all programs are opened on full screen. What you see on image up here is main window, from where you can go anywhere you want to. It is kind of similar to approach of Android or IOS. We believe this concept is superior to traditional concept of windows.

Sounds interesting, how can I try it?

Download latest version from Download page, and follow instructions on https://github.com/VendelinSlezak/BleskOS?tab=readme-ov-file#how-to-try-bleskos.

Will this also run on real hardware?

Absolutely! Every version of BleskOS is tested on multiple real computers.

What hardware does BleskOS support?

You can take a look at https://github.com/VendelinSlezak/BleskOS?tab=readme-ov-file#bleskos-development-state BleskOS is in active development, so list continually grows.

What files can BleskOS open?

TXT, DOCX, ODT, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, QOI, MP3, WAV, CDDA, HTML. Because BleskOS is in development, some of these formats are implemented only on very simple level.

Can I take a look on source code?

Yes. BleskOS is open-source project with MIT license, publicly available on github: https://github.com/VendelinSlezak/BleskOS Vast majority of code is written in C, so every programmer should be able to understand it.

I like this project, how can I help you?

• Give us a star and watch github repository to be notified about updates
• If you will find some bugs, report them in Issues
• Try BleskOS on some real computer and let us know how it worked in Discussions We would greatly appreciate if you would also add content of System log (Main window>[F1] System board>[L] System log>[F2] Backup the log).
• If you really like this project, you can support it on buymeacoffee.com by buying me some coffee