--- title: HamsterOS lets you run a full GUI OS off a 1.44MB floppy... description: HamsterOS is a 32-bit GUI operating system that fits entirely on a 1.44MB floppy disk, targeting vintage i386/486 hardware. Written in Assembly and booted via... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hamsteros-lets-you-run-a-full-gui-os-off-a-1-44mb-floppy-disk-sdodpjczw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HamsterOS lets you run a full GUI OS off a 1.44MB floppy disk | daily.dev og:description: HamsterOS is a 32-bit GUI operating system that fits entirely on a 1.44MB floppy disk, targeting vintage i386/486 hardware. Written in Assembly and booted via... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hamsteros-lets-you-run-a-full-gui-os-off-a-1-44mb-floppy-disk-sdodpjczw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sDOdPJCzw.png og:image:alt: HamsterOS lets you run a full GUI OS off a 1.44MB floppy disk og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HamsterOS lets you run a full GUI OS off a 1.44MB floppy disk **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary HamsterOS is a 32-bit GUI operating system that fits entirely on a 1.44MB floppy disk, targeting vintage i386/486 hardware. Written in Assembly and booted via a trimmed FreeDOS wrapper with HAMLOAD.EXE, it runs a real windowed desktop environment. It supports hard-disk installation while preserving a DOS partition. A public release is planned for November 2026, and will include a desktop shell, apps, and games. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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