r/osdev

52k members
r/osdev is a subreddit with 52k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses os, kernel, osdev, development, and memory.

Popular Themes in r/osdev

#1
Ideas
: "Operating System Project"
7 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "custom bare metal network and infra management OS i made"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/osdev

#1

Os

: "Now my x86 hobby Os supports tinyGL!!! I can draw anything now :D"
210 posts
#2

Kernel

: "My first time doing OS dev, made my first Kernel and got it to boot and display text gonna give it a shell with some commands next and maybe a gui as I work on this, doing this as 18yo programmer after reading osdev wiki and some guides not a pro at this still learning but it’s progress"
145 posts
#3

Osdev

: "My first time doing OS dev, made my first kernel and got it to boot and display text gonna give it a shell with some commands next and maybe a gui as I work on this, doing this as 18yo programmer after reading Osdev wiki and some guides not a pro at this still learning but it’s progress"
49 posts
#4

Development

: "Development was fun until drivers"
25 posts
#5

Memory

21 posts
#6

C

20 posts
#7

Bootloader

17 posts
#8

Os Dev

16 posts
#9

Programming

16 posts
#10

Assembly

15 posts

Member Growth in r/osdev

Yearly
+18k members(50.9%)

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Last updated: June 11, 2026