https://github.com/corbindavenport/cobalt

Lightweight operating system based on FreeDOS
https://github.com/corbindavenport/cobalt

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Lightweight operating system based on FreeDOS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/corbindavenport/cobalt
• Owner: corbindavenport
• License: gpl-3.0
• Archived: true
• Created: 2022-01-07T21:57:40.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-24T05:55:31.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-05T18:30:24.361Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: dos, freedos, freedos-kernel, ms-dos, msdos, operating-system, operating-systems, operatingsystem, x86
• Language: Batchfile
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.64 MB
• Stars: 20
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
![Cobalt setup screen and startup](https://i.imgur.com/a4j7tB8.png)

Cobalt is a lightweight operating system based on [FreeDOS](https://freedos.org/), which aims to make DOS more accessible and easier to use on modern hardware and virtual machines. Cobalt is still _very_ early in development.

### Features

- FreeDOS Kernel Build 2040 (FreeDOS v1.1) and FreeCom 0.85a command line

- Excellent compatibility with DOS applications and games

- Bootable CD with easy-to-use installer

- Weekly experimental builds with latest packages from FreeDOS repositories

See the [GitHub issues list](https://github.com/corbindavenport/cobalt/issues) for planned features. The download link for the latest release is available below, and you can also try a [nightly build](https://github.com/corbindavenport/cobalt/releases/tag/nightly).

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**[Download Cobalt](https://github.com/corbindavenport/cobalt/releases/latest)** // **[Discussion Board](https://github.com/corbindavenport/cobalt/discussions)** // **[Join Discord](https://discord.gg/59wfy5cNHw)**

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The Cobalt distribution is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3, but Cobalt also contains binaries from the [FreeDOS Project](https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.3/pkg-html/index.html) that may be under different source licenses. If you would like to financially support Cobalt, please consider [donating to the FreeDOS Project](https://patreon.com/freedos), since nearly all the software included in Cobalt is developed and/or packaged by FreeDOS developers.