Relive vintage operating systems right on your desktop
Over 1,700 pre-installed operating systems spanning 1948 to today, in a single Linux VM. Bundled QEMU, VirtualBox, and UTM. One-click launchers for Windows and Linux.
Andrew spent over 20 years collecting and configuring more than 1,700 operating system installations, from 1948’s Manchester Baby to early mobile OSes, and packaged them into one ready-to-run VM.
It’s genuinely impressive how much obscure and historically important software is made runnable here. At a time when a lot of what we interact with is generated and smoothed over, there’s a certain appeal in being able to touch these older, rougher systems directly :)
About The Virtual OS Museum on Product Hunt
“Relive vintage operating systems right on your desktop”
The Virtual OS Museum launched on Product Hunt on June 8th, 2026 and earned 161 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #5 on the daily leaderboard. Over 1,700 pre-installed operating systems spanning 1948 to today, in a single Linux VM. Bundled QEMU, VirtualBox, and UTM. One-click launchers for Windows and Linux.
On the analytics side, The Virtual OS Museum competes within Open Source and Software Engineering — topics that collectively have 111k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how The Virtual OS Museum performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted The Virtual OS Museum?
The Virtual OS Museum was hunted by Zac Zuo. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of The Virtual OS Museum including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Zac Zuo
Hi everyone!
Andrew spent over 20 years collecting and configuring more than 1,700 operating system installations, from 1948’s Manchester Baby to early mobile OSes, and packaged them into one ready-to-run VM.
It’s genuinely impressive how much obscure and historically important software is made runnable here. At a time when a lot of what we interact with is generated and smoothed over, there’s a certain appeal in being able to touch these older, rougher systems directly :)