bootgpt
A language model that lives in a boot sector
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bootgpt launched on 31 October 2026. It ranked #18 on Daily Launch on 1 November 2026 with a Launch Score of 58, from 77 points on Show HN. It was new in the ranking that day.
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What is bootgpt?
The MBR is 512 bytes of hand written asm. It loads an 11.5 KB int8 model from the next 23 sectors and runs it in 16-bit real mode on a 386. No OS, no C runtime, nothing. The machine wakes up and dreams a Linux boot log: timestamps, PCI bars, ACPI events for hardware that never existed.
From its README on GitHub
bootgpt is a launch on Show HN. It is written in Python and released under the MIT license.
Launch timeline
Launch Score, last 7 days
Ranked on one day so far: 58 of 100 on 1 November.