Case study

ReactOS: a Windows NT-compatible operating system

Builds an open operating system intended to run applications and drivers written for the Windows NT family. The README focuses compatibility work on Windows Server 2003 and installs onto a FAT16 or FAT32 boot partition.

Targets: App · Binary
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-10-22

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Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

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Requirements & limits

Installation requires a FAT16 or FAT32 active boot partition. The README focuses compatibility work on Windows Server 2003 and links release 0.4.16.
Project code is GPL-2.0. Rights to Windows remain with its owner.

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BibTeX

@misc{reactos-nt-compatible-case,
  title = {{ReactOS: a Windows NT-compatible operating system}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/reactos/reactos}},
  url = {https://github.com/reactos/reactos},
  urldate = {2026-10-22},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/reactos-nt-compatible-case/}}
}

Plain text

ReactOS: a Windows NT-compatible operating system. https://github.com/reactos/reactos (accessed 2026-10-22). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/reactos-nt-compatible-case/

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README.md GitHub · reactos/reactos · Revision fae4549
COPYING GitHub · reactos/reactos · Revision fae4549