About Boot
Boot is a YSWS (You Ship We Ship) where teens from around the world come together to build their own operating systems — from the ground up or from something already great.
Whether you're going completely custom with LFS or Buildroot, or remixing a distro like Ubuntu into something entirely your own, the choice is yours.
Throughout the event, participants will make, test, and vote on each other's OSes. Sweet prizes await!
When: 12/01/25 04/01/26
Platform: Virtual
Age: 13-18 years
Cost: Free!
What Counts as an OS?
From Scratch
Build your OS from the ground up, not based on any other OS (May still use other libraries, etc)Base it off
Make an OS based off an existing OS (Debian, Fedora, Arch, RPi OS, Ubuntu, etc) and make it your own! New to OS development? No problem! We'll provide guides (WIP).
Support Boot
Help us create an amazing YSWS
Donations Help Fund
Prizes & Awards
Hardware and other prizes for participants to reward creativity and innovation in OS development
Infrastructure
Cloud VMs, servers, and resources to keep Boot running smoothly for all participants