https://eylenburg.github.io/os_familytree.htm Maps and Tables by Alphonse Eylenburg eylenburg.github.io - Back to Homepage and Sitemap Operating Systems: Timeline and Family Tree Includes over 830 operating systems so far Last updated: June 2021 To do: explain colours in picture, add a conclusion In this post you'll find a family tree and timeline of operating systems. I have tried to include all operating systems, no matter how old or obscure. Of course, a complete list is virtually impossible, as there is no way to catalogue all the tiny hobby and embedded systems that may exist somewhere. Please also note that I only included a few selected Linux/BSD/ Solaris distributions (it is arguable whether these should count as an OS on their own or not). Currently, the family tree includes between 800 and 900 different operating systems. Tip: use Ctrl+F (Cmd+F on Mac) to search for a system. Click here to open the picture in a new tab If anyone would like to make corrections, please feel tell me. The operating system in this picture include: (only original/first names, later renamings are shown in the graph but not in the list) * Unix + 3BSD + 4.4BSD + A/UX [Apple] + AIX [IBM] + Amiga Unix [Amiga] + AOS [IBM] + Atari Unix [Atari] + audioOS [Apple] + BKUNIX + BRL Unix + BSD + BSD Net/1 [Acorn] + BSD Net/2 + BSD/OS + CB UNIX + CellOS [Sony Playstation 3] + Concentrix [Alliant] + ConvexOS [Convex] + COSIX [CS&S] + CTIX [Convergent] + CXOs [Cray] + Darwin [Apple] + DC/OSx [Pyramid] + DEC OSF/1 [DEC] + Dell Unix [Dell] + DG/UX [Data General] + DragonFlyBSD + Dynix [Sequent Computer Systems] + Eurix/Generics Unix [Generics] + FreeBSD + Genix [National Semiconductor] + GhostBSD + GNU/Hurd + HeliOS [Perihelion] + HEP-UPX [Denelcor] + Hitachi OSF/1-MJ [Hitachi] + HI-UX [Hitachi] + HP OSF/1 [HP] + HPBSD [HP] + HP-UX [HP] + Idris [Whitesmiths] + Illumos + iOS [Apple] + IRIS GL2 [SGI] + IRIX [SGI] + IS/1 [Interactive] + JunOS [Juniper] + Lites + LSX + Mac OS X Server 10 [Apple] + Mach (kernel) + Mach386 [mt Xinu] + MachTen [Tenon] + MacMach + macOS X [Apple] + MAXION/OS [Concurrent] + MERT + Micronix [Morrow] + Microport Unix + MidnightBSD + Mini Unix + MkLinux + Monterey + more/BSD [mt Xinu] + MP-RAS Unix [NCR] + Munix [Generics] + NDIX [Norsk Data] + NetBSD + News-OS [Sony] + NeXTSTEP [NeXT Computer] + NonStop-UX [HP] + OpenBSD + OpenDarwin + OpenIndiana + OpenSolaris + OS/MP [Solbourne] + OSF/1 + OSF/1 AD [Locus Computing] + Paragon OSF/1 [Paragon] + PC-BSD [iXsystems] + PC-IX [Interactive Systems Corp] + PWB/Unix + Real Time UNIX [Concurrent] + RetroBSD + Rhapsody + RISC Unix [Acorn] + RISC/OS [MIPS] + RT PC AOS [IBM] + Sinix [Siemens] + SmartOS + Solaris [Sun] + SPIX [Bull Computers] + SPP-UX [Convex] + SunOS [Sun] + SUPER-UX [NEC] + TI System V [Texas Instruments] + TNIX [Tektronix] + Trusted IRIX/B [SGI] + Trusted Solaris [Sun] + Trusted Xenix [SCO] + TS + tvOS [Apple] + UCLA Locus + UCLA Secure Unix + Ultrix 32M [DEC] + UMAX 4.3 [Encore] + Unicos MAX [Cray] + Unicos/mk [Cray] + Unicos/mp [Cray] + UNICS [AT&T/Bell Labs] + UniPlus System V [UniSoft] + UNIX 32V + UNIX System III [AT&T] + Unix/NS [NCR] + UNSW + Unleashed + USG + UTEK [Tektronix] + UTS [Amdahl] + UTS/M [Fujitsu] + UTX/32(S) [Gould] + UXP/DS [Fujitsu] + V/386 + V7M [DEC] + Venix [VenturCom] + watchOS [Apple] + WEGA [East Germany] + Xenix [Microsoft] + xMach * Unixoid but not genetic Unix + 9atom + 9front + ABCenix [Luxor] + AFROS (based on EmuTOS) + ANALIX + BlackBerry 10 [BlackBerry] + Blackberry PlayBook OS [RIM] + C Executive [JMI Software] + Chorus [Chorus Systemes] + Coherent [MWC] + Cromix [Cromemco] + Data ONTAP [NetApp] + DCC-IX + Digix [Digirede] + DNIX [Dataindustrier] + Domain/OS [Apollo] + DRM System [NV Philips] + EDIX + Escape + GNO/ME [Procyon] + Harvey OS + Inferno + IOS-XR [Cisco] + LUnix + LynxOS + MeikOS [Meiko Scientific] + MERLIN [Silicon Valley Software] + MINIX + Minix-VMD + MiNT/MultiTOS + MSS + Mulplix + Multics + NachOS + Oasis [Phase One Systems] + Onyx + OS 9 [Microware] + OSv [Clodius Systems] + Pintos + Plan 9 [AT&T/Bell Labs] + Plurix + Punix + QNX Neutrino [QNX Software] + QUNIX [QNX Software] + REAL + Redox OS + SeaOS + SerenityOS + SIDIX + Sortix + SOX [Cobra Tecnologia] + Sprite + System/88 OS [IBM] + TC/IX [Control Data] + Thix + Thoroughbred/OS [Omega] + TUNIS + UNOS [Charles River Data Systems] + USIX [System Six] + UZIX + VirtualLogix C5 [Jaluna] + VMEexec [Motorola] + VOS [Stratus Technologies] + VSTa + XDI [Crescendo Communications] + Xinu + Unixoid system based on DOS-like systems o INOS [Introl] o PCUNIX/PCNX [Wendin] o UniFLEX [TSC] + Linux o o Android [Google] o Arch Linux o Bada [Samsung] o CentOS o ChromeOS [Google] o CyanogenMod o Debian GNU/Linux o Enoch Linux o Fedora Core o Firefox OS [Mozilla] o KaiOS [KaiOS Technologies] o KDE Neon o Linux Mint o Mageia Linux o Mandrake Linux [MandrakeSoft] o MeeGo o mer o My Home Screen [Panasonic] o OS2005 [Nokia] o Palm webOS [Palm] o PCLinuxOS o Red Hat Linux [Red Hat] o Sailfish OS [Jolla] o Slackware Linux o SuSE Linux [SuSE] o SUSE Linux Enterprise [SuSE] o Tizen [Samsung] o Ubuntu [Canonical] o Ubuntu Touch [Canonical] * Non-Unix systems that were superseded by a unixoid version with the same name + BlackBerry OS [RIM] + System [Apple] * CP/M-like + 4860 OS [IBM] + Apple CP/M [Apple] + BCU880 [Robotron] + CCI Multiuser DOS [Concurrent Controls] + Compaq DOS [Compaq] + Concurrent CP/M-68k [Digital Research] + Concurrent CPM-80 [Digital Research] + COS-PSA [Robotron] + CP/A [Robotron] + CP/K [Robotron] + CP/KC [Robotron] + CP/L [Robotron] + CP/M [Digital Research] + CP/M 80 [Digital Research] + CP/Z [Robotron] + CPM-FDE [Robotron] + CSOC [Robotron] + CSOS [Robotron] + DAC [Robotron] + DataPac Multiuser DOS [DataPac] + DCP [Robotron] + DIP DOS [Atari] + doesmu + DOS Plus [Digital Research] + DOS-PSA [Robotron] + DR PalmDOS [Digital Research] + DR-DOS/OpenDOS [Digital Research] + FlexOS [Digital Research] + IMS Multiuser DOS + K8918-OS [Robotron] + MFA-CPA [Robotron] + MicroDOS [Robotron] + MicroOS + MP/M-80 [Digital Research] + MP/M-86 [Digital Research] + MS-DOS [Microsoft] + MSX-DOS [Microsoft] + OS/M [Robotron] + PD-DOS + QDOS/86-DOS [SCP] + S5-DOS/MT [Siemens] + SCP [Robotron] + SCP/M [Robotron] + SCP-IBE [Robotron] + TOS/M [Robotron] + Towns OS [Fujitsu] + Wendin-DOS [Wendin] + XDOS + Z-DOS [Microsoft] * Other DOS systems + Altair DOS [MITS] + AMSDOS [Amstrad] + ANDOS + AOS [Data General] + AOS/RT32 [Data General] + AOS/VS [Data General] + AOS/VS II [Data General] + Apple DOS [Apple] + Apple SOS [Apple] + Atari DOS [Atari] + Batch-11/DOS-11 [DEC] + BonnyDOS/286 + CDOS [Cromemco] + CMB DOS [Commodore] + CSI-DOS + DG SOS [Data General] + DOS XL [Optimized Systems] + Embedded DOS [General Software] + GDOS [Miles Gordon Technology] + GS/OS [Apple] + HDOS [Heath Company] + ICOS + IS-DOS + MDOS/MIDAS [Microsoft] + MiniDOS + MK-DOS + MP/AOS [Data General] + MP/OS [Data General] + NewDOS/80 [Apparat] + Oric DOS [Tangerine] + Paragon DOS [Paragon] + PC-MOS/386 [Software Link] + ProDOS [Apple] + PTS-DOS [PhysTechSoft] + ROM-DOS [Datalight] + RxDOS + Sinclair QDOS + SMSQ/E + SpartaDOS X [ICD Inc] + SSB-DOS (Smoke Signal DOS) [TSC] + SuperDOS + TASiS + TR-DOS [Technology Research] + TRSDOS [Tandy] + TurboDOS [Software 2000] * RSX-11 or VMS-like + ArcaOS + DOS/RV (OCPBM) [Soviet Union] + eComStation [Serenity Systems] + FreeVMS + IAS [DEC] + Micro/RSX [DEC] + MicroVMS [DEC] + MOOS [Robotron] + OMOS [Robotron] + OS/2 [IBM/Microsoft] + OS/RW [Soviet Union] + osFree + PCVMS [Wendin] + ReactOS + RSX-11M [DEC] + RSX-11M+ [DEC] + RSX-11S [DEC] + RSX-15 [DEC] + RSX180 + RSX-20F [DEC] + SM-EVM [Soviet Union] + VAX-11/VMS [DEC] + VAXELN [DEC] + Windows 10 Mobile [Microsoft] + Windows NT 3.x [Microsoft] and successor (up to Windows 10 today) + Windows Phone 8 [Microsoft] + Windows RT [Microsoft] * Other Microsoft systems + Midori + Pocket PC and Windows Mobile + Singularity + Windows CE + Windows Phone 7 * AmigaOS-like + AROS + AspireOS + AtheOS + CDTV + BeOS [Be Inc] + MorphOS + NewOS + OpenBeOS + PhOS/PhosphurOS + pOS [ProDAD] + TripOS [Commodore] + VMWAros * RISC OS-like + Arthur [Acorn] + NCOS [Element 15] + RISC OS * Systems for IBM mainframes, by IBM + BOS/360 [IBM] + BSEPP (VM/BSE) [IBM] + CP/CMS [IBM] + CP-50/CP-67 [IBM] + CPF [IBM] + CTSS [IBM] + Fortran Monitor System (FMS) [IBM] + IBM 1410/7010 OS [IBM] + IBSYS [IBM] + IM/370 [IBM] + OS/400 [IBM] + OS/MVT [IBM] + OS/PCP [IBM] + SABER [IBM] + SABRE [IBM] + SEPP (VM/SE) [IBM] + SRTOS [IBM] + SSP [IBM] + TOS/360 [IBM] + TSS/360 [IBM] + VM/CMS [IBM] + VM/IS + VM/IX [Interactive/IBM] + VP/CSS [IBM] * Systems for IBM mainframes, not by IBM + BOS [Fujitsu] + BS3000 [Siemens] + DOS/ES [Robotron] + Edos [TSCS] + OS ES [Soviet Union] + OSIV/ESPIII [Fujitsu] + OSIV/F2 [Fujitsu] + OSIV/F4 [Fujitsu] + OSIV/X8 [Fujitsu] + OSIV/XSP [Fujitsu] + VOS2 [Hitachi] * L4 microkernel family + CodeZero + E1 Distributed OS + Fiasco + Fiasco.OC/L4Re + Gnuppix GNU/Hurd-L4 + Iguana/Wombat OS + L2/Eumel + L4/Alpha + L4/MIPS + L4Ka::Pistachio (X.2) + NICTA::L4-embedded + NOVA + OKL4 + Osker + P4 + REX OS + seL4 + TUD:OS + WrmOS * OSEK-compliant systems + ERIKA Enterprise + ERCOS [ETAS] + osCAN [Vector Informatik] + MICROSAR OS [Vector Informatik] + ProOSEK [3SOFT/Elektrobit] + ProOSEK/time [3SOFT Elektrobit] + RTA-OSEK [ETAS] + RTA-OS [ETAS] + tresos [3SOFT/Elektrobit] + TTP-OS [TTTech] + Arctic Core + FreeOSEK + nxtOSEK + ev3OSEK + openOSEK + TOPPERS-OSEK + Trampoline + OSEKturbo [Metrowerks] + Trioz OSEK RTOS [Trioztech] + PICOS18 [Pragmatic] + mKernel * Other systems and small families that don't fit in any of the other categories + (Open)Genera [Genera] + 3DS system software [Nintendo] + A/ROSE [Apple] + Accent (kernel) + Admiral + AL/1 + Aleph (kernel) + AlliedWare [Allies Telesis] + AMBOSS [Siemens] + AMIGOD + Amoeba + AMOS [Alpha Microsystems] + AMOS 32 [Alpha Microsystems] + AMOS/L [Alpha Microsystems] + AN/FSQ-32 + AOS [Burroughs] + Apache Mynewt + Apple II Pascal [Apple] + ARX [Acorn] + Atari TOS [Atari] + Atlas I Supervisor + AuraOS + AVM/EF [Fujitsu] + B1/B2/B3/B4 [NCR] + Baget RTOS (OS2000) + Banyan VINES [Banyan Systems] + BareMetal [Return Infinity] + Barrelfish [Microsoft] + Basic Executive System + Berkeley Timesharing System + BESYS [Bell Labs/AT&T] + BKY + BLIS/COBOL [Information Processing Inc] + Bluebottle + BOS1810 [Robotron] + brickOS + BROS [Robotron] + BS2000 [Siemens] + BS600 [Robotron] + BS-M [Siemens] + CAL + Cambridge CAP OS + Cambridge Ring + CapROS + CAPS-11 [DEC] + CAPS-8 [DEC] + CCOS [Corvus Systems] + ChibiOS/RT + Chios + Chippewa Operating System [Cray] + ChrysaLisp + clix OS [iriver] + CNK OS [IBM] + Color BASIC [Microsoft] + CombOS [Trueb AG/Winter AG] + Contiki + Copland [Apple] + COQOS [OpenSynergy] + COS-310/350 [DEC] + Cosmos + Coyotos + CP-6 [Honeywell] + CPC-OS [Amstrad] + CPS (IBM Series/1) [IBM] + Cray Operating System [Cray] + Croquet + CSIRONET + CTOS [Convergent Technologies] + Dartmouth Time Sharing System (DTSS) + David [Microware] + DawnOS + DECtape Library System [DEC] + Deos [DDC-I] + DexOS + DIPOS [Nixdorf] + DiscOS + DMS (IBM 1130) [IBM] + DMS (IBM Series/3) [IBM] + DNOS [Dell] + DNOS [Texas Instruments] + DPCX (IBM 8100) [IBM] + DPPX (IBM 8100) [IBM] + Dragon Slayer + DRYOS [Canon] + DSi system software [Nintendo] + DSPnano RTOS [RowerBots] + DX10 [Texas Instruments] + DYSEAC + eCos + EDX (IBM Series/1) [IBM] + EIEX [Robotron] + Elbrus-1 + EMAS + embOS [Segger] + EmuTOS + Enterprise OS [McDATA] + EOS [ETA Systems] + es [Nintendo] + ETOS + EUROS RTOS [EUROS] + EXEC [Unisys] + Exec 8 [Unisys] + Executive [ICL] + ExtremeWare [Extreme Networks] + Fabric OS [Brocade] + Fontac Monitor [Fujitsu] + FreeRTOS + Fuchsia [Google] + Future OS + Galileo [Acorn] + GAMMA-11 [DEC] + GECOS/GCOS [General Electric] + GeekOS + Genode + GEORGE [ICL] + GEOS [Berkeley Softworks] + Ghost OS + GMOS [General Motors] + Gnosis + Harmony OS [Huawei] + HeartOS [DDC-I] + HelenOS + HEP/OS [Denelcor] + House + HP-1000/RTE [HP] + HT-11 [Heathkit] + Hurricane + HYDRA + IDA + IJMON [IBM] + ILIOS + IMOS [NCR] + INTEGRITY [Green Hills Software] + INTEGRITY-178B [Green Hills Software] + Interim OS + IOS [Cisco] + IronWare [Foundry Networks] + IS/M [Robotron] + ISIS [Intel] + ITOS [CTM Computer] + ITS + J Operating System/LoseThos + J/MultiJob [ICL] + JAMB [Robotron] + JavaOS [Sun Microsystems] + JNode + JX + K42 [IBM] + KDF9 Timesharing Director [English Electric] + KERNAL [Commodore] + KI-TELNEX + Kitten [Sandia] + KMON + Knight OS + KOBRA [Robotron] + KolibriOS + KRONOS [Control Data] + LAP6-DIAL + LCOS [Lancom Systems] + leJOS + LEO I OS [J. Lyons and Co.] + Lisa OS [Apple] + LOS + LSE/OS + Lua RTOS + MACE [Control Data] + Machine Operating System (MOS) [Acorn] + Magic Cap [General Magic] + MAI Basic Four + MaRTE OS + MARTOS [AEG] + MARTOS-K [AEG] + MCP [Burroughs] + MDOS [Micropolis] + Meetix OS + MenuetOS + MEOS [Robotron] + Michigan Terminal System (MTS) + Micro/RSTS [DEC] + MicroC/OS [Micrium] + MicroMore [Access] + MicroMPX [Encore] + micro-velOSity [Green Hills Software] + MikeOS + MonaOS + MPE-A [HP] + MPX (IBM 1800) [IBM] + MPX-32 [Systems Engineering Labs] + MS/8 [DEC]] + MULTI-8 [DEC] + MULTOS [DEC] + MultOS/8 [DEC] + MUMPS + MUSIC/SP + MZOS [Micropolis] + Nanos + Nemesis + Netware [Novell] + Newton OS [Apple] + NitrOS-9 + NLTSS + NonStop [Tandem] + NOS [Control Data] + Nucleus RTOS [Accelerated] + Nut/OS + Oberon + Octa OS + On Time RTOS-32 [On Time Informatik] + OpenCatamount [Sandia] + OpenComRTOS/Virtuoso Next [Altreonic] + OpenRTOS [Wittenstein] + ORVYL + OS/78 [DEC] + OS-9 RTOS [Microware] + OS-9000 [Microware] + OSC245 [Ferranti] + OSD/BC [Fujitsu] + OSD/XC [Fujitsu] + OSE & OS80 [ENEA AB] + Palm OS [Palm] + PANOS [Acorn] + PAPL [Robotron] + PBS (Plattenbetriebssystem) [Siemens] + PC-BLIS + PDP-1 OS [DEC] + PDP-6 Monitor [DEC] + PEARL Operating System (POS) [Brown, Boverie & Cie] + PenPoint OS [GO Corp] + PERQ [Three Rivers] + Phantom OS + Pick + PilOS + PlayStation Portable system software [Sony] + PlayStation Vita system software [Sony] + PRIMOS [Prime] + PS/8 [DEC] + pSOS [Software Components Group] + p-System + RACS + Rainbow + RBASIC [Robotron] + RC 4000 MS [Regnecentralen] + RIOT + RMOS [Siemens] + RMX/iRMX [Intel] + RockBox + RPS (IBM Series/1) [IBM] + RSTS-11 [DEC] + RT-11 [DEC] + RTEMS + RTMOS [General Electric] + RTOS-UH + RTXC Quadros + SafeRTOS [Wittenstein] + SAGE [IBM] + SCIOPTA RTOS + SCOMP [BAE Systems] + SCOPE [Control Data] + ScreenOS [Juniper] + SECOS + SEPIA [Kolter Electronic] + SeriX (IBM Series/1) [IBM] + SHARE Operating System (SOS) + Share/43 [Remington] + Share/7 [Remington] + SharpOS + SIBO OS [Psion] + Simultaneous Operating System (SIOS) [Control Data] + SINTRAN I [Norsk Data] + SIOS [Robotron] + SIPROS [Control Data] + SkyOS + Solar OS + S-OS + Spring [Sun Microsystems] + SPSYS + SRT8 [DEC] + STSS + SUNMOS [Sandia] + Switch system software [Nintendo] + SymbOS + Symobi [Miray Software] + SYSMIC [R2E] + SYS-PSA [Robotron] + Taligent [Apple] + Tape Director (WHIRLWIND I) + TCOS [T-Systems] + TDOS + TENEX [DEC] + THE multiprogramming system + Thoth + ThreadX [Express Logic] + TiMOS [Alcatel-Lucent] + TinyOS + TI-RTOS [Texas Instruments] + Titan Supervisor + T-Kernel + TME [ICL] + TMX [NCR] + ToaruOS + Topaz/Taos + TOPS-20 [DEC] + TOPSY + Tornado + TriangleOS + TRON (BTRON, CTRON, eTRON, ITRON, JTRON, microITRON + TSOS [RCA] + TSS-8 [DEC] + TSX (IBM 1800) [IBM] + TSX-32 [S&H Computer Systems] + TX990/TXDS [Texas Instruments] + UDOS [Robotron] + UMES (University of Michigan Executive System) + Unison RTOS [RoweBots] + Urbit + V + Verex + VersaDOS + Viewpoint/GlobalView [Xerox] + Vinix + Virtuoso RTOS + Visopsys + VM2000 [Siemens] + VME/B [ICL] + VME/K [ICL] + VRTX [Wind River Systems] + VRX [NCR] + VSOS [Wang] + VxWorks AE [Wind River Systems] + WAITS + Wii system software [Nintendo] + Wii U system software [Nintendo] + WMCS [WICAT] + WPS [Wang] + Xerox Alto OS [Xerox] + Zephyr [Wind River Systems] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments, corrections, questions? 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