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AIVibe-CodedVib-OS Promises a Full OS as Reviewers Find It Mostly Broken

Independent testing finds the AI-built Vib-OS far short of its own README’s promises.

Overview

  • The project’s README bills Vib-OS as a from-scratch Unix-like system for ARM64 and x86_64 with a full GUI, networking, and native Doom support.
  • YouTuber Tirimid installed version 2.2.x in QEMU on Linux only after extensive tinkering, with the installer even searching for a macOS-specific utility.
  • Core functions failed in use, including no internet connectivity, a file manager that could not create folders, a “Browser” that was just an image viewer, and apps that refreshed only when clicked.
  • Doom did not launch despite documentation claiming full support, while a bundled Snake game ran poorly; Notepad lacked arrow-key navigation and saving, and the calculator mishandled decimals.
  • Hackaday, Tom’s Hardware, PC Gamer, and TweakTown corroborated the findings, and no fixes or maintainer response were reported.