Welcome to FreeDOS

HX DOS-Extender is a free DOS extender with built-in Win32 PE file format support. Its Win32 API emulation layer allows many Win32 console applications to run in DOS. It also has limited window support, which allows "simple" Win32 GUI apps to run in DOS as well. Andreas recently shared a new update to HX DOS extender. Version 2.22 fixes several bugs. You can find it at HX DOS-Extender on GitHub.

Robert Riebisch recently announced that 'System Speed Test' aka SPEEDSYS has been released under GNU GPL. Robert reached out to Vladimir Afanasiev to ask if the source code to SPEEDSYS could be released under an open source license, and Vladimir agreed! SPEEDSYS is now available under the GNU General Public License version 2, although not all of the source files have been updated to reflect the new license yet. You can find it at SPEEDSYS on GitHub.

Download the FreeDOS 1.4 distribution! This version includes an updated FreeCOM, Install program, and HTML Help system. This also includes improvements to many of the utilities including FDISK, JEMM, 7Zip, FORMAT, FASM, MORE, RUNTIME, and more! Packages have been reorganized in FreeDOS 1.4 so they will be easier to find: The LiveCD installs a complete user-based DOS system including standard DOS programs, Applications, Archivers, Device Drivers, Games, Networking, Sound, and basic tools. Use the BonusCD to install Development, Editors, Boot Tools, OpenGEM, and extra utilities. Most users should use the Live CD image to install FreeDOS, especially if you're using a virtual machine. We also have a USB installer for real hardware, a Legacy CD installer for older hardware, and a floppy edition for classic hardware. Download now!

Japheth has released a new version of the CauseWay DOS extender. The origin of the extender itself are the CauseWay source files supplied with an earlier version of Open Watcom. The sources are in Masm v6 syntax. The new "v5" release has several fixes and changes, including: - better DOS/4G compatibility - better DPMI compliance - cleaned source code (tools: Masm v6+, JWasm, WL32) - smaller file size, less extended memory usage - lower DOS memory footprint, no scattered free DOS memory - faster mode switches. See the release page for details and to download the new version.

Ladislav has shared a new version of the Blocek text editor. This version has several changes, including: + Bar code generator - fixed bug in processing keyboard shortcuts in the main menu - filenames without extension could be misinterpreted in the file selector * possibility to replace the hardware VGA font to disk files (see TECHNOTE.TXT) - fixed bug in character translation from Unicode to code page 850. You can download it at the Blocek website. We've also mirrored this in the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio, under /files/edit/blocek

Xcopy is a standard DOS command that copies a directory tree. Jeremy has fixed several bugs in Xcopy and has released version 1.8b. Fixed this release: rework recursive xcopy to not use as much stack space, increase stack size when built with Open Watcom, and the listmode '/L' option should not create directory structure (only simulate). Get the new version from Jeremy's Xcopy at GitHub or download directly from the version 1.8b release. We've also mirrored a copy of this version in the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio, under /files/dos/xcopy.