# 30 years of ReactOS

DevFeed: [30 years of ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/30-years-of-reactos-32762.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/30yrs-of-ros/>)

Published: 2026-01-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [WINE](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wine.md>)

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## AI overview

A retrospective marking 30 years since the first commit to ReactOS. It traces the project from FreeWin95 through the early development of its NT-like kernel and drivers, and includes contributor recollections about the project's early command-line interpreter and storage driver work.

## Source excerpt

Happy Birthday ReactOS! Today marks 30 years since the first commit to the ReactOS source tree. It's been such a long journey that many of our contributors today, including myself, were not alive during this event. Yet our mission to deliver "your favorite Windows apps and drivers in an open-source environment you can trust" continues to bring people together. Let's take a brief look at some of the high and low points throughout our history.