otya128/winevdm
- Total stars
- 3,507
- Today
- +13since 02:43 UTC
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About the project
A port of winevdm, a 16-bit Windows emulator, to 64-bit Windows that lets you run old Win16 programs (Windows 1.x–3.1) and DOS executables.
Useful for
- Run an old 16-bit Windows 3.1 program on a modern 64-bit system
- Install the emulator via install.inf to open Win16 binaries by double-click
- Run a DOS executable through winevdm.exe with a chosen DOS version
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 27, 2026, 05:00 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-27 (UTC), 02:43–04:48: 3494 → 3507 stars (+13). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +57 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 2 per day.
- Hacker News: “16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows” — 44 points, 3 h ago.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
New stars over 7 days: 60. +329% versus the preceding 7 days.
Daily measurements · UTC
- October 20, 2026
- 2
- October 21, 2026
- 3
- October 22, 2026
- 0
- October 23, 2026
- 0
- October 24, 2026
- 0
- October 25, 2026
- 1
- October 26, 2026
- 54
Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 54 · October 26, 2026. Days with data: 30.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 27, 2026, 04:59 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
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Editions at 10:00, 16:00, 22:00 MSK.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 3,507
- Today
- +13 stars measured 2026-10-27, 02:43–04:48 UTC, ≈ 57 by evening
- Forks
- 208
- Issues and pull requests
- 1,577
- Watchers
- 85
- Language
- C
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Latest release
- v0.9.0 · September 15, 2023
- Created
- September 22, 2015
- Last push
- October 24, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- 16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows44 points, October 27, 2026
Spotted in
- October 27, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
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