NyxPE
I rediscovered NyxPE, a lightweight Windows maintenance ISO I built in July 2026 and nearly forgot about. It started as another little experiment to learn something new, but somehow found an audience. And surprisingly, it still holds up pretty well.
As usual, I've been splitting my time between being an administrator and CEO, dealing with crises, and my never-ending hobby of making little things for the web. Some might help a few people. Some might help absolutely nobody. That's fine. I keep building this endless pile of internet junk for one reason: to learn.
Earlier this morning, I was going through my projects. And yes, there are quite a few. A lot are unfinished. Others were only recently completed and released.
Then, out of nowhere, I came across something I'd almost forgotten about: https://nyxpe.xyz/
I finished NyxPE in July 2026, after a few months of development and tinkering. Inspired by projects like Sergei Strelec, it's a deliberately minimal ISO for Windows maintenance. Just enough tools to work on a Windows installation from the outside, carry out basic repairs, and keep things light by running entirely from RAM.
I genuinely can't remember what software I used to customize the ISO. I was originally going to use NTLite, but after working with it for a while, that stopped making much sense. So I switched to something I found on GitHub. I can't remember its name either. I'd have to check another PC I use for testing, where it's still installed, and I'm nowhere near that machine right now. When I get back to it, I'll add a note to this post.
Making it was fun. I also added the bare minimum of traffic tracking, mostly out of curiosity. Looking at the analytics now, I'm surprised it got a modest amount of attention.
Which is nice, considering I released it without expecting a single visitor.
I published it knowing there was a chance someone might sue me, hehe. But I don't really mind. The whole point was to study, to learn, and to share knowledge. And besides, I'm on the side of freedom.
Anyway, you're welcome to take a look at NyxPE. I don't know if I'll update it anytime soon. A quick review tonight suggests the tools included in it are still pretty up to date.