awesomeos

A list of operating systems and stuff
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Books and Guides
- Online books
  - How to Make a Computer Operating System - in C++
  - Intermezzos - A follow along book to build IntermezzosOS in Rust
  - Linux Kernel in a Nutshell - Covers the entire range of kernel tasks, available as chapters or one PDF
  - The little book about OS development
  - Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces - Easy to read book covering virtualization, concurrency and persistence
  - xv6: a simple, Unix-like teaching operating system - Book for Xv6
  - Operating Systems: From 0 to 1 - Bootstrap yourself to write an OS from scratch by *Do Hoang Tu*
  - Osdev Notes - How to write an operating system from scratch by *Ivan G.* and *Dean T.*
  - Operating System Development Series - OS from the ground up in C
- Papers
  - The benefits and costs of writing a POSIX kernel in a high-level language
  - Unikraft: Fast, Specialized Unikernels the Easy Way
- Tutorials
- Video Tutorials
  - Kernel dev from scratch by Dragon Zap Education
- Websites
  - Genodians - Stories around the Genode Operating System
  - os-dev - Wiki with everything you need to know
  - Lowlevel - A wiki about creating an OS from scratch. In German
  - POSIX - Standards for maintaining compatibility between operating systems
  - Rust OSDev - Newsletter about OS development in Rust
  - OSRTOS - List of open source real-time operating systems
  - Multicians - The Multicians web site presents the story of the Multics operating system for people interested in the system's history
Conferences / Presentations
- Email
  - Linux Plumbers
Linux specific
- Blogposts
- Debugging
- Email
- Tools
  - b4 - based patch workflows
  - clang-extract
  - hackermail
  - kworkflow - reduce the overhead with infrastructure setup for Linux development
  - virtme-ng - quickly build and run kernels inside a virtualized snapshot of your live system
- Video Tutorials
  - The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
  - The Linux Kernel documentation
  - Working with the kernel development community
  - linux-insides
  - Linux Kernel Workbook
  - Linux Kernel Teaching
  - bootlins interactive Linux kernel map
  - sam4ks Linux Kernel Resources
  - xairys Linux Kernel Exploitation
  - fibdrv Linux kernel module that calculates Fibonacci numbers
  - kernel-security-learning
  - syzbot
  - syzkaller
  - Doing more with lore and b4
  - Der Linux Kernel Entwicklungs-Workflow
  - OldLinux - A Heavily Commented Linux kernel source and more
Open Source Operating Systems
- Popular Operating Systems
  - Darwin XNU - The XNU kernel source code for use in MacOS and iOS
  - Haiku - BeOS inspired OS
  - Linux - Linux kernel
  - Minix - MINIX-Research-Foundation/minix) - Unix-like operating system based on a microkernel architecture
  - MS-DOS - The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0
  - NetBSD - Unix-like operating system based on the BSD
  - OpenBSD - Unix-like operating system based on the BSD
  - Plan 9 from Bell Labs - An OS from the creators of Unix, extending the Unix philosophy of "everything is a file" with a network-centric file system, namespaces and distributed computing.
  - ReactOS - A free Windows-compatible Operating System
  - SystemV - AT&T UNIX System V Source Code
  - FreeBSD - Unix-like operating system based on the BSD
- - AROS - Research Operating System is a lightweight, efficient, and flexible desktop operating system, designed to help you make the most of your computer. It's an independent, portable and free project, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS at the API level
  - AlmeidaOS - x86-64 OS with its own bootloader, scheduler and limited libc all written from scratch
  - Animal - 32 bit multithreaded operating system (formerly Gramado)
  - AurixOS - A small multiplatform Operating System designed for developers and creators
  - Arikoto - A Limine protocol, x86_64, C based personal Operating System development project that is inspired by and is aiming to have a similar nature to ToaruOS
  - Basekernel - A simple OS kernel for research, teaching, and fun
  - BoneOS - OS for everyone built by everyone
  - Bottlerocket OS - Linux-based OS meant for hosting containers.
  - Brutal - An operating system inspired by brutalist design that combines the ideals of UNIX from the 1970s with modern technology and engineering
  - cavOS - Amd64 operating system in C. Trying to make a full OS, with a simple and readable codebase
  - Dreamos64 - An x86-64 hobby os built from scratch
  - Embox - Configurable operating system kernel designed for resource constrained and embedded systems.
  - ExectOS - sys/exectos) - ExectOS is a modern, EFI-enabled, general purpose operating system written from scratch and implementing the XT architecture. It runs on x86 and x86_64 architectures and provides NT drivers compatibility layer.
  - Fiwix - A UNIX-like kernel for the i386 architecture.
  - Fomos - Experimental OS, built with Rust.
  - FreeRTOS - IoT operating system for microcontrollers, by Amazon.
  - Genode - A FOSS operating system framework consisting of a microkernel abstraction layer and a collection of userspace components
  - HalideOS - experimental operating system written entirely from scratch.
  - HarveyOS - A distributed operating system
  - HelenOS - multikernel multiserver OS
  - Hubris - Hubris is an operating system for microcontrollers developed by Oxide Computer Company in Rust
  - Illumos - illumos is a Unix operating system which provides next-generation features for downstream distributions (like OmniOS, OpenIndiana, and Tribblix)
  - Interim - Minimalist OS with concepts from Lisp machines and Plan9
  - JSD-OS - A small operating system for 32 bit x86.
  - Jehanne - OS inspired by Plan9, 9front and Harvey OS
  - KiddieOS - UNIX-like 64-bit operating system written in Assembly, C++.
  - KnightOS - for z80 calculators
  - KolibriOS - MenuetOS fork
  - L4re - Operating system and hypervisor for security/safety-critical and virtualization-enabled applications.
  - LemonOS - OS) - UNIX-like 64-bit operating system written in C++.
  - Mako - Hobby OS for x86 from scratch, written in C
  - MaslOS - A 64 bit GUI multitasking Hobby OS written mostly from scratch in C++ and a bit of C/ASM.
  - MeetixOS - A hobby OS written in modern C++20 which aims to be Unix-like.
  - MentOS - An educational 32-bit linux-like Operating System.
  - MenuetOS - Hobby OS supporting 32 and 64 bit, written in Assembly language
  - Mimiker - Simple unix-like operating system for education and research purposes. MIPS microkernel.
  - Mimosa - dlteam/mimosa) - Research Operating System that runs Scheme on bare-metal
  - Minoca OS - General purpose OS, written in C
  - MollenOS - MollenOS/Vali is a modern operating system that is built with focus on abstraction and a modular design, allowing anyone to port it to any architecture. It currently targets the x86-32 and x86-64 platform
  - MyXomycota - Monolithic kernel in C
  - NESOS - An OS for the Nintendo Entertainment System!
  - Nanos - Unikernel that is linux-compatible, written in C
  - NodeOS - OS using NodeJS and Linux
  - Northport - Monolithic kernel and support libraries for riscv64 and x86_64.
  - PathOS - Hobby OS based on [MikeOS](https://github.com/mig-hub/mikeOS), written in Assembly Language
  - Pidi OS - Independent and minimalistic OS
  - PonyOS - ToaruOS-based, My Little Pony themed OS
  - PouplyOS - Simple OS for fun and learning, named after the ESISAR mascot Poulpy
  - RavynOS - A BSD-based OS project that aims to provide an experience like and some compatibility with macOS (formerly known as airyxOS)
  - Redox - written in Rust
  - Sanos - Sanos is a minimalistic 32-bit x86 operating system kernel for network server appliances running on standard PC hardware.
  - SayoriOS - Hobby OS for x86 computers, currently under active development, written in C
  - Sculpt OS - Genode based OS
  - Serenity - Graphical Unix-like operating system for x86 computers
  - SimpleOS - Simple Operating System coded in C and Assembly
  - Snowdrop OS - a homebrew operating system from scratch, in assembly language
  - Sortix - Hobby OS in C and C++ by Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen
  - Syllable - Successor of AtheOS, Syllable is designed in the tradition of the Amiga and BeOS, but built using many parts from the GNU project and Linux.
  - SynestiaOS - 32/64 bit operating system written in C for arm platform
  - Theseus - A modern experimental OS written from scratch in Rust to explore novel OS structure and state management techniques.
  - Thor - 64bit operating system mostly written in C++
  - ToaruOS - Hobby operating system from scratch
  - Ultron OS - x86 Operating System written in C++, High School Project
  - Unikraft - A modular unikernel for specialization, high efficiency, performance, and security; Linux/POSIX-compatible; mostly in C
  - Vinix - Vinix is an effort to write a modern, fast, and useful operating system in the V programming language
  - Visopsys - Open Source Hobby OS developed since 1997
  - Windows 95 in Electron - Hobby Windows 95 implementation in Electron
  - Xv6 - A teaching operating system developed in the summer of 2006 for MIT's operating systems course
  - ZealOS - The Zeal Operating System is a modernized, professional fork of the 64-bit Temple Operating System, TempleOS.
  - ackOS - A simple 64-bit operating system.
  - aurora_os - Written in Rust.
  - duckOS - A hobby UNIX-like OS with a graphical window manager for x86 computers.
  - eggos - A Go unikernel running on x86 bare metal
  - gopher-os - A proof of concept OS kernel written in Go
  - hhuOS - hhuOS is a small operating system written in C++ and Assembler for the x86-architecture. The main purpose of this project is to show how different aspects of operating systems theory can be implemented and linked together. The system is not aimed to be a full-featured operating system for daily use.
  - hydrogen - toy OS. 64-bit, preemptive multitasking kernel supporting EFI, PCIe, SATA, framebuffer graphics mode, HFS+.
  - lyre - x86 kernel and distribution powered by mlibc, GNU userland tools, and other common *nix software.
  - managarm - Pragmatic microkernel-based OS with fully asynchronous I/O
  - menix - A minimal and expandable Unix-like operating system.
  - moros - MOROS is a hobby operating system written in Rust for the x86 architecture.
  - mOS - A hobby operating system developed from scratch
  - nopeos - Simple OS kernel with BASIC interpreter for x86
  - octox - Unix-like OS in Rust inspired by xv6-riscv
  - opuntiaOS - an operating system targeting x86, ARMv7, Aarch64.
  - orange_slice - A research kernel and hypervisor attempting to get fully deterministic emulation with minimum performance cost. In Rust
  - Ovation - A simple, hobby, 64-bit operating system that focuses on simplicity, portability and maintainability. Written in C.
  - pranaOS - A unix operating system written from scratch in c / c++
  - r3 - A hobby x86_64 Operating System kernel written in Rust -- with minimal functionalities
  - skiftOS - A simple, handmade, operating system with a graphical user interface.
  - soso - Simple unix-like operating system written in Nasm assembly and mostly in C
  - tilck - A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel.
  - tock - A secure embedded operating system for microcontrollers
  - unox-os - Unox is an educational unix-like operating system
  - 9front - A fork of Plan 9, designed for distributed, networked computing.

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