https://github.com/froggey/Mezzano

An operating system written in Common Lisp
https://github.com/froggey/Mezzano

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An operating system written in Common Lisp

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/froggey/Mezzano
• Owner: froggey
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-01-27T19:01:39.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-13T21:19:13.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-16T11:41:15.760Z (27 days ago)
• Language: Common Lisp
• Size: 24.2 MB
• Stars: 3,547
• Watchers: 187
• Forks: 188
• Open Issues: 14
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING
  • Support: SUPPORTERS.md

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# Mezzano, an operating system written in Common Lisp.

![Screenshot](doc/screenshot1.png)



## Pre-built images

Demo releases are available through [GitHub](https://github.com/froggey/Mezzano/releases).

These releases are designed to be run in VirtualBox, though QEMU is also supported.

2GB of RAM, a virtio-net NIC and an Intel HDA audio controller are recommended.

x86-64 images are published.  AArch64 has been made to work on some

hardware.  But to set expectations: making Mezzano run on any given

piece of hardware or emulator is still typically a project that

requires the user to dig into the code.

## Building from source

See the MBuild repo: (https://github.com/froggey/MBuild)

For help & support or to follow development, join the #mezzano IRC channel on Libera Chat (irc.libera.chat)

## Major changes since Demo 4

* USB stack by fittestbits

* Improved overall file system support by fittestbits

* EXT2/3/4 support has been implemented by Bruno Cichon (ebrasca)

* GMA950 modesetting display driver

* Hardware accelerated 3D support via qemu's Virgl device

* Multicore/SMP support

* Improved atomic operations

* Async APIs: wait-for-objects, dispatch, and thread pools

* Networking improvements: Server support, DHCP, TCP retransmit

* Source locations are tracked for many kinds of definitions

* Weak hash tables and other weak objects

* Cleanup of object representation and unifcation of standard-object/structure-object

* Unboxed structure slots

* Short floats implemented using IEEE half floats

* Unboxed (unsigned-byte 64) arithmetic

* Stack overflows and memory faults are trapped and can be recovered from

* Support for building on Windows

* Major improvements to CLOS and MOP conformance

* Keymap picker

* More bug fixes, performance improvements and features

## Major changes since Demo 3

* FAT32 support has been implemented by Bruno Cichon (ebrasca).

* McCLIM has been ported by fittestbits.

* Quicklisp has been ported by Peter S. Housel.

* Improved introspection tools: DISASSEMBLE and ED have been implemented.

* Generational collection has been added to the garbage collector.

* New SSA-based compiler backend, supporting unboxed value representations.

* Gray streams support has been overhauled.

## Major changes since Demo 2

* Trentino, a media player, has been implemented by Eugene Zaikonnikov.

* Further improvements to conformance, stability and performance.

* The CLOS implementation follows the MOP much more closely.

* More traditional window management.

* Booting from CD/USB on real hardware is now possible.

* Driver support for Intel HDA audio devices.

* VirtualBox guest (mouse & display) integration.

## Major changes since Demo 1

* Many improvements to conformance, stability and performance.

* The editor has been greatly improved, thanks to Burton Samograd.

* The system now functions correctly on computers with more than 1GB of RAM.

* The allocator and garbage collector now make much better use of available memory, with far fewer GC cycles occuring.

* (ROOM T) prints more detailed information about allocated objects.

* Transparency and premultiplied alpha support in the GUI.

* And more!

## Additional information

"Hypothymis azurea - Kaeng Krachan" by JJ Harrison ([email protected])

[CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hypothymis_azurea_-_Kaeng_Krachan.jpg

"Mandarin Pair" by © Francis C. Franklin / CC-BY-SA-3.0.

Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mandarin_Pair.jpg

"Handsome" by Andy Morffew - https://www.flickr.com/photos/andymorffew/19377769093/in/album-72157630893775092/

[CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

Includes Dejavu Fonts 2.37 (https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/)

Some icons from Icojam (http://www.icojam.com)