1562 Open source projects that are alternatives of or similar to kernel

Tupai is a multi-tasking operating system I wrote for my degree that focuses on safety and design, targeting a variety of platforms.

Yet another hobby x86 UNIX-like operating system written in C and C++. Features a dynamically linked userspace, an in-house c standard library, and more! And yes, it runs DOOM.

Frosted: Free POSIX OS for tiny embedded devices

Dennix is a unix-like hobbyist operating system written from scratch.

NOTICE: The ToaruOS-NIH Project has been MERGED UPSTREAM. This repository is now archived.

A sweet hobby made operating system written in C++ for x86 CPUs with GUI

A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system: bootloader, kernel, drivers, C library, and userspace including a composited graphical UI, dynamic linker, syntax-highlighting text editor, network stack, etc.

Simple microkernel (early stage)

RocketOS is a Unix based OS that uses legacy BIOS and GRUB and is written in C17. It is being developed for educational purposes primarily, but it still is a serious project. It is currently in its infancy.

A simple "Unix-like" kernel trying to be POSIX compliant

Hobby Operating System

A free Windows-compatible Operating System

AquilaOS: UNIX-like Operating System

Abandoned overcomplicated Microkernel using modern x86_64 features

A small operating system where I experiment and learn osdev.

A community driven OS by the youth

(Inactive, Checkout AvanaOS, Rewrite of this) This is a New Operating System (Kernel right now). Made completely from scratch, We aim to make a complete OS for Learning purpose

Supports de cours

xbook2是一个基于x86处理器的32位操作系统，实现了大量的基础功能，可以拿来学习操作系统知识。

Kernel for my operating system KoraOS

A hand-made SMP-aware kernel

An unix-like toy kernel

UNIX-like operating system written in C and C++

x86_64 OS kernel with completely async userspace and single address space [WIP; but basic kernel functionality implemented]

👷🏻‍♂️ An easy starting point for your first OS/Kernel

Modular and configurable OS for embedded applications

Running x86-16 or x86-32 code from x86-64 UEFI; _very experimental_ • mirror of https://gitlab.com/tkchia/biefircate • developer notes at https://gitlab.com/tkchia/biefircate/-/blob/main/doc/NOTES.asciidoc

An x86_64 hobbyist OS written in C and Assembly

A simple OS running on Intel x86 architecture | No longer updating

Microkernel and userspace written in Rust exploring modern ideas

Toddler is a well-designed usable and portable microkernel OS

A toy monolithic kernel written in C++

x86-64 assembly µkernel

An operating system written in C

Operating system designed to be fast and secure.

a little 64bit operating system written in c++ with smp support

A simple, clean code, multi-tasking operating system written in pure assembly language for 64-bit processors from the AMD64 family.

Technology is free, SnowFlakeOS

Ghost, a micro-kernel based hobby operating system for the x86 architecture.

SynapseOS - модульная операционная система на языке C.

A hobby operating system developed from scratch

An AArch64 hobbyist OS for the Raspberry Pi 3 B+

🍬 All-new kernel for @GreenteaOS

an experimental 64-bit operating system

Unikraft is an automated system for building specialized POSIX-compliant OSes known as unikernels. (Core repository)

"It is very special"

A Preemptive Hard Real Time kernel for embedded devices.

JingOS - The World’s First Linux-based OS design for Tablets

The Stupid Operating System

All the UNIX and UNIX-Like: Linux, BSD, macOS, Illumos, 9front, and more.

An operating system project.

SerenityOS is a love letter to '90s user interfaces with a custom Unix-like core. It flatters with sincerity by stealing beautiful ideas from various other systems.

Operating system for x86_64 based around a "keep it simple and make it work" philosophy.

Armbian Linux build framework

A UNIX-like kernel for the i386 architecture

Learning operating system development using Linux kernel and Raspberry Pi

An hobby OS written in modern C++20 which aims to be Unix-like. Currently based on EvangelionNG, a GhostOS derived kernel

Experimental Stand-alone 32-bit Kernel with Bootloader written in AT&T Assembly and Freestanding C

MoonOS (just a kernel atm) is a micro kernel designed for the x86_64 and arm architecure.

AiliceOS: Build an x86_64 and UEFI OS using Rust