A simple, handmade, operating system for the intel x86 cpu.
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Notice! We've moved the project to C++ recently, so don't expect it to be idiomatic yet. There is still a lot of work to be done, and any help is very appreciated :)
- skiftOS is a simple, handmade, operating system for the intel x86 cpu. Aiming for clean and pretty API while keeping the spirit of UNIX.
- skiftOS is pretty easy to build from source, just follow the build guide
- skiftOS is a student project, don't expect it to be secure or stable at this stage.
- Pre-emptive multitasking
- I/O redirection
- IPC sockets
- Low level utility and system library (libsystem)
- 2D and 3D graphic library (libgraphic)
- PNG support through lodepng
- Graphical user interface library (libwidget)
- A compositing window manager (Compositor)
- A terminal emulator which support unicode and vt100 escape sequence (Terminal)
- It can run DOOM
The skift operating system and its core components are licensed under the MIT License.
See: LICENSE.md