A simple, handmade, operating system for the x86 platform.

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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 x86 platform. 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.

skiftOS running in QEMU

Running on real hardware (Thinkpad x250)

• 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