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Linux Kernel
Linux Kernel source tree
The Linux Kernel is the core component of the Linux operating system—a free, open-source, monolithic, Unix-like system kernel initiated by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and since evolved into a foundational technology powering everything from servers and supercomputers to smartphones and embedded devices. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation. -
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Zen Kernel
Zen Patched Kernel Sources
Zen Patched Kernel Sources. This is the top level of the kernel’s documentation tree. Kernel documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress; that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered documents into a coherent whole. ARC processors are highly configurable and several configurable options are supported in Linux. -
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WSL2-Linux-Kernel
The source for the Linux kernel used in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
The WSL2-Linux-Kernel repo contains the kernel source code and configuration files for the WSL2 kernel. If you discover an issue relating to WSL or the WSL2 kernel, please report it on the WSL GitHub project. It is not possible to report issues on the WSL2-Linux-Kernel project. Instructions for building an x86_64 WSL2 kernel with an Ubuntu distribution are provided. -
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NVIDIA Linux Open GPU Kernel Module
NVIDIA Linux open GPU kernel module source
This is the source release of the NVIDIA Linux open GPU kernel modules, version 530.41.03. Note that the kernel modules built here must be used with GSP firmware and user-space NVIDIA GPU driver components from a corresponding 530.41.03 driver release. Currently, the kernel modules can be built for x86_64 or aarch64. If cross-compiling, set these variables on the make command line. Any reasonably modern version of GCC or Clang can be used to build the kernel modules. ... -
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WireGuard Linux
Linux kernel implementation of the WireGuard VPN protocol
WireGuard Linux is the Linux kernel implementation of the WireGuard VPN protocol, providing high-performance encrypted networking directly within the Linux networking stack. The repository serves as a mirror of the official development tree and contains the kernel-side code that enables native WireGuard support on Linux systems. By operating inside the kernel rather than user space, the project achieves very low latency and high throughput, making it suitable for servers, embedded systems, and enterprise networking environments. ... -
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Lunatik
Lunatik is a framework for scripting the Linux kernel with Lua
Lunatik is a framework for scripting the Linux kernel with Lua. It is composed by the Lua interpreter modified to run in the kernel; a device driver (written in Lua =)) and a command line tool to load and run scripts and manage runtime environments from the user space; a C API to load and run scripts and manage runtime environments from the kernel; and Lua APIs for binding kernel facilities to Lua scripts. -
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CoolPotOS
CoolPotOS for ia32 / amd64
CoolPotOS is a small, hobbyist operating system designed to be minimal and educational, offering the most basic kernel capabilities while remaining accessible to beginners. Written in C and Assembly, it focuses on bootstrapping, kernel entry, and simple console output. Though in early stages, CoolPotOS showcases the boot process, memory segmentation, and essential CPU features, serving as a great learning resource for those new to operating system internals. -
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OpenRazer
Open source driver and user-space daemon to control Razer lighting
A collection of Linux drivers for Razer devices - providing kernel drivers, DBus services and Python bindings to interact with the DBus interface. -
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pwru
eBPF-based Linux kernel networking debugger
pwru is an eBPF-based tool for tracing network packets in the Linux kernel with advanced filtering capabilities. It allows fine-grained introspection of kernel state to facilitate debugging network connectivity issues. -
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Fiwix
A UNIX-like kernel for the i386 architecture
Fiwix is a Unix-like operating system kernel designed for educational purposes and hobbyist development, targeting the i386 architecture. It implements many classic UNIX principles and aims to provide a clean, well-documented codebase that is both readable and easy to study. Fiwix offers a functional kernel that supports ELF binaries, a virtual file system, and standard system calls, making it a great platform for learning OS internals or experimenting with system-level programming. ... -
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gVisor
Application Kernel for Containers
...Its key runtime, runsc, integrates seamlessly with container ecosystems such as Docker and Kubernetes, making it easy to deploy sandboxed workloads using familiar tools. By intercepting and safely handling syscalls from applications, gVisor reduces the attack surface of the host kernel, mitigating risks associated with running untrusted or potentially malicious code in containerized environments. -
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BCC (BPF Compiler Collection)
Tools for BPF-based Linux IO analysis, networking, monitoring, etc.
BCC is a toolkit that simplifies creating efficient kernel tracing, monitoring, and manipulation programs by leveraging extended Berkeley Packet Filters (eBPF). It includes a rich set of example tools and scripting interfaces in C, Python, and Lua. BCC makes BPF programs easier to write, with kernel instrumentation in C (and includes a C wrapper around LLVM), and front-ends in Python and lua. -
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Pony OS
My Little Unix: Kernels are Magic
ponyos is a lightweight, UNIX-like operating system developed as a personal hobby project by the creator of ToaruOS. It features a monolithic kernel written in C and aims for a POSIX-compliant environment with a built-from-scratch userland. ponyos includes a graphical interface, dynamic linker, shared libraries, and a package manager. It’s designed for fun, experimentation, and as a platform to learn and play with operating system internals, with surprisingly advanced features given its hobbyist origin. -
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Zephyr Project
Scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures
The Zephyr Project is a new generation real-time operating system (RTOS) that supports multiple hardware architectures. It is based on a small-footprint kernel specially designed for use on resource-constrained and embedded systems. The Zephyr OS can be used for a wide range of applications: from simple embedded environmental sensors and LED wearables to sophisticated embedded controllers, smart watches, and IoT wireless applications. -
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MentOS
An educational 32-bit linux-like Operating System
MentOS is an educational operating system developed for academic use, particularly in university settings, to help students understand low-level system concepts such as process management, memory handling, and scheduling. Written in C, MentOS closely mimics a simplified Unix-like OS and includes hands-on implementations of key kernel features. Designed to be highly readable and modular, it offers a practical approach to learning systems programming through real-world kernel components, making it a valuable tool for operating system courses and personal exploration. -
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ChefKiss Inferno
Emulating Apple Silicon devices
...It is designed to bridge gaps between macOS hardware capabilities and software ecosystems that traditionally rely on different GPU architectures, such as those found in Linux or Windows environments. The project typically operates at the intersection of kernel extensions, GPU drivers, and virtualization layers, aiming to unlock performance features that are otherwise restricted or unavailable. Inferno is especially relevant for developers working on emulation, virtualization, or cross-platform graphics stacks, as it attempts to expose native GPU functionality in unconventional contexts. ... -
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Flash Linux 0.11 Talk
Annotated Unix system source code
flash-linux0.11-talk is an annotated walkthrough of the Linux 0.11 kernel that explains how a tiny Unix-like system boots, schedules, handles interrupts, and manages memory. The materials break down historically compact and dense code into digestible segments, with diagrams and call flows that trace execution from bootloader to user space. By focusing on a small, early kernel, the series reveals core OS concepts without the complexity of modern subsystems. -
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BlackHole
BlackHole is a modern macOS audio loopback driver
...The driver integrates directly with macOS Core Audio and appears in Audio MIDI Setup and supported audio applications. Designed with performance and stability in mind, BlackHole works on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs without requiring kernel extensions or system security modifications. As an open-source project, it offers transparency, customization options, and active community-driven development. -
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os-tutorial
How to create an OS from scratch
os-tutorial is an open source educational project by cfenollosa that teaches the basics of building an operating system from scratch. The repository provides step-by-step lessons starting with bootloaders and moving through kernel development, interrupts, memory management, and system calls. Each tutorial is accompanied by clear explanations, code examples, and references to deepen understanding. The project uses x86 assembly and C to illustrate concepts, making it accessible to students and hobbyists interested in low-level programming. By compiling and running the examples with tools like QEMU, learners gain hands-on experience with OS fundamentals. ... -
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netsniff-ng
A Swiss army knife for your daily Linux network plumbing
netsniff-ng is a free Linux networking toolkit, a Swiss army knife for your daily Linux network plumbing if you will. Its gain of performance is reached by zero-copy mechanisms, so that on packet reception and transmission the kernel does not need to copy packets from kernel space to user space and vice versa. Our toolkit can be used for network development and analysis, debugging, auditing, or network reconnaissance. -
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wavemon
Ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices
wavemon is a wireless device monitoring application that allows you to watch signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network parameters of your wireless network hardware. It should work (though with varying features) with all devices supported by the Linux kernel. Apart from debian/ubuntu packages and slackbuild scripts for wavemon, this repository contains the full source code. -
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ToaruOS
Hobby operating system, bootloader, kernel, drivers, C library
...While many independent, hobby, and research OSes aim to experiment with new designs, ToaruOS is intended as an educational resource, providing a representative microcosm of functionality found in major desktop operating systems. The OS includes a kernel, bootloader, dynamic shared object linker, C standard library, its own composited windowing system, a dynamic bytecode-compiled programming language, advanced code editor, and dozens of other utilities and example applications. There are no external runtime dependencies and all required source code, totaling roughly 100k lines of (primarily) C, is included in this repository, save for Kuroko, which lives separately. ... -
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Git
Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a free, distributed version control system created by Linus Torvalds in 2005 to manage the development of the Linux kernel. It emphasizes speed, data integrity, and support for non-linear workflows, and remains the most popular VCS for collaborative software development. Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net. ... -
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DreamShell
Operating system for the Sega Dreamcast
The Dreamshell is the operating system for the Sega Dreamcast based on the KallistiOS kernel. It has a dynamic loadable modular system and interface for creating applications with XML UI and both C/C++ and Lua scripts on. You can see examples in ready-made applications and modules, drivers for various devices, formats and interfaces. Examples for audio and video decoding, compression, packaging, binding, network, emulation, scripts and more. -
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egos-2000
Helping students read all the code of a teaching operating system
egos-2000 is a minimalist operating system built for educational and research purposes, offering a simplified kernel and runtime environment for exploring OS concepts. It runs on QEMU and is written in C/C++ with a focus on clarity and modularity. The system includes a basic filesystem, process management, and syscall interface, making it ideal for understanding core OS principles. egos-2000 is particularly well-suited for students learning about kernels, user-space interaction, and boot-time execution in a clean, hands-on environment.