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Talos Linux
Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes
Talos Linux is Linux designed for Kubernetes – secure, immutable, and minimal. Supports cloud platforms, bare metal, and virtualization platforms. All system management is done via an API. No SSH, shell or console. Production-ready supports some of the largest Kubernetes clusters in the world. Open source project from the team at Sidero Labs. -
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CatOS-Minimal
An Operating System built on Minimalism
An Operating System built on Minimalism -
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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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Glow OS
System Analysis Software
Glow is an educational, hobbyist operating system written in C and Assembly, developed to help learners understand the internals of OS design and kernel development. Targeting x86_64 systems, Glow features its own kernel, bootloader, and minimal userland. With clear code structure and a simple design, it serves as a playground for experimenting with low-level systems programming, boot sequences, interrupt handling, and basic UI components like shells and text rendering. -
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Tock OS
A secure embedded operating system for microcontrollers
Tock is a secure, embedded operating system designed for microcontrollers and low-power hardware platforms. Written in Rust, it uses a novel kernel architecture where the OS runs a minimal trusted core and all userland code, including device drivers, is sandboxed and isolated. Tock is ideal for IoT devices, wearables, and embedded research projects where reliability and safety are critical. Its capability-based security model and preemptive multitasking allow developers to safely run... -
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Horust
Horust is a supervisor / init system written in rust
Horust is a Rust-based init system for Linux, designed to be fast, simple, and secure. Unlike traditional init systems, Horust focuses on stateless configuration using TOML files and aims to bring predictability and ease of use to system boot and service management. Written with Rust’s safety guarantees, Horust provides features like dependency handling, parallel service startup, and logging, making it suitable for containers, embedded systems, or minimal Linux environments where systemd is too complex or heavy. -
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ProzillaOS
Web-based operating system inspired by Ubuntu Linux and Windows
ProzillaOS is a lightweight, user-friendly Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, designed to offer a fast, minimal, and easy-to-use experience out of the box. Tailored for new users and enthusiasts who enjoy the power of Arch with added usability, ProzillaOS provides a curated desktop environment with pre-installed essential applications, graphical tools for package management, and a clean, modern aesthetic. -
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Nightingale OS
A small operating system where I experiment and learn osdev
nightingale is a modern hobby operating system developed in Rust, focusing on safety, simplicity, and minimalism. It aims to be a clean platform for experimentation and learning, implementing a small kernel with core features like multitasking, memory protection, and a minimal filesystem. Its use of Rust provides strong guarantees around memory safety and eliminates common bugs found in low-level C-based systems. nightingale is ideal for those seeking to study OS development using a modern... -
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ANTIRTOS
Function pointers queues classes library for Arduino
ANTIRTOS is a compact real-time operating system (RTOS) written in ANSI C for microcontrollers and embedded systems. It is designed to be simple, portable, and efficient, making it ideal for resource-constrained environments such as IoT devices, robotics, and educational hardware projects. ANTIRTOS features a basic scheduler, support for cooperative and preemptive multitasking, and offers portability across different CPU architectures with minimal changes. Its simplicity and clarity make it... -
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S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N.
S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. optimizes the macOS software update experience
super is a compact, high-performance tiling window manager for macOS that offers keyboard-driven workflow efficiency similar to tiling window managers found in Linux environments like i3 or dwm. Written in Swift, super leverages macOS APIs to allow users to manage windows in grid-like patterns, enabling rapid arrangement, resizing, and navigation without reaching for the mouse. It’s ideal for developers, power users, and keyboard-centric users who want to boost productivity within macOS’s... -
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rCore-Tutorial-Book-v3
A book about how to write OS kernels in Rust easily
rCore-Tutorial-Book-v3 is the official book for the third version of the rCore OS tutorial series, a comprehensive educational resource for learning operating system development using the Rust programming language. Targeted at the RISC-V architecture, this tutorial guides learners step-by-step through building a minimal, safe, and modern OS kernel from scratch. It is written in Markdown and powered by mdBook, making it easy to read, navigate, and contribute to. The book combines theoretical... -
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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... -
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DiscoBSD
2.11BSD-based Unix-like OS for STM32 and PIC32 Microcontrollers
Discobsd is an experimental UNIX-like operating system derived from 4.4BSD-Lite2, focused on simplicity, transparency, and education. It strips away non-essential features and complexity to present a cleaner codebase suitable for study and hacking. Discobsd preserves the classic UNIX environment while allowing room for modern experimentation, such as porting to alternative platforms or introducing new subsystems. It is valuable for those interested in historical BSD systems, teaching OS... -
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Pearl Linux MATE 12
The perfect desktop for all with Compiz as default Window Manager
Pearl MATE Desktop 12 is a easy to customize 64 bit OS based on a mix of both Ubuntu and the Linux Mint latest LTR (24.04). We have included both the fully loaded version and also a minimal ISO. Natural sounding Text to Speech with Pied Piper -
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Live Raizo - Linux for Virtual SysAdmin
Environment to experiment the system on simulated and real networks
- Live Raizo is a linux distribution based on Debian 13 (Trixie) to experiment the system administration on simulated networks and real devices. - GNS3 is the gui used to manipulate the simulators/emulators of networks and systems like QEmu, Docker, Dynamips. - With this GNS3, you can clone as many times as you want the templates of virtual linux machines named "Debian" and "DDebian" that contain many network tools and services. - The prompt and the output of several linux commands are... -
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🌿 XXRI OS Lite – Lightweight, Fast, and Minimal XXRI OS Lite is the most lightweight edition of the xxri OS series, designed for low-spec machines, older hardware, or users who prefer a clean and ultra-efficient system. it includes only essential components to deliver speed, simplicity, and stability — without unnecessary bloat. ⚡ Key Features: • Super lightweight ISO (263MB) • Fast boot and low memory footprint • Clean, minimal user interface • Pre-installed basic tools: file...
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SeedLinux is a small CUI-based Linux OS for education and fun. version 1.1.1 is now released! (Since there was a boot error in v1.1, we have released v1.1.1)
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Equestria OS
An Arch Linux OS with 20+ custom GUI utilities & MLP theme customizer.
A user-friendly Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and KDE Plasma 6. Designed by a solo creator as a passion project, this lightweight operating system eliminates the need for terminal commands by offering over 20 unique, built-in graphical utilities for effortless computer management. Equestria OS makes your computer feel like home. It comes with a deeply integrated Proton Engine, allowing you to run your favorite Windows apps and games (.exe) with a simple double-click in secure,... -
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AzkaOs
Open source operating system based flutter and kernel zircon
AzkaOS is a personal and experimental operating system project aiming to create a lightweight and customizable platform written primarily in Python and C/C++. It combines ideas from traditional desktop OSes with a scripting-heavy approach, offering a hybrid system that prioritizes ease of customization and user scripting. Though still in its early stages, AzkaOS aims to support desktop environments, package management, and basic system utilities while enabling users to control behavior... -
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fltr
Like grep but for natural language questions
fltr is a minimal, dependency-free filtering utility written in C, inspired by UNIX philosophy and designed for high-performance data stream filtering. It allows users to apply pattern-based rules to lines of input—much like grep or awk—but with a focus on simplicity, low overhead, and customizability. It's intended for those who need a small, efficient tool to clean, parse, or analyze large streams of textual data on the command line without complex scripting or configuration. -
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NovaOS
Minimal remake of the Linux Mint operating system.
This is a remake of Linux Mint. The intention with this ISO is to provide a very minimal and optimized version of Mint with sensible defaults and a coherent experience and muted look-and-feel. Since it is very much Linux Mint under the hood, the OS will receive the same updates as Mint through the update-manager. ★ Star the project on GitHub for regular updates ★ -
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MOOS
C# x64 operating system programming with the .NET native
MOOS (Meta Operating System) is an academic and experimental OS designed for clarity and extensibility, focusing on simplicity and modular construction. Written in Rust, MOOS provides a safe and modern platform to explore low-level system design, with a minimal but functional kernel that supports multitasking, a virtual memory manager, and a tiny standard library. It targets x86_64 and runs on QEMU, making it suitable for students and developers learning about OS fundamentals or testing... -
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linux-factory
Framework used to create custom debian linux operating systems
linux-factory is a utility designed to streamline the process of building and customizing Linux kernel images using a simple, scriptable environment. It provides a modular framework for configuring kernel options, applying patches, and generating bootable images, making it ideal for embedded developers, kernel hackers, and OS maintainers. With a strong emphasis on repeatability and automation, linux-factory reduces the manual overhead of compiling and deploying Linux kernels across various... -
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IvoryOS
IvoryOS - Arch based Linux distribution
The whole installation and configuration takes from a few hours to a few minutes (depends on the internet speed). Made it for me to have my own distro with my own defaults. The whole project is WIP. Features: - Sane defaults (for me at least) - Easy installation, in a GUI-like setup wizard - User input required only for necessary interactions - TUI installation and customization process using Whiptail System installation: Disk partitioning is predefined, meaning that it will look... -
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STAR
Travel light, run fast, just works! Devuan powered!
This is the home of Star live distro powered by Devuan stable linux (Non-Systemd). Images to choose from: 64 bit - Xfce (minimal), Fluxbox, Openbox, Jwm, i3, Cli 32bit - Jwm, Cli There is a small selection of applications, including: web browser, text editor, image viewer, pdf viewer, file manager, terminal, media player. If you like to customize your desktop, then this is the distro you you!
