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Maomaowm
wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwl but no suckless)
maomaowm is a minimal yet smooth Wayland compositor in Rust, featuring animated tiling layouts and low resource usage. Aimed for performance on older hardware, it supports multi-monitor setups and is available via NixOS and Arch Linux. Users praise its fluidity even on decade-old laptops. -
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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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SkiffOS
Any Linux distribution, anywhere
SkiffOS is a lightweight, containerized operating system optimized for embedded systems, edge devices, and single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi. It integrates Buildroot and Docker to create minimal, reproducible OS images that boot directly into a containerized user environment. SkiffOS supports running full Linux distros or custom applications in containers, providing both performance and modularity. It’s ideal for IoT deployments, secure kiosk systems, and remote-controlled appliances. -
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The Bitdefender disassembler
bddisasm is a fast, lightweight, x86/x64 instruction decoder
The Bitdefender disassembler is a highly optimized, lightweight x86/x64 instruction decoder designed for security, reverse engineering, and low-level systems analysis. It focuses on decoding machine instructions with high precision while providing detailed metadata about each instruction, including operands, access modes, CPU flags, and feature requirements. Unlike many disassemblers, bddisasm is built with zero dynamic memory allocation and no external dependencies, making it extremely... -
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FTLDNS
The Pi-hole FTL engine
Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware. FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole®'s Web interface. Fast, stats are read directly from memory by coupling our codebase closely with dnsmasq. Versatile, upstream changes to dnsmasq can quickly be merged in without much conflict. Lightweight, runs smoothly with minimal hardware and software requirements such as Raspberry Pi Zero. -
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Reliable PostgreSQL backup and restore
pgBackRest aims to be a reliable, easy-to-use backup and restore solution that can seamlessly scale up to the largest databases and workloads by utilizing algorithms that are optimized for database-specific requirements. Compression is usually the bottleneck during backup operations but, even with now-ubiquitous multi-core servers, most database backup solutions are still single-process. pgBackRest solves the compression bottleneck with parallel processing. Utilizing multiple cores for... -
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retro-go
Retro emulation for the ODROID-GO and other ESP32 devices
retro-go is a lightweight, embedded-focused emulator frontend and launcher designed specifically for microcontroller-based handheld devices, particularly those built on ESP32 hardware. It integrates multiple classic console emulators into a single unified interface, enabling portable retro gaming on low-power devices with limited memory and processing capabilities. The project emphasizes efficiency and optimization, adapting emulation cores to run within the strict constraints of embedded... -
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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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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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BerserkArch
A bleeding-edge, security-centric Arch-based Linux distribution.
BerserkArch is a security-focused, performance-tuned Linux operating system (OS) based on Arch Linux, designed for developers, hackers, and technical users. A bleeding-edge, security-centric Arch-based Linux distribution crafted for hackers, developers, and nerds alike. Following the Arch Linux philosophy, it is designed to be highly customizable, allowing users to build their environment with only the components they need, rather than having a lot of pre-installed software like some other... -
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bcal
Byte CALculator for storage conversions and calculations
bcal (Byte CALculator) is a command-line utility for storage conversions and calculations. Storage, hardware and firmware developers work with numerical calculations regularly e.g., storage unit conversions, address calculations etc. If you are one and can't calculate the hex address offset for (512 - 16) MiB immediately, or the value when the 43rd bit of a 64-bit address is set, bcal is for you. Though it started with storage, the scope of bcal isn't limited to the storage domain. Feel... -
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Obscura
It's a personal microkernel project designed as a learning ground.
Obscura is a personal microkernel project designed as a learning ground for low-level operating systems. Its initial aim is to lay the foundations for a minimalist kernel, then gradually evolve towards a modular, stable and simple operating system. ## 🧠Objectives - Learn and master : - Low-level C language - x86/x86_64 assembler - Modern processor architecture - Fundamental principles of operating systems - Develop a microkernel : - Lightweight and modular - Able to... -
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mbpfan
A simple daemon to control fan speed on all MacBook/MacBook Pros
mbpfan is a lightweight daemon for Linux that provides fan speed management for MacBook and MacBook Pro hardware. It reads temperature data via the coretemp kernel module and drives fan speeds through the applesmc interface, making it especially valuable for users running Linux natively on Apple hardware where automatic thermal control may be lacking. The daemon supports multiple processors and multiple fans, allowing flexible configurations for complex Mac models, and aims to keep systems... -
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P89 Serial Programmer
Program NXP P89V51RD2 from your favorite Unix system
P89 Serial Programmer (p89pgm) is a simple command-line based serial In-System Programmer for Philips (NXP) P89V51RD2 microcontroller. This programmer is designed to be minimal, and has no external software dependency. Supported input formats are Intel HEX and raw binary file. This programmer is designed for GNU/Linux and Unix-like platforms; but it also runs on Microsoft Windows as well, thanks to Cygwin porting library. -
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DarkOs
DarkOs An Arch Based Distro
DarkOs Is A Linux Distribution Based On Arch Linux, Designed To Create More Enjoyable Experience With Ease Of Use . It Comes With 3 Editions (One Hell - Soopertrack - Schmedding), Each Edition Has It's Own Window Manager And Package List. DarkOs "One Hell" Edition Comes With (Xmonad,HerbstluftWm,Awesome, Qtile) And Minimal Amount Of Packages . -
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Resea
A microkernel-based hackable operating system
resea is a small, message-passing-based operating system kernel designed with microkernel principles in mind. Written in C with minimal dependencies, it emphasizes modularity, isolation, and simplicity. resea includes a basic POSIX-like interface and supports multitasking, IPC, and user-space services. It serves as both a microkernel OS experiment and a platform for learning about low-level system design without the complexity of larger operating systems. -
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L-ink_Card
Smart NFC & ink-Display Card
L-ink Card is a smart NFC card with an electronic-ink display built into the card form-factor, aimed at solving everyday pain points of IC cards and giving them a “cooler” interface. The project uses an STM32L0-series microcontroller paired with an ST25DV NFC chip, an e-ink screen, and battery management so the card can display dynamic info while also serving as an NFC tag/card. Its functionality may include showing balance, last transaction, QR codes, or other custom info on the e-ink... -
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Serial Console (sc)
Minimal terminal program to get access to a serial console
serialconsole (sc) is a minimal terminal program allowing to use one machine to access the serial console of another machine. -
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ncdu
Ncdu is a disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface
Ncdu is a disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface. It is designed to find space hogs on a remote server where you don’t have an entire graphical setup available, but it is a useful tool even on regular desktop systems. Ncdu aims to be fast, simple and easy to use, and should be able to run in any minimal POSIX-like environment with ncurses installed. -
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libinstrument (ex libcsdbg)
C/C++ function instrumentation (AOP, exception/stack tracing, GC)
Libinstrument is a complete and easy way to do custom function instrumentation for C/C++. The project comes ready with classic applications of instrumentation, such as AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming), Concern and Side Effect injection, stack tracing, exception tracing, basic time profiling, callgraph profiling and other. A GC (Garbage Collector) module is also under development. Libinstrument is highly portable and decoupled. The project comes with a CMake build system, integration with... -
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The Femto OS is a very concise portable preemptive operating system for embedded devices with minimal ram and flash, up to say 16K flash, 1K ram. The main target is the AVR architecture, such as the ATtiny861/461/261 series.
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Tilck
A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel
Tilck is a tiny, monolithic operating system kernel designed to be partially compatible with Linux at the binary level while maintaining extreme simplicity, low latency, and minimal resource usage. It is built primarily as an educational project, allowing developers to experiment with kernel development while still being able to run real Linux user-space applications without modification. The kernel is written in C and designed to run on architectures such as i686 and RISC-V, with future plans for broader hardware support. ... -
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uHex
A simple, fast and 8086-compatible hex editor
uHex is a simple and fast, multiplatform hex editor. It's primarily written for DOS, but compiles on POSIX just as well. uHex has been written with care to work fast even on an 8086 CPU, providing support for large files (up to 2 GiB) while using minimal amounts of memory. "uHex" stands for "micro Hex" (it should actually be spelled µHex, but DOS operating systems do not allow non-ASCII symbols in filenames, thus the official name became just "uHex"). uHex supports several video text... -
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OpenRTDynamics
A framework for implementing real-time control systems
- - - T H I S P R O J E C T M O V E D T O G I T H U B - - - A framework for the implementation of advanced real-time control systems which uses signal/block-based schematics (like Simulink) extended by several features like state machines and online-exchangeable sub-simulations. Besides, this framework properly handles multiple threads, their communication, allows to synchronise control systems to external events (e.g. variable timers or incoming network packages) and provides...
