hhuOS

hhuOS is an educational operating system project developed by students at Heinrich Heine University (HHU) in Düsseldorf, Germany. It is built from scratch in C and Assembly and intended as a teaching tool to help students grasp the foundations of kernel development, memory management, system calls, and multitasking. The project focuses on clarity, modularity, and hands-on experimentation with real OS components, making it suitable for OS development courses or personal exploration.

Features

Written in C and Assembly with x86_64 support
Custom bootloader and kernel setup
Simple paging-based virtual memory manager
Cooperative multitasking and context switching
Interrupt handling for keyboard and timer
ELF loader for running user programs

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Operating Systems

Registered

2025-04-03

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