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skiftOS

• skiftOS is a simple, handmade operating system for the x86 platform, aiming for clean and pretty APIs while keeping the spirit of UNIX.
• skiftOS includes many applications like an Image Viewer, a Text Editor, a Terminal Emulator, etc...
• skiftOS features an UNIX-like terminal experience with many familiar UNIX utilities.
• skiftOS is also pretty easy to build from source, just follow the build guide.
• skiftOS is capable of running on real hardware.
• skiftOS features a graphical user interface (GUI), with a compositor.
• skiftOS is constantly updated, for the latest release .img of skiftOS, click here.
• skiftOS can run DOOM

Screenshots

skiftOS running in QEMU 5.1

Links

• Manual
• Building (start here if you are new)
• Contributing
• Code of conduct
• Running on Virtual Box (click here to experience skiftOS)

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Projects

• echfs
• limine (BSD-2-Clause License)
• lodepng (zlib License)
• Material Design Icons (SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE )
• serenityOS AK utilities: while not directly used in skift, AK was a big inspiration in the creation of libutils.

License

The skift operating system and its core components are licensed under the MIT License.

See license.md