/gopher-os

A proof of concept OS kernel written in Go

Primary LanguageGoMIT LicenseMIT

gopher-os License: MIT

Tests / Coverage Go 1.7.x Go 1.8.x Go 1.9.x Go 1.10.x Go 1.x
Build Status Coverage Go Report Card go 1.7.x go 1.8.x Go 1.9.x go 1.10.x go 1.x

The goal of this project is to build a 64-bit POSIX-compliant tick-less kernel with a Linux-compatible syscall implementation using Go.

This project is not about building yet another OS but rather exists to serve as proof that Go is indeed a suitable tool for writing low level code that runs at ring-0.

Note: This project is still in the early stages of development and is not yet in a usable state. In fact, if you build the ISO and boot it, the kernel will eventually panic with a Kmain returned error.

To find out more about the current project status and feature roadmap take a look at the status page.

Building and running gopher-os

TLDR version: make run-qemu or make run-vbox.

A detailed guide about building, running and debugging gopher-os on Linux/OSX as well as the list of supported boot command line options are available here.

How does it look?

80x25 (stadard 8x16 font): 80x25 with standard 8x16 font

1024x768 (10x18 font): 1024x768x32 with 10x18 font

2560x1600 (14x28 font): retina mode (2560x1600) with 14x28 font

Contributing

gopher-os is Open Source. Feel free to contribute! To get started take a look at the contributing guide.

Licence

gopher-os is distributed under the MIT license.