Harvey-OS/harvey
A distributed operating system observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4068
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1496
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1441 stars · 111 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Harvey OS is a re-release of the final 4th Edition of Plan 9 from Bell Labs, a distributed operating system originally released in 2002. It is intended primarily for educational and research purposes, preserving the last state of Plan 9 as distributed directly by Bell Labs under an open-source license.
Use cases
- study the Plan 9 operating system design
- research distributed operating systems and the 9P protocol
- run a historical Bell Labs Plan 9 4th Edition system
- explore Plan 9 authentication and file server concepts like factotum, venti, and fossil
- educational coursework on operating system internals
When to choose
- you want to study or research the original Plan 9 4th Edition codebase
- you need a historically accurate Plan 9 distribution for education
- you are researching 9P2000, venti, or fossil as they existed at Bell Labs
When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively developed Plan 9 derivative such as 9front
- you need a production operating system for daily use
- you need modern hardware support, security updates, or a package ecosystem
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
networking file-system operating-systems microservices developer-tools cross-platform plan9 distributed-operating-system 9p bell-labs research-os c operating-system research linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Harvey-OS/harvey · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6b6540431036
- homepage: https://harvey-os.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · bc1fb80db481
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey-OS/harvey | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="Harvey-OS/harvey")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem