# intermezzOS/kernel

A hobby operating system, in Rust

Repository: https://github.com/intermezzOS/kernel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/intermezzos-kernel
Homepage: http://intermezzos.github.io/
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-10-28T12:59:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3966, "days_push": 2501, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1395, forks 90 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.559501+00:00)

## What it is
intermezzOS is a hobby/teaching operating system kernel written in Rust, designed to introduce systems programming concepts to experienced developers. This repository contains the kernel itself, accompanied by an accompanying book.

## Use cases
- learn operating systems development in Rust
- study kernel basics like interrupts and memory management
- teach systems programming concepts
- follow along with a book while building an OS

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready operating system
- you need broad hardware support or drivers
- you expect active development and frequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: programming-language, embedded, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, education, programming-languages
- platform: windows, rust
- tags: operating-system, kernel, teaching-os, systems-programming, hobby-os, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- intermezzOS/kernel (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.559501+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:23.589315+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/intermezzOS/kernel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.559501+00:00, sha 2e4e0748d092)
  - homepage: http://intermezzos.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:02.462552+00:00, sha 2f310828879f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.