PureDarwin/PureDarwin
Darwin is the Open Source core of macOS, and PureDarwin is a community project to extend Darwin into a complete, usable operating system. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 36
- Longevity 100
Flags: prerelease_only no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4287
- days_rel: 218
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
2678 stars · 214 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
PureDarwin is a community project that extends Darwin, Apple's open-source operating system core, into a complete, usable operating system. It aims to provide bootable ISO and VM images of recent Darwin versions.
Use cases
- run a minimal Darwin OS without macOS
- boot Darwin in a virtual machine
- study the open-source core of macOS
- build Darwin from source on macOS
- experiment with an OpenDarwin successor
When to choose
- you want to run or explore Darwin outside of a full macOS install
- you need a bootable Darwin ISO or VM image for testing or research
- you want to contribute to or study Apple's open-source OS components
When to avoid
- you need a full desktop OS with GUI apps and drivers for daily use
- you want to build on Linux or Windows - it only builds on macOS with Xcode
- you need production support or a stable release cycle
Facets
application · maturity active
developer-tools operating-systems developer-tools cross-platform darwin bootable-iso vm-images apple-open-source kernel operating-system macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/PureDarwin/PureDarwin · fetched 2026-08-28 · d64a7e3d61e7
- homepage: https://github.com/PureDarwin/PureDarwin/wiki · fetched 2026-08-29 · e5652b7e5cb1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| PureDarwin/PureDarwin | main | 77 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="PureDarwin/PureDarwin")
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