# s-matyukevich/raspberry-pi-os

Learning operating system development using Linux kernel and Raspberry Pi

Repository: https://github.com/s-matyukevich/raspberry-pi-os
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/raspberry-pi-os
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: raspberry-pi, linux-kernel, osdev, arm, operating-system, raspberry-pi-3, armv8, kernel, tutorial, c, assembler, education, resource, raspberry-pi-os, learn
Last push: 2024-03-29T21:19:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3359, "days_push": 887, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13915, forks 1339 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:05.047759+00:00)

## What it is
A step-by-step tutorial that teaches how to build a minimal operating system kernel from scratch for the Raspberry Pi 3, modeled on the Linux kernel. Each lesson explains a kernel concept in the custom RPi OS and then shows how the same functionality is implemented in the real Linux kernel.

## Use cases
- learn operating system development from scratch
- understand how the Linux kernel boots and initializes
- write a bare-metal hello world on ARM64
- study kernel scheduling, interrupts, and memory management with a minimal example
- get started with ARMv8 assembly and low-level C
- build a toy kernel for Raspberry Pi 3

## When to choose
- you want a guided, lesson-based introduction to OS development
- you learn best by reading minimal source code alongside explanations
- you have a Raspberry Pi 3 or want to follow along with QEMU

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready or full-featured operating system
- you target hardware other than Raspberry Pi 3 / ARMv8
- you want a comprehensive Linux kernel development course rather than a simplified teaching kernel

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: operating-systems, tutorials, education, embedded-systems
- platform: embedded, cross-platform
- tags: osdev, raspberry-pi, kernel, arm64, tutorial, bare-metal, linux-kernel, linux

## Member repositories
- s-matyukevich/raspberry-pi-os (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.047759+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 2026-08-29T17:12:57.421041+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/s-matyukevich/raspberry-pi-os (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.047759+00:00, sha f8031753f340)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.