tomaka/redshirt
🧑🔬 Operating system observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
58/100
- Activity 57
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 2552
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 261
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1434 stars · 29 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Redshirt is an experimental operating system written in Rust where all executables are WebAssembly programs loaded from an IPFS-like decentralized peer-to-peer network. It includes a freestanding kernel, interface wrapper crates for Wasm programs, and sample Wasm applications.
Use cases
- build an operating system where all programs are wasm modules
- experiment with loading executables from a decentralized p2p network
- research wasm-based kernel design
- run a rust kernel in qemu for osdev learning
- explore ipfs-like software distribution at the os level
When to choose
- you want to experiment with a wasm-only, p2p-distributed operating system
- you are researching novel OS architectures in Rust
- you want a hobby OS project to contribute to
When to avoid
- you need a production-ready operating system
- you require stable tooling - it needs nightly Rust and is a personal experiment
- you need broad hardware or driver support
Facets
application · maturity experimental
wasm p2p compiler operating-systems microservices web-development rust wasm wasm-kernel ipfs decentralized-network qemu nightly-rust operating-system linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/tomaka/redshirt · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9dff4d220f49
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tomaka/redshirt | main | 58 |
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