# tomaka/redshirt

🧑‍🔬 Operating system

Repository: https://github.com/tomaka/redshirt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/redshirt
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: rust, kernel, wasm, peer-to-peer
Last push: 2025-12-15T14:01:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 57, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2552, "days_push": 261, "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 1434, forks 29 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.347658+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: wasm, p2p, compiler
- domain: operating-systems, microservices, web-development
- platform: rust, wasm
- tags: wasm-kernel, ipfs, decentralized-network, qemu, nightly-rust, operating-system, linux

## Member repositories
- tomaka/redshirt (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.347658+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 2026-08-30T04:36:55.935929+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tomaka/redshirt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.347658+00:00, sha 9dff4d220f49)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.