# skift-org/skift

🥑 A modern delightful operating system (mirror)

Repository: https://github.com/skift-org/skift
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/skift
Homepage: https://codeberg.org/skift/os
Language: C++
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: osdev, kernel, userspace, operating-system, skift, c-plus-plus, cpp, desktop-environment
Last push: 2026-07-08T18:55:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2935, "days_push": 56, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2986, forks 150 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:34.177374+00:00)

## What it is
SkiftOS is an open-source operating system built from scratch in modern C++, featuring a capability-based microkernel (Hjert), a reactive UI framework (KarmUI), and a desktop environment (Hideo). It emphasizes modularity, simplicity, and cohesive modern design, and is explicitly not ready for daily or production use.

## Use cases
- explore how a microkernel operating system is built from scratch
- study a modern C++ operating system codebase
- experiment with a hobby operating system in a VM
- learn operating system development with a real project
- try a desktop environment built on a custom kernel
- contribute to an open-source OS project

## When to choose
- you want to study or contribute to a from-scratch C++ operating system
- you are interested in microkernel and capability-based OS design
- you want a modular hobby OS to run in a VM for experimentation

## When to avoid
- you need a daily-driver or production operating system
- you require mature hardware driver support or software compatibility
- you need a stable, well-supported platform for real workloads

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: gui, graphics, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: cpp, cross-platform
- tags: operating-system, microkernel, desktop-environment, osdev, ui-framework, browser-engine, hobby-os

## Member repositories
- skift-org/skift (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.177374+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 2026-08-30T07:31:26.281584+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/skift-org/skift (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.177374+00:00, sha 1927c067bc70)
  - homepage: https://codeberg.org/skift/os (fetched 2026-08-29T09:47:31.260082+00:00, sha a89d40c72001)
  - site_page: https://docs.codeberg.org/getting-started/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T09:47:31.265950+00:00, sha 7ffd1ab1d66b)
  - site_page: https://docs.codeberg.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:47:31.268534+00:00, sha 3c642f9d47c9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.