klange/toaruos
Complete, independent operating system built by humans. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 83
- Longevity 100
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: 7.0
- age_days: 5709
- days_rel: 113
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
6828 stars · 541 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
ToaruOS is a complete, independent hobby operating system for x86-64 PCs and ARMv8 VM environments, built entirely from original code with no third-party runtime dependencies. It includes an SMP-capable modular kernel, a C standard library with dynamic linker, a composited desktop environment, the Kuroko bytecode-compiled language, and a suite of POSIX utilities.
Use cases
- study how an operating system kernel is built from scratch
- explore a from-scratch composited desktop environment and window manager
- learn OS development with a real, bootable codebase
- run a self-contained POSIX-like OS in a VM
- examine a dynamic linker and C library implementation
- try the Kuroko programming language and Bim editor in a self-hosted OS
When to choose
- you want a complete, dependency-free OS codebase to read, build, and modify
- you are learning kernel, compositor, or libc internals from working code
- you need a hobby OS that runs on x86-64 and aarch64 VMs
When to avoid
- you need a production-grade OS with broad hardware support
- you require full POSIX compliance or a mature package ecosystem
- you want to run everyday desktop applications
Facets
application · maturity active
interpreter compiler gui terminal-ui editor programming-language operating-systems developer-tools graphics windows cross-platform operating-system kernel osdev compositor window-manager bootloader libc smp x86-64 aarch64 armv8 baremetal hobby-os self-hosted linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/klange/toaruos · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3d4ea24f1937
- homepage: https://toaruos.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 798f39df3d51
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| klange/toaruos | main | 94 |
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