# vlang/vinix

Vinix is an effort to write a modern, fast, and useful operating system in the V programming language

Repository: https://github.com/vlang/vinix
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vinix
Homepage: https://vlang.io
Language: V
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: os, operating-system, vlang, v, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-06-18T21:50:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 82, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2483, "days_push": 76, "days_rel": 121, "gap_med": 3, "n_releases_24m": 48}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2164, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:21.206091+00:00)

## What it is
Vinix is an operating system kernel and small distribution written from scratch in the V programming language, targeting modern 64-bit hardware and multi-core CPUs. It is explicitly pre-alpha software that already boots on real machines, running a ramdisk-based userspace with bash, gcc/g++, the V compiler, nano, and X.org.

## Use cases
- write an operating system in the V language
- study how a modern 64-bit multi-core kernel is implemented
- boot a custom-built OS ISO in QEMU or on real hardware
- learn bare-metal programming with a compiled systems language
- hobby OS that already runs bash, gcc, and X.org
- port Linux programs to a small alternative kernel
- explore OS development with a small, readable codebase

## When to choose
- You want to read or contribute to a deliberately simple, approachable OS kernel codebase
- You are doing OS-dev experiments and want a bootable baseline with userspace tools (shell, compilers, X) already ported
- You want to stress-test how the V compiler handles bare-metal programming needs

## When to avoid
- You need a daily-driver or production operating system — Vinix is explicitly pre-alpha and not meant for daily use
- You need networking, Wayland, or GPU drivers — these are still unimplemented roadmap items
- You expect broad hardware support, 32-bit targets, or a mature driver ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: scheduling, concurrency, file-system
- domain: operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: operating-system, kernel, bare-metal, vlang, osdev, x86-64, qemu, iso-image, ramdisk, linux-source-compatibility, pre-alpha, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- vlang/vinix (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.206091+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 2026-08-30T02:50:10.949788+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vlang/vinix (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.206091+00:00, sha 9fb08377acd8)
  - homepage: https://vlang.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:55.395697+00:00, sha 76c9829c2529)
  - site_page: https://docs.vlang.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:55.405462+00:00, sha bc06c93b9d46)
  - site_page: https://modules.vlang.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:55.407097+00:00, sha f560f077014c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.