Redox (operating system)
For other uses, see Redox (disambiguation).
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Redox running Orbital | |
| Developer | Jeremy Soller and Redox Developers[1] |
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| Written in | Rust, assembly |
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Active |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 20 April 2015 |
| Marketing target | Desktop, Workstation, Server, Embedded systems |
| Available in | English |
| Package manager | Magnet |
| Platforms | IA-32, x86-64, ARM |
| Kernel type | Microkernel |
| Userland | Custom |
| Default user interface | Command-line interface, Graphical user interface |
| License | MIT |
| Official website |
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Redox is an MIT-licensed Unix-like microkernel operating system written in the Rust programming language.[2][3] Redox runs on real hardware.[4]
Redox was created by Jeremy Soller and was first published on April 20, 2015 on GitHub.[5] Since then, it has been in active development with contributions by over 40 developers.[6]
The Redox ecosystem
Redox relies on an ecosystem of softwares written in Rust by members of the project including:
- The Redox kernel
- The Ion shell
- The Sodium editor (inspired by Vim)
- The TFS filesystem (inspired by ZFS)
- The orbital windowing System, Compositor, and Widget Toolkit
- The ralloc memory allocator
- The magnet package manager
References
- ↑ "Redox Contributors". GitHub.
- ↑ "Redox Website".
- ↑ Yegulalp, Serdar. "Rust's Redox OS could show Linux a few new tricks". InfoWorld.
- ↑ "Redox Screenshots".
- ↑ "First Commit of Redox". GitHub.
- ↑ "Redox Repository". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
External links
- Official website
- Redox on GitHub
- Redox at Open Hub
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