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What is illumi kernel

illumi Kernel is a kernel can be run on x86 machines. It was completely written by C, so it means it runs very fast. This is an open-source project, the source code license is based on MIT, so everyone is be able to own the source code whatever for personal or business purpose.

Maybe it won't be as strong as the Linux kernel, but you can find almost all UNIX features on it.

Features

It surpport many features like many UNIX-like Oprating-System, but some functions are still in development.
Features include:

  • Memory Management
  • Multi-Process
  • File System
  • Devices Management (in-dev)
  • System API (in-dev)

    • Supported Platforms

  • x86
  • risc-v (available in 2025)
  • arm64 (available in 2027)

    • Future Plans

    1. UEFI boot loader.

    2. ELF program loader.

    3. Paging and swap space.

    Project Repositories

    Main repository

    Codeberg

    Mirrors

    GitHub GitLab