tier4/awkernel
Awkernel: realtime operating system written in Rust
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Where it stands
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The project lists 20 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 115% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Implements a safe, realtime operating system in Rust capable of executing async/await applications in kernel space.
- Ensures memory safety and concurrency correctness by leveraging Rust's type system and verified asynchronous libraries.
- Use for developing embedded systems requiring realtime performance and safety guarantees on ARM, RISC-V, or x86_64 architectures.
- Use for building kernel-space applications that utilize async/await syntax for efficient asynchronous programming.
- Use for academic or industrial research on verified operating system kernels and concurrency models in Rust.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- No GitHub releases; pin a commit or tag instead of a release.
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From the README
Awkernel is a safe and realtime operating system. It can execute async/await applications in kernel space safely.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
11+5
Open issues
73+31
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| Category median | 56.0K | +2.3K | 29 | — |
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