KernelSharp vs ZeroKernel

KernelSharp

C# Kernel Mode Driver example using NativeAOT (by VollRagm)

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ZeroKernel

Bringing kernel driver to C# with NativeAOT (Surpassed by https://github.com/ZeroLP/WDK.NET) (by ZeroLP)

Driver kernel-driver C# Kernel Experiment

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KernelSharp		ZeroKernel
	Project
3	Mentions	1
175	Stars	38
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	3.3
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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KernelSharp

Posts with mentions or reviews of KernelSharp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-23.

Mark Russinovich: “Working towards enabling Windows driver development in Rust”
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Sep 2023

Here's an example [1] of a device driver in C#. It is possible. It is also not recommended.
[1] https://github.com/VollRagm/KernelSharp
Can anyone tell me what c# can do that other languages can't, or what c# does better than other languages?
1 project | /r/csharp | 16 May 2023

You can create device drivers in C#, here's an example. Not familiar with creating COFF dll-s myself but I imagine that'd also be possible with some tweaking. It might not be supported right out of the box, sure.
Writing a kernel in C# on Linux
8 projects | /r/csharp | 27 Dec 2021

https://github.com/VollRagm/KernelSharp Based on ZeroKernel, so again driver only.

ZeroKernel

Posts with mentions or reviews of ZeroKernel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-27.

Writing a kernel in C# on Linux
8 projects | /r/csharp | 27 Dec 2021

https://github.com/ZeroLP/ZeroKernel - This is kernel driver, but maybe that can give you idea what low-level C# can look like.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing KernelSharp and ZeroKernel you can also consider the following projects:

Cosmos - Cosmos is an operating system "construction kit". Build your own OS using managed languages such as C#, VB.NET, and more!

windows-drivers-rs - Platform that enables Windows driver development in Rust. Developed by Surface.

WDK.NET - Windows Kernel Driver Development in C# with Windows Driver Kit (WDK)

UIforETW - User interface for recording and managing ETW traces

Cassandra - DataStax C# Driver for Apache Cassandra

EfiSharp - An Attempt at building at least some of C# corelib for EFI applications. Inspired by https://github.com/MichalStrehovsky/zerosharp to see if this possible.

zerosharp - Demo of the potential of C# for systems programming with the .NET native ahead-of-time compilation technology.

Singularity-OS - Microsoft Research Singularity RDK 2.0 Source

shared_memory - A Rust wrapper around native shared memory for Linux and Windows