grin VS aero

Compare grin vs aero and see what are their differences.

grin

Minimal implementation of the Mimblewimble protocol. (by mimblewimble)

aero

Aero is a new modern, experimental, UNIX-like operating system following the monolithic kernel design. Supporting modern PC features such as long mode, 5-level paging, and SMP (multicore), to name a few. (by Andy-Python-Programmer)
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grin aero
36 12
5,038 1,079
0.2% -
6.5 8.4
19 days ago 1 day ago
Rust Rust
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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grin

Posts with mentions or reviews of grin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-06.

aero

Posts with mentions or reviews of aero. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-03.
  • Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Jan 2024
    This feels like an ad; the blog post and the README feel like they were written to sound complicated and smart rather than tell the whole truth. Like, "On boot, the kernel has full access to the memory and is allowed to write where it should not (its own code, for example)"? Apart from the fact that ring 0 will always have full control, the MMU also exists. Also, the "48k" (the kernel has 34324 lines of non-comment code, the rest are in the other repos I assume) LOC are obvious when you consider code like src/syscall/mod.rs:717 is present.

    To be fair, this is impressive, but its a basic monolithic kernel written for a school project, with the "twist" that it is in Rust and uses Linux syscalls.

    For anyone who is interesting in more Rust UNIX-like kernels, Aero (https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer/aero) is farther ahead supports running quite a lot of recompiled Linux userspace, including dwm and WebKit.

  • Aero OS: A new modern operating system made in Rust, now able to run the Links browser, Alacritty and much more!
    6 projects | /r/rust | 16 Apr 2023
    https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer/aero/blob/master/src/aero_kernel/src/mem/paging/addr.rs especially obvious, if you look at the first version of this file:
    6 projects | /r/rust | 16 Apr 2023
    Routing Sockets (https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer/aero/issues/95)
    6 projects | /r/rust | 16 Apr 2023
    The label `C-kernel` basically refers to "Category: Kernel". You can take a look at https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer/aero/labels to see what each label is used for.
  • Aero, a new modern OS made in rust and is now able to run Xorg! :)
    2 projects | /r/rust | 12 Nov 2022
    Contributions are positively welcome! The source-code is avaliable GitHub: https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer/aero
    2 projects | /r/rust | 12 Nov 2022
    There is progress in implementing the DRM subsystem (cc https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer/aero/blob/master/src/aero_kernel/src/drivers/drm/mod.rs) but currently it only implements a small portion of the subsystem. But yea, this was one of the blocking points.
  • Your one project with rust that you think is one of the best projects you have made.
    25 projects | /r/rust | 20 May 2022
  • Software Development Foundations - How to teach a 14 year old?
    2 projects | /r/PinoyProgrammer | 11 Apr 2022
    Get him to join the OSDev discord chat. Most of the people there started learning programming in the middle of the pandemic and are now building complex projects. Group is mostly kids his age, 12-16 year olds, learning to hack around. Like this 13 year old or this 15 year old.
  • Aero is a new modern, experimental, unix-like operating system made in rust!
    5 projects | /r/rust | 4 Jan 2022
    Yes there are cross platform plans: https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer/aero/issues/3
    5 projects | /r/rust | 4 Jan 2022
    you can compare with initial commit: https://github.com/Andy-Python-Programmer/aero/commit/3ee1c052454a1386dc8d1688b5ca9d616e3a907b

What are some alternatives?

When comparing grin and aero you can also consider the following projects:

x86_64 - Library to program x86_64 hardware.

aya - Aya is an eBPF library for the Rust programming language, built with a focus on developer experience and operability.

research-lab - A general repo for Monero Research Lab work in progress and completed work

multi-party-ecdsa - Rust implementation of {t,n}-threshold ECDSA (elliptic curve digital signature algorithm).

Bitcoin.org - Bitcoin.org Website

zmsg - A zero knowledge messaging system built on zcash.

ngs - Next Generation Shell (NGS)

seed-phrase-raid-5 - Apply RAID-5 (XOR, Parity) to your 24 word seed phrase

saito-lite - A cross-platform javascript saito implementation

docs - Documentation for Grin and Mimblewimble

mithril - Pure Rust Monero Miner

crypto-fees - Website for comparing total daily fees of various blockchain protocols.