snakeware
A free Linux distro with a Python-based userspace (by joshiemoore)
plugsched
Live upgrade Linux kernel scheduler subsystem (by aliyun)
| snakeware | plugsched | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | |
| 1,724 | 86 | |
| -0.1% | - | |
| 0.0 | 5.6 | |
| over 1 year ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| MIT License | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
snakeware
Posts with mentions or reviews of snakeware.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-04-28.
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I built a hardware processor that runs Python
> We are very far from having a full single user graphics workstation in CPython, even if those JITs aren't perfect.
Some years ago there was an attempt to create a linux distribution including a Python userspace, called Snakeware. But the project appears to be inactive now. See https://github.com/joshiemoore/snakeware
- Tulip Creative Computer
- Snakeware – Linux distro with Python userspace inspired by Commodore 64
- The coolest Python projects you've ever seen?
- Snakeware – Linux distro with Python userspace inspired by Commodore 64 (2020)
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Exploring the idea of a Linux distribution written entirely in Python
It's not Linux, but there is a project called snakeware which is an OS entirely made in python. https://github.com/joshiemoore/snakeware
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Which FOSS project do you recommend donating to and why?
look at https://github.com/joshiemoore/snakeware where almost everything besides the Linux Kernel will be replaced by Python(They will find a way to init via Python.) Also http.server(a http server python module) and more.
- Vegans of the programming world
plugsched
Posts with mentions or reviews of plugsched.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing snakeware and plugsched you can also consider the following projects:
linux-factory - a framework used to create custom debian linux operating systems
like-dbg - Fully dockerized Linux kernel debugging environment
slag - A whitespace-sensitive syntax for rust
MicroPython - MicroPython - a lean and efficient Python implementation for microcontrollers and constrained systems
TT-CPU-Scheduler - Task Type (TT) is an alternative CPU Scheduler for linux.