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Top 23 C++ operating-system Projects

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  1. serenity

    The Serenity Operating System 🐞

    Project mention: New browser in town | dev.to | 2025-05-05
  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. IncludeOS

    A minimal, resource efficient unikernel for cloud services

    Project mention: Includeable minimal operating system for C++ | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-18

    according to wayback machine the domain expired at the end of 2021. Months later it came back with the sneaky ad. Their page at github https://includeos.github.io/ does not have it. It is safe to assume whoever grabbed the domain has no association to the authors.

    Project has been dead for many years now btw.

  4. skiftOS

    🥑 A modern delightful operating system

    Project mention: Managarm: Pragmatic microkernel-based OS with asynchronous I/O | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-27
  5. haiku

    The Haiku operating system. (Pull requests will be ignored; patches may be sent to https://review.haiku-os.org).

  6. managarm

    Pragmatic microkernel-based OS with fully asynchronous I/O

    Project mention: Managarm: Pragmatic microkernel-based OS with asynchronous I/O | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-27
  7. Lemon-OS

    The Lemon Operating System

  8. WingOS

    a little 64bit operating system written in c++ with smp support

  9. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  10. distortos

    object-oriented C++ RTOS for microcontrollers

  11. clarion

  12. hhuOS

    hhuOS - A small operating system

    Project mention: Managarm: Pragmatic microkernel-based OS with asynchronous I/O | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-27
  13. JsOS

    Операционная система на JavaScript | Operating system written in JavaScript (by JsOS-Team)

  14. xyris

    The Xyris Kernel

  15. sweb

    SWEB Educational OS

  16. FOSD

    Framework of Operating System Development

    Project mention: Show HN: FOSD – Framework of Operating System Development | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-22
  17. pico-os

    an operating system for the Raspberry Pi Pico

  18. MaslOS

    Masl OS

  19. l4re-core

    The core components of the L4Re operating system.

  20. LensorOS

    An OS based on UEFI

  21. BadAppleOS

    (touhou / 東方) x86 Operating System animating BadApple.

  22. GodsEyeView

    The next most holy operating system.

  23. MaxOS

    A 64bit hobby operating system written in C++

    Project mention: Managarm: Pragmatic microkernel-based OS with asynchronous I/O | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-27
  24. TempleOS-EE

    TempleOS Explorers Edition

  25. Macaron

    A sweet hobby made operating system written in C++ for x86 CPUs with GUI (by MacaronOS)

    Project mention: Managarm: Pragmatic microkernel-based OS with asynchronous I/O | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-27
  26. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • New browser in town

    3 projects | dev.to | 5 May 2025
  • Learning to Program with Haiku

    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Apr 2025
  • Calling All Hackers

    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Aug 2024
  • Managarm: Pragmatic microkernel-based OS with asynchronous I/O

    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Jul 2024
  • Update outdated male-specific language

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    www.influxdata.com | 16 May 2025
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Index

What are some of the best open-source operating-system projects in C++? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 serenity 31,760
2 IncludeOS 5,131
3 skiftOS 2,424
4 haiku 2,010
5 managarm 1,675
6 Lemon-OS 1,266
7 WingOS 772
8 distortos 452
9 clarion 323
10 hhuOS 173
11 JsOS 165
12 xyris 154
13 sweb 124
14 FOSD 106
15 pico-os 96
16 MaslOS 92
17 l4re-core 87
18 LensorOS 87
19 BadAppleOS 59
20 GodsEyeView 55
21 MaxOS 50
22 TempleOS-EE 49
23 Macaron 46

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