Stanix is a 64-bit open source operating system made from scratch started in December 2024.
The entire operating system is written from scratch with its own libc kernel shell and userspace (only a third-party bootloader called “Limine” is used) Stanix aim to be Unix-like (not a Unix clone, some things are different) with the required Posix functions to port programs.

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Hardware

List of all supported hardware.

  • serial port (only on x86_64)
  • ps2 keyboard (only on x86_64)
  • cmos (only on x86_64)
  • framebuffer (with tty emulation)
  • ATA devices on ide controller
  • pci bus

Goals

Futures goals (once a goal is reached it is removed from the list).

  • a GUI (in progress)
  • a SDL3/2 port
  • a MESA port (in progress)
  • nvme support
  • atapi support
  • better blockfs interface at kernel level
  • ext2 support
  • fat write support
  • cirrus logic driver
  • automatic modesetting
  • better abstraction and management of framebuffers
  • at least 256 MB of ram (also run on 128 MB)
  • 10mhz x86_64 one core cpu
  • ps2 keyboard
  • serial port (optional just make debugging easier )

Features

  • vfs
  • tmpfs
  • userspace
  • multithreading
  • pipes
  • pty system
  • usermode
  • signals
  • socket stack
  • a window manager
  • Unix socket
  • multi user
  • shared memory system
  • dynamic module loading
  • bus management system with hot-plug support
  • fat32 support
  • a pretty complete libc with over 300 functions
  • some ports (such as Doom, binutils, make, …)
  • dynamic linking

Drivers list

  • 8042 (ps2 controller on most PC)
  • ATA
  • framebuffer
  • serial (early boot)
  • serial (complete driver)
  • pci bus
  • ps2 keyboard
  • partitions (GPT/MBR)
  • fat12/16/32 (read-only)
  • vga
  • bga

Subprojects

Stanix is a big project and is split in multiple repos and projects.

  • Stanix’s core contain the kernel, Stanix specific tool (terminal emulator, window manager, …) and the base sysroot along docs.
  • tlibc a reimplementation of the standard libc for Stanix.
  • tash a homemade Posix shell used as the default one for Stanix.
  • tutils a homeade portable reimplementation of coreutils and other various generic utilities for Unix-like used for Stanix.
  • libterm a library to make terminal emulators.
  • libttf a library to parse and render truetype fonts.
  • libtgui a GUI library with a collection of widgets.
  • Stanix’s ports a list of ports and packages for Stanix.

Packages

A list of available packages and ports can be found here.

Docs

See kernel docs and userspace docs.

Posts

Posts about the development of Stanix can be found here.