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Microkernel projects on GitHub

Operating systems built on a microkernel architecture with minimal privileged code.

As of , the most-starred Microkernel projects on GitHub are nocobase (24.6K stars), redox (16.6K stars) and rt-thread (12.3K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 6 Microkernel repositories with 72K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was nocobase, with +11 stars in a day.

6Projects
72KStars in total
+19Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+11

nocobase

nocobase/nocobase · ★ 24.6K

NocoBase is an open-source AI + no-code platform for building business systems like CRMs, ERPs, and internal tools, where AI works on top of production-proven infrastructure and a WYSIWYG interface instead of generating everything from scratch.

+4

redox

redox-os/redox · ★ 16.6K

Redox is an open-source operating system written in Rust that uses a microkernel architecture, aiming to be reliable, secure and usable while providing a full set of components like a file system, display server and core utilities.

+3

opensquilla

TokenRhythm/opensquilla · ★ 7.1K

OpenSquilla is a token-efficient, microkernel AI agent that uses a local model router to send each conversation turn to the cheapest model that can handle it, while sharing memory, a sandbox, and web search across its CLI, Web UI, and chat-channel interfaces.

+1

motor-os

moturus/motor-os · ★ 1.1K

Motor OS is a simple, fast, and secure operating system built for the cloud. It targets virtualized workloads — web serving, serverless computing, and edge caching — and is written entirely in Rust, kernel to shell.

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6 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · nocobase/nocobase

    nocobase

    NocoBase is an open-source AI + no-code platform for building business systems like CRMs, ERPs, and internal tools, where AI works on top of production-proven infrastructure and a WYSIWYG interface instead of generating everything from scratch.

    24.6K
  2. #2 · redox-os/redox

    redox

    Redox is an open-source operating system written in Rust that uses a microkernel architecture, aiming to be reliable, secure and usable while providing a full set of components like a file system, display server and core utilities.

    16.6K
  3. #3 · RT-Thread/rt-thread

    rt-thread

    RT-Thread is an open source, community-based real-time operating system (RTOS) for embedded and IoT devices, mainly written in C.

    12.3K
  1. 4

    astrid

    10.3Kastrid-runtime/astrid · Rust

    Astrid is a portable, capability-secure operating system for composable software: apps are sandboxed WebAssembly capsules that connect through typed interfaces, each with its own capabilities and durable state.

  2. 5

    opensquilla

    7.1KTokenRhythm/opensquilla · Python

    OpenSquilla is a token-efficient, microkernel AI agent that uses a local model router to send each conversation turn to the cheapest model that can handle it, while sharing memory, a sandbox, and web search across its CLI, Web UI, and chat-channel interfaces.

  3. 6

    motor-os

    1.1Kmoturus/motor-os · Rust

    Motor OS is a simple, fast, and secure operating system built for the cloud. It targets virtualized workloads — web serving, serverless computing, and edge caching — and is written entirely in Rust, kernel to shell.

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