There's already a great microkernel Rust operating system in development - [Redox]().
It's worked on by a ton of people and works well at this point, so what's the point in developing another one?
1. Because it's fun. This is really the main reason, it's really just because I want to do it.
2. For new ideas. While this OS may not take off, some of the ideas in it might. With it's separation, it makes parts of it easy to implement in other things and show implementations of the ideas.
- Built mainly for **ARM**/**RISC-V** architecture
- Not **POSIX** compatible
- **OCAP**[^ocap] security, with an **Actor** based system
- Well documented using [rustdoc](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc) and [mdBook](https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/)
- **Microkernel**[^microkernel] with features being split into different `crates`&`libraries`
- Full **UTF-8** support, because it's *2023*
- Easy global configuration, **NixOS**/**Guix** style[^home]
- Build with [security](/security/) in mind from the start
- **Vulkan** rendering
-`serde` for serializing data into/from different formats
- Allows for easy message passing
- Store/read data in `bytes` easily
- Can use anything supported by `serde` for configuration
- [Comprehensive Testing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hXNd6x9sZs) with [Automated Tests](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch11-00-testing.html) and [Fuzzing](https://lib.rs/crates/cargo-fuzz)