zinnia

about

The kernel is written in (almost) 100% Rust and attempts to avoid unsafe
code where possible. It implements a big range of POSIX APIs in system
calls, but also exposes common extensions found in Linux and BSDs, like
epoll and timerfd. This allows it to run a somewhat modern desktop using
Wayland and X11 sessions.

Most drivers are implemented as modules. These are Rust ELF dylibs which
get loaded and linked during boot from an initrd, similar to Linux
systems. Zinnia can boot from any UEFI based system thanks to the Limine
bootloader.

I started this project in 2024 to learn more about systems programming,
but over time it started gain more and more features. Today the kernel is
able to boot on many real x86_64 machines. aarch64 and riscv64 support is
planned, but not a priority at the moment. Fixes are always welcome!