# Luna A simple POSIX-based operating system for personal computers, written in C++. [![Build Status](https://drone.cloudapio.eu/api/badges/apio/Luna/status.svg)](https://drone.cloudapio.eu/apio/Luna) ## Another UNIX clone? [Yes, another UNIX clone](https://wiki.osdev.org/User:Sortie/Yes_Another_Unix_Clone). ## Features - x86_64-compatible lightweight [kernel](kernel/). - Preemptive multitasking, with a round-robin [scheduler](kernel/src/thread/). - [Virtual file system](kernel/src/fs/) with a simple [tmpfs](kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/) and read-only [ext2](kernel/src/fs/ext2/) support. - Can [load ELF programs](kernel/src/binfmt/ELF.cpp), [shebang scripts](kernel/src/binfmt/Script.cpp) or [arbitrary binary formats](kernel/src/binfmt/BinaryFormat.h) (registered through kernel modules, which are not supported yet =D). - Boots from an [ext2](apps/preinit.cpp) root filesystem (a bit slow for now). - [System call](kernel/src/sys/) interface and [C Library](libc/), aiming to be almost POSIX-compatible. - Support for [several third-party programs](ports/), including the [GNU binutils](ports/binutils/PACKAGE) suite of utilities. - POSIX [signal](libc/src/signal.cpp) support. - Designed to be [portable](kernel/src/arch), no need to be restricted to x86_64. - Everything is [UTF-8](libluna/include/luna/Utf8.h). - [UNIX local domain sockets](kernel/src/net/UnixSocket.cpp), allowing for local IPC. - [POSIX shared memory](libc/include/sys/mman.h) support. - Environment-agnostic [utility library](libluna/), which can be used in both kernel and userspace. - Return-oriented [error propagation](libluna/include/luna/Result.h), inspired by Rust and SerenityOS. No exceptions here :). - An extensive set of [standard Unix utilities](apps/), from [ls](apps/ls.cpp) to [uname](apps/uname.cpp) to [base64](apps/base64.cpp). Written in modern C++ and very small amounts of code, using Luna's practical [OS library](libos/). ## Setup To build and run Luna, you will need to build a [cross-compiler](https://wiki.osdev.org/Why_do_I_need_a_Cross_Compiler) and cross-binutils for `x86_64-luna`. For this, you should start by installing the [required dependencies](https://wiki.osdev.org/GCC_Cross_Compiler#Installing_Dependencies). Then, run `tools/setup.sh` to build the toolchain. Please beware that building GCC and Binutils can take some time, depending on your machine. ## Running To run Luna in a virtual machine, you should have [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/) installed. Additionally, the build process needs some extra dependencies to run: `cmake`, `ninja`, `nasm` and `genext2fs`. `tools/run.sh` is the script you should use in most cases. It will build changed files, install, make an ISO image, and run Luna in QEMU. If you have no toolchain set up, `run.sh` will build it automatically, which means that you don't necessarily have to run `setup.sh` since `run.sh` does it for you. ## Prebuilt images Prebuilt ISO images (numbered) for every version can be found at [pub.cloudapio.eu](https://pub.cloudapio.eu/luna/releases). These images are built manually whenever a new release is created, and thus don't reflect the latest changes on the `main` branch. Every hour, this server pulls the latest commits on `main` and builds an hourly ISO image. The ten most recent ones can be found in the [hourly](https://pub.cloudapio.eu/luna/hourly) directory, and [Luna-latest.iso](https://pub.cloudapio.eu/luna/Luna-latest.iso) should always be symlinked to the newest one. These images do reflect the latest changes on the `main` branch, but are obviously less stable. Additionally, an hourly image will be skipped if building the latest commit of the project fails. ## Is there third-party software I can use on Luna? Yes! A ports system is in place, and you can use the build scripts to add some ports to your image. More information in the [Ports](ports/README.md) page. ## License Luna is open-source and free software under the [BSD-2-Clause License](LICENSE).