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Developer | Return Infinity |
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Written in | Assembly |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | 2008 |
Latest release | 1.0.0 / November 13, 2017[1] |
Marketing target | HPCs, HTC, Cloud computing |
Available in | English |
Platforms | x86-64 |
Kernel type | Exokernel, SASOS |
Userland | Unknown |
Default user interface | Command-line |
License | BSD License[2] |
Official website | www |
BareMetal is an exokernel-based single address space operating system (OS) created by Return Infinity.
It is written in assembly to achieve high-performance computing with minimal footprint[3][4] with a "just enough operating system" (JeOS) approach.[5] The operating system is primarily targeted towards virtualized environments for cloud computing, or HPCs due to its design as a lightweight kernel (LWK). It could be used as a unikernel.
It was inspired by another OS written in assembly, MikeOS,[2] and it is a recent example of an operating system that is not written in C or C++, nor based on Unix-like kernels.[6]
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