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[Website](https://open-nexus-os.io/) · [Repository](https://github.com/open-nexus-OS/open-nexus-OS) · [Changelog](https://github.com/open-nexus-OS/open-nexus-OS/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)

### [`EmiBSD/Kernel`](https://github.com/EmiBSD/Kernel)
<span class="maintainers">(Section written by [@enavarre-cl](https://github.com/enavarre-cl))</span>

[EmiBSD](https://www.emibsd.org/) is an experiment carrying the OpenBSD kernel into safe Rust. It keeps a byte-identical ABI to run OpenBSD's unmodified userland, porting the C file by file ([LandingZone](https://github.com/EmiBSD/LandingZone)) before redesigning it to confine unsafe code to a single hardware layer, `hal`. The code is written by AI coding agents under written rules, with one maintainer reviewing and approving every commit. It is pre-alpha, runs on arm64 in QEMU only, and is not affiliated with the OpenBSD project.

This month, the redesign moved its first core subsystems out of the inherited port: the string, compression and crypto primitives, virtual memory, and processes and scheduling. File descriptors, kqueue, signals, the scheduler and terminals now live in the `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]` kernel crate. `hal` holds 184 proven unsafe sites against 9,490 remaining in the port, and 105 of OpenBSD's 331 system calls are handled natively.

The test suite passes on two and four CPUs, the OpenBSD installer runs end to end, and the comparison against a real OpenBSD shows no new behavioural difference. Performance tuning is scheduled after the redesign. Next up: the VFS and file systems.

[Website](https://www.emibsd.org/) · [Status](https://www.emibsd.org/status/) · [Process](https://www.emibsd.org/process/)

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