The redshirt operating system is an experiment to build some kind of operating-system-like environment where executables are all in Wasm and are loaded from an IPFS-like decentralized network.
See the docs/introduction.md file for an introduction.
Important: At the moment, most of the compilation requires a nightly version of Rust. See also https://github.com/tomaka/redshirt/issues/300. Your C compiler must be recent enough to be capable of compiling to WebAssembly. This is for example the case for clang 9. See also https://github.com/tomaka/redshirt/issues/257.
You also need to install the wasm32-wasi target, as the Wasm programs are compiled for Wasi, and the rust-src component in order to build the standalone kernel.
rustup toolchain install --target=wasm32-wasi nightly
rustup component add --toolchain=nightly rust-srcBuilding the freestanding kernel is then done through the utility called standalone-builder:
cd kernel-standalone-builder
cargo +nightly run -- emulator-run --emulator qemu --target x86_64-multiboot2Short overview of the structure of the repository:
docs contains a description of what redshirt is and how it works. Start with docs/introduction.md.interfaces contains crates that provide definitions and helpers for Wasm programs to use
(examples: tcp for TCP/IP, window for windowing).kernel contains the code required to run the kernel.kernel-standalone-kernel contains a utility allowing to run and test the standalone kernel.programs contains Wasm programs.Please note that so far this is mostly a personal project. I reserve the right to change anything at any time, including the license.