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Products that do what A cross-platform toolkit to explore OS internals and capabilities does

I built this toolkit with my colleague to dive deep into OS internals and automate the identification of privilege escalation vectors. Written in pure C without external dependencies, it explores everything from Linux capabilities and Docker escapes to Windows token manipulation and service permissions. We believe that the constant struggle between breaking and securing systems is the ultimate driver of software evolution. This tool is our contribution to that cycle, designed for researchers who want to understand how low-level misconfigurations can be discovered and audited across different…

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SeKey: An SSH Agent for OS X, Using Secure Enclave and TouchID, in Rust▲169
2017 · github.com
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Sysdig, a tool for Linux system exploration▲171
2014 · github.com
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Nixar – New design of Linux command line▲130
2015 · nixar.work
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Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility▲186
2019 · github.com
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Vas-quod – A minimal Linux container runtime written in Rust▲110
2020 · github.com
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Wiser – minimal hypervisor boots Linux VM, written in C▲136
2021 · github.com
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A simple, highly commented, rootkit which attacks GCC and Python▲94
2014 · github.com
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Jetpack, a FreeBSD Jail/ZFS-based container runtime▲96
2015 · github.com
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Wtrace – A command line tracing tool for Windows, based on ETW▲130
2017 · github.com
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Rust-starter, a boilerplate to build Rust CLI applications▲97
2021 · github.com
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A Modern C/C++ build tools (Simple, Fast, Cross-platform)▲89
2019 · xmake.io
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Picosnitch – a reliable and lightweight security/privacy tool for Linux▲92
2022 · elesiuta.github.io
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I built a tool for policy driven vetting of open source packages▲7
Linux Foundation survey says 70-90% of modern software constitute OSS code. Yet we are stuck with tools that scan only for vulnerabilities in 3rd party libraries and that too with high degree of false positives. I built `vet` for policy and data driven analysis of 3rd party packages that goes beyond only vulnerability and allows codifying organisational policies related to OSS consumption. https://github.com/safedep/vet Looking forward to feedback and suggestions from HN :)
2023 · github.com
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Monolinux – A tiny embedded Linux distro▲69
2019 · github.com
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Amp – A text editor for your terminal, written in Rust▲43
2018 · amp.rs
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liblorgnette – a dlsym for alien processes on OS X▲41
2014 · github.com
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Linuxify – Transform the MacOS CLI into a GNU/Linux CLI Experience▲30
2018 · github.com
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Salty, a minimalist DevOps tool inspired by Saltstack and Ansible▲32
2021 · github.com
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Lambash, a WIP λ-Calculus Unix Shell Written in Rust▲7
2019 · github.com
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Cargo-fel4, Rust tools for working with the seL4 high-assurance kernel▲10
2018 · github.com
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I built an open-source kernel for Texas Instruments calculators▲20
You know that old TI calculator you used in high school, then put in a box and forgot about? Have you ever wished you had an operating system for your calculator with preemptive multitasking, dynamic memory management, a tree filesystem conforming to the FHS, and all the comforts of Unix? Well, good news: that's totally a thing that exists. I've been working on my kernel for about three and a half years now and I'm looking for new contributors to help out. It's written entirely in z80 assembly, and it's both challenging and fun to work on. There's an IRC channel for contributors or people…
2014
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Geeonx a Multiplatform C GUI-Library (Linux, Windows, macOS)▲23
2019 · geeonx.org
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Ikkekernel – The Fork of Linux▲7
2023 · github.com
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Pak – a command line tool for everything – my first open source project▲9
2017 · github.com

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