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Dev tools · August 14, 2026

Daxo OS

Rust kernel that boots on metal and runs user code in Ring 3

Daxo OS launched on August 14, 2026 with 2 votes, #5,788 of 23,274 launches that month.

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What it does

An experimental x86_64 kernel built completely from scratch in Rust. Designed as a clean, mostly-safe systems programming playground, it boots natively via UEFI, sets up 4-level paging, runs user-space applications in Ring 3 via GDT/TSS switching, manages a cooperative async task executor, and includes a custom fixed-size heap allocator alongside an ATA PIO driver.

Building Daxo OS: A custom bare-metal x86_64 microkernel written from scratch in Rust. UEFI boot, Ring 3 isolation, FAT like file system, cooperative async multitasking. - daxo-developer/daxo_os

A custom x86_64 kernel written in Rust, heavily based on the excellent “Writing an OS in Rust” series by Philipp Oppermann. This project started as a learning exercise following that tutorial, and has since been extended with custom features (ATA PIO driver, FAT-like file system, cooperative multitasking, user-mode switching, syscall stubs, etc.). Currently boots via UEFI, sets up 4-level paging, and can execute user-mode code in Ring 3. Status: Active development (v0.3.0). Learning project for low-level x86_64 architecture and bare-metal Rust. cargo run -Zjson-target-spec Build a standalone bootable image cargo install bootimage cargo bootimage Output:…from github.com

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