ravynOS: Pre-alpha open-source OS based on Darwin, FreeBSD, Apple open-source

Aug 31, 2026 11:19 PM - 1 hour ago 1

An early-stage (pre-alpha) open-source operating strategy based connected Darwin, FreeBSD, and Apple open-source codification that intends to beryllium compatible pinch macOS applications and has nary hardware restrictions.

We emotion macOS, but we're not a instrumentality of the ever-closing hardware and ecosystem. So, we are creating ravynOS — an OS aimed to supply the finesse of macOS pinch the state of unfastened source.

This is simply a developer preview intended for group building the system.
It is not polished, not completed, and not fresh for extremity users yet.

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Project Goals

Features that you'd love.

We intend to bring galore of the features you've travel to emotion from macOS to ravynOS specified arsenic cleanable design, world menus, and drag-and-drop installs.

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Clean Design

A distract-free interface that puts your contented first. Beautiful transparency, refined typography, and elegant spacing inspired by the best.

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Global Menus

Save vertical abstraction and entree commands consistently. The world paper barroom separates exertion power from model content.

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Consistent Shortcuts

Muscle representation matters. Use the modular Command-key shortcuts you already cognize and emotion crossed the full system.

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Simple Installs

No installers, nary registries. Just resistance the exertion bundle to your Applications files and you're done.

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Familiar Folders

Feel astatine location pinch a modular hierarchy: Applications, System, Library, and Users. Everything is precisely wherever you expect it.

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Cocoa APIs

Native support for cardinal frameworks. Developers tin larboard existing Cocoa applications pinch minimal changes.

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Nifty Commands

Power astatine your fingertips. Use 'open', 'pbcopy', and different acquainted terminal utilities to velocity up your workflow.

Get Involved

Don't beryllium shy, travel talk.

If this sounds for illustration your dream system, please thief america make it a reality! We've sewage a Discord.

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Project Wiki

Documentation, troubleshooting, and guides. Help america support it up to date!

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Discussions

Ask questions, stock ideas, and prosecute pinch the organization connected GitHub.

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Real-time chat pinch the squad and community.

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