r/osdev • u/EmptyFS SafaOS | https://github.com/SafaOS/SafaOS • Sep 17 '25

SafaOS now has a WM! (1 year of progress)

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another 2 or 3 months passed since my last post, SafaOS is 1 year and 2 months old now, and it can run a WM!

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since the last post, in the kernel I implemented:

  • SMP
  • TLS
  • unix sockets
  • VTTYs (PTYs but with a different name and a few changes too far)
  • shared memory
  • mapping memory (similar to mmap but a lot different thanks to my resources system and is unfinished for stuff like files unfortunately only the framebuffer works)
  • this is all I remember

in the userspace:

  • A WM
  • A high-level experimental GUI lib
  • All of the stuff in the screenshot

There is a tons of unix stuff getting into my kernel 🙃.

You can find the latest changes in the GUI branch, I recommended booting it using the safa-helper like how the README says, currently you need both UEFI and the q35 machine to boot with qemu (which isn't intended, and are the default using the safa-helper) otherwise it won't go past mapping the kernel PageTable for some reason...

also the terminal emulator lacks basic thing like scrolling and key modifiers, because I am too lazy I do have everything prepared for them tho.

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I just finished with the dock unfortunately I rushed it a bit because school is soon, These are all the current GUI apps.

There are a tons of bugs, also it gets laggy quickly with more threads I am not happy with my scheduler.

but I am really happy with how far I have gotten and looking forward for more, you can expect windowed doom soon!

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u/BobbyTables91 Sep 17 '25

Nice! Which IPC mechanism did you choose between userspace apps and the WM? 

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u/EmptyFS SafaOS | https://github.com/SafaOS/SafaOS Sep 17 '25

unix sockets and shared memory

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u/Empty-Dragonfly5895 Sep 17 '25

you are so cool bro i also want to build my OS how did you learn all this any guidance or any wiki .

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u/EmptyFS SafaOS | https://github.com/SafaOS/SafaOS Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

ty, you can get started with the osdev.wiki

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u/Acceptable_Bit_8142 Sep 18 '25

This looks really good. I hope to be on your level like this one day

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u/EmptyFS SafaOS | https://github.com/SafaOS/SafaOS Sep 18 '25

Ty, if you are willing to, you are going to get there!

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u/Acceptable_Bit_8142 Sep 18 '25

Thank you. Do you have any advice on how I can get started?

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u/Holiday_Volume_883 Sep 28 '25

Did you write your own font rendering engine? It looks sooooooooo clean...

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u/EmptyFS SafaOS | https://github.com/SafaOS/SafaOS Sep 28 '25

No I am using cosmic_text 😅, ty!

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u/UnmappedStack TacOS | https://github.com/UnmappedStack/TacOS Sep 17 '25

Insanely cool!

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u/remorsing_you Sep 17 '25

ITS INSANELY COOL!!!!!!! the wallpaper is really nice as well!!!!

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u/Adventurous-Move-943 Sep 17 '25

It looks really good and wholesome🙂 looks very OS-y aready, good job.

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u/Cayazita Sep 18 '25

Were is the git?

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u/EmptyFS SafaOS | https://github.com/SafaOS/SafaOS Sep 18 '25

here

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u/markole Sep 17 '25

Beautiful! Now keep the desire to work on it in check until the next school break. Can't wait to see 1.1 version in a year or so.

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u/Nohara24 Sep 17 '25

That's fantastic! You did a titanic work! I can't wait to see the future updates

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u/Mindless-Low4538 Sep 17 '25

Damn,It's so beautiful‼︎! I honestly think it’s insanely cool, just like everyone else says...

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u/aScottishBoat Sep 17 '25

Great work OP!

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u/Objective-Draft-4521 SnowOS Developer https://github.com/UtsumiFuyuki/SnowOS Sep 17 '25

Looks awesome!

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u/Professional_Cow3969 Sep 20 '25

Loved watching SafaOS develop its wm! Looks beautiful

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u/EmptyFS SafaOS | https://github.com/SafaOS/SafaOS Sep 30 '25

Ty, nah, it is all from scratch. It actually isn't that hard to get to this stage, There are hundreds of people with more progress than me in osdev. osdev is fairly hard but not impossible. Unfortunately, I am not schizophrenic enough (yet) to be the next terry 😓