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Genode

A capability-based OS framework for secure special-purpose systems.

At a glance:
First seen:2026-05-19
Last seen:2026-05-19
Times seen:1
Website:genode.org

The short version

A capability-based OS framework for secure special-purpose systems.

Why it caught our attention

Readers kept plugging it as the stronger-isolation alternative.

Where it surfaced on Hacker News

2026-05-19

Editorial paraphrase

A commenter made a standard plug for Genode/Sculpt OS and called it capability-based and commercially maintained.

Original thread

The foundations of a provably secure operating system (PSOS) (1979) [pdf]

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The foundations of a provably secure operating system (PSOS) (1979) [pdf]

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