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StardustOS: Library operating system for building light-weight Unikernels

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by transpute

11 hours ago

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N_Lens

4 hours ago

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The main value seems to be as a research vehicle and teaching tool rather than production-ready infrastructure. The Rust version being archived suggests this might not be under active development currently.

Good for simple stateless services (web servers, API endpoints, microservices) applications that fit the unikernel model - single-purpose, statically linked Running on one's own Xen hypervisor infrastructure.

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mprovost

33 seconds ago

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It reminds me of the old OSKit project from the Univ of Utah, which was also developed for research and teaching.

https://www-old.cs.utah.edu/flux/oskit/

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dist1ll

2 hours ago

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I would argue that stateful services (databases, message queues, CDNs) all perfectly fit the unikernel model. The question is whether the additional engineering effort and system design is worth the performance gain.

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synalx

3 hours ago

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> Stardust-oxide is a re-implementation of the unikernel in Rust.

Not "Starrust"? What a missed opportunity...

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koolala

8 hours ago

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Could this be good for compiling as a small Wasm OS for the Browser? Instead of Alpine Linux or things like that?