Independent kernel + userspace
Memory, scheduling, interrupts, multiprocessor execution, ring-3 userspace, syscalls, VFS and system-owned runtime foundations.
INDEPENDENT OPERATING SYSTEM // ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT
Computing,reframed.
Frames is a new independent operating system being built from the kernel upward — with its own userspace, native application model, Nexus systems language, recovery architecture and developer platform.
Independent coreNot built on another OS
Nexus-nativeLanguage + toolchain
Evidence drivenFail-closed certification
CURRENT EXTERNAL BASELINEFRAMES 0.9.32
QEMU / OVMF runtime70 / 70 PASS
Stress / fault program8 / 8 PASS
Storage-write Gate 10.9.32 EXTERNAL PASS
Safety boundaryPhysical writes still blocked
WHAT FRAMES IS
Not another distribution.
Not a desktop skin.
A new operating system.
ONE COORDINATED PLATFORM
Designed from the foundations up.
Frames is being built so the language, kernel, userspace, applications, storage, security, recovery and developer experience can evolve around explicit contracts instead of being assembled from unrelated layers.
Nexus
The native systems language and compiler toolchain developed alongside Frames.
Native applications
FEX applications, system services and a first-party application/API model.
Hardware platform
SMP, PCI, NVMe, USB/input, display, network and driver framework foundations.
Recovery + safety
Rollback and recovery designed as platform capabilities, with dangerous writes gated until proven.
Frames Lab
Future integrated development, testing, snapshots and compatibility environments.
ENGINEERING PROOF
Claims have to survive the runtime.
Frames does not promote a capability simply because source code exists. Important milestones are backed by reproducible builds, automated gates and external QEMU/OVMF evidence.
Complete 70-marker runtime contract closes
Core, platform, SMP, userspace, NVMe and safety groups pass
All eight stress/fault phases have been earned
Sacrificial storage-write Gate 1 is certified; boot-volume and physical persistent-media writes remain blocked
frames://certification
$ frames-cert status
BASELINE Frames 0.9.32
QEMU / OVMF PASS
RUNTIME MARKERS 70 / 70
MISSING 0
FATAL 0
CORE PASS
PLATFORM PASS
SMP PASS
USERSPACE PASS
NVME READ-ONLY PASS
SAFETY PASS
STRESS / FAULT 8 / 8
RECOVERY PHASE PASS
POWER PHASE PASS
LATEST STAGE 0.9.32 WRITE GATE 1 PASS
EXTERNAL V26 PENDING
PHYSICAL BOOT BLOCKED
BOOT WRITE NOT CERTIFIEDTHE NEXT VISIBLE MILESTONE
Boot into Frames. Type into Frames.
The next product-facing objective is the Frames Developer Console: visible native output, keyboard input, system inspection commands and a developer-usable environment built on the certified low-level foundation.
FRAMESDEVELOPER PREVIEW
Kernel PASS SMP PASS Memory PASS Storage PASS Userspace PASS Frames Developer Console frames> version Frames 0.9.x // Nexus runtime frames> cpu Processors online: 4 frames>
THE LONG VIEW
Another major computing platform.
Frames is being built toward a future with native apps, a mature Nexus SDK, integrated recovery, a modern storage platform, broad hardware support and isolated compatibility environments — all on top of an independent OS core.
BUILDING THE TEAM
From engineering proof to developer platform.
Frames is entering the phase where a small senior systems team can accelerate the transition from certified foundations into an interactive developer experience and eventually a general-purpose operating system.