IncludeOS *was* an Apache licensed [[library operating system]] written in C++. - [Website](https://www.includeos.org/) - [Github](https://github.com/includeos/IncludeOS) - [Blog](https://www.includeos.org/blog/) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/IncludeOS) > IncludeOS is a minimal, open source, unikernel operating system for cloud services and IoT. IncludeOS allows users to run C++ applications in the cloud without any operating system. \- via [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IncludeOS) # Notability I had an interest in library operating systems. Still do for embedded use. This was an attempt to subvert Linux (by the CEO's own admission) on cloud platforms. While the project was cool, this approach does not seem economically viable. # Philosophy Created by a for-profit business of the same name. Their business model and financials are unknown. It is open source, so it is still available for use and development. # Features # History > We went bust last summer after we got shafted. \- Former [CEO](https://www.linkedin.com/in/perbu/) of IncludeOS on [Twitter](https://web.archive.org/web20200117224459/https://twitter.com/perbu/status/1215931242593554434) Article: [IncludeOS: A Unikernel for C++ Applications](https://lwn.net/Articles/728682/) Went "bust" in summer of 2019 and silently [discontinued](https://github.com/includeos/IncludeOS/commits/master) in 2020 after the initial hype cycle in 2017. There does not appear to be any active fork as of [[2023-10-14]] . # References ```cardlink url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7D88U-5pKc title: "CppCon 2017: Alfred Bratterud “Deconstructing the OS: The devil’s In the side effects”" description: "http://CppCon.org—Presentation Slides, PDFs, Source Code and other presenter materials are available at: https://github.com/CppCon/CppCon2017—IncludeOS is a ..." host: www.youtube.com favicon: https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/286e6262/img/favicon_32x32.png image: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h7D88U-5pKc/maxresdefault.jpg ```