We love macOS, but we’re not a fan of the ever-closing hardware and ecosystem. So we are creating ravynOS — an OS aimed to provide the finesse of macOS with the freedom of FreeBSD.
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Clean Design
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Global Menus
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Consistent Shortcuts
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Simple Installs
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Familiar Folders
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Cocoa APIs
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Nifty Commands
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Superb Stability
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ravynOS, Always
We're building familiar apps native to ravynOS, packaged as portable .app bundles and built with our core technologies of Cocoa, Qt, and Mach. These are guaranteed to work and fit seamlessly into your desktop.
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FreeBSD, Mostly
FreeBSD ports that support Wayland continue to work on ravynOS right out of the box, or with minor changes.
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Linux, Sometimes
Many Linux applications that support Wayland are expected to work with FreeBSD’s Linux emulation layer.
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macOS, Maybe
Trivial macOS and Darwin applications may run directly on ravynOS. This is an active area of work and research. AppKit-based source code may build and run natively.
- 📖 Read the project wiki to find answers or troubleshoot.
- 🙋🏽♂️ Ask questions on the discussion forum.
- 💬 Hang out with us and others like you on Discord, IRC, or Matrix. Telegram