Darwin is the Open Source operating system from Apple that forms the basis for Mac OS X, and PureDarwin is a community project to make Darwin more usable (some people think of it as the informal successor to OpenDarwin). One current goal of this project is to provide a bootable ISO of Darwin 9.x (the version that corresponds to 10.5.x Leopard). Another goal of this project is to provide additional documentation. More...

This page shows where we currently are and will be constantly updated as we progress (see the current blockers). Please watch this site as we are adding content to it and contact us if you would like to contribute documentation. As of today, we have a minimal Darwin 9 system ("PureDarwin nano", made entirely from components that Apple provides through DarwinBuild) that can boot into a bash. Of course, that is just a proof-of-concept with little real use so far.

The project will be launched officially once the blockers are removed and a full ISO is available. Be sure to follow the news.

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