PureDarwin

Moving the Darwin community in the right direction!

Darwin is the open source operating system from Apple that forms the base for macOS. PureDarwin is a community project that aims 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 useful bootable media of Darwin 10.x. Another goal of this project is to provide additional documentation. More

For the Darwin community!

Here’s our Beta build!

PD-17.4-Beta Build

Here’s a screenshot and a video of our latest build!

Documentation and quick hints

Please see the PureDarwin Wiki, it would be very kind if anyone could contribute and fix the wiki as we have links and formatting there that are broken.

See the changelog for recent updates to the Wiki.

Getting the code

We have a GitHub repo, and encourage visitors to use it for both contribution, and for checking out the latest build sources.

Additionally, as an interim measure, we have a version of PureDarwin Xmas with a fixed boot sector, which is compatible with QEMU.

Here’s a guide on building XNU of the 16.7 (10.12.6) kernel!

Status

PureDarwin is currently working on AHCI/NVMe and eMMC family/drivers for Darwin, only they will not support/work on Apple’s macOS. We have a PoC (Proof of Concept) of a PureDarwin 17.6 QEMU image that’s based on Apple’s open source code of macOS 10.13.3 that’s only currently available to devs who join our IRC channel (#puredarwin on Freenode).

Update: Hey, guys, we’re still moving along. We’ll be providing an SDK that is native of an Apple release on opensource.apple.com and a modified version that is PureDarwin targeted, as we are working on a modified XNU kernel with some other BSD/POSIX features that don’t require us to rely on Apple’s closed sources that they’ll never release.

We are looking for supporters/coders that can help bring about faster development of PureDarwin while showing Apple that there is still a community of open source Darwin supporters that would like to see more open-ness from them, whether it be from them releasing binary drivers for our use as they once did, or open source projects like libxpc/launchd again.

PureDarwin’s Current Build Status

PureDarwin IRC Channel!

Please join us on freenode.net #puredarwin for our info we have USA/Europe Devs who can receive hardware. Due to spam on IRC, please contact bart- or InSaneDarwin on IRC for an invite to the channel.

FAQ

What is Darwin?

Darwin is the open source operating system from Apple that forms the base for macOS.

What is PureDarwin?

The goal of this project is to make Darwin more usable by providing an installation ISO, documentation, and add-on software. You are welcome to join #puredarwin on irc.freenode.net if you would like to join PureDarwin development and to add to www.puredarwin.org

How usable is PureDarwin?

PureDarwin can run on VMware as well as on real Intel-based hardware. We are successfully running a web server, have built hundreds of software packages with MacPorts running on PureDarwin, including ssh, apache2, tightvnc, Xfce, and others.

Why spend time on Darwin?

For learning and for fun.

How does PureDarwin relate to the former OpenDarwin project?

Although some people have been seeing PureDarwin as the informal successor to OpenDarwin, there is no official relationship other than the fact that OpenDarwin and PureDarwin are both downstream Darwin projects. It is, of course, no secret that PureDarwin would not exist if OpenDarwin had not closed down. Coming later in time, PureDarwin is in the fortunate position to be able to benefit from the valuable contributions that were rooted in the OpenDarwin project.

How does PureDarwin relate to the DarwinBuild project?

DarwinBuild is one of PureDarwin‘s main upstream projects.

What does the “Pure” in PureDarwin stand for?

Pure as in beer! It means that we just use components specifically released by Apple for use with Darwin, as well as other Open Source components (coll ectively called “upstream code”). Specifically, it means that we do not use any components from macOS. It also means that we try to stay as close as possible to the “outside world” as in macOS (e.g., regarding the choice of compilers, options, etc.). It does not mean, however, that we do not modify and add to the upstream code, to the extent that the respective licenses allow.

How can I help PureDarwin?

Pretty much on all fronts. Especially if you are skilled in C, C++, ObjC, Mac OS X, BSD, etc. you should consider joining #puredarwin on irc.freenode.net

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Sponsors

MacStadium - for use of a Mac Mini for active development!

Credits

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