StardustOS: Library operating system for building light-weight Unikernels

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• mrbluecoat 20 hours ago
  Looks promising but the last update appears to be a few years ago. OPS is a modern alternative: https://docs.ops.city/ops/
• N_Lens 1 day ago
  The main value seems to be as a research vehicle and teaching tool rather than production-ready infrastructure. The Rust version being archived suggests this might not be under active development currently.

  Good for simple stateless services (web servers, API endpoints, microservices) applications that fit the unikernel model - single-purpose, statically linked Running on one's own Xen hypervisor infrastructure.

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  • mprovost 23 hours ago
    It reminds me of the old OSKit project from the Univ of Utah, which was also developed for research and teaching.

    https://www-old.cs.utah.edu/flux/oskit/
  • dist1ll 1 day ago
    I would argue that stateful services (databases, message queues, CDNs) all perfectly fit the unikernel model. The question is whether the additional engineering effort and system design is worth the performance gain.
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    • miohtama 16 hours ago
      Interesting. Are there any research and papers on potential performance gains?
• synalx 1 day ago
  > Stardust-oxide is a re-implementation of the unikernel in Rust.

  Not "Starrust"? What a missed opportunity...

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  • rl3 10 hours ago
    Galen Erso disagrees.
• koolala 1 day ago
  Could this be good for compiling as a small Wasm OS for the Browser? Instead of Alpine Linux or things like that?
• aldearle 3 hours ago
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• squeefers 21 hours ago
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