[HN Gopher] StardustOS: Library operating system for building li...
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       StardustOS: Library operating system for building light-weight
       Unikernels
        
       Author : transpute
       Score  : 108 points
       Date   : 2025-12-04 22:56 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | koolala wrote:
       | Could this be good for compiling as a small Wasm OS for the
       | Browser? Instead of Alpine Linux or things like that?
        
       | N_Lens wrote:
       | 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.
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       | 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.
        
         | dist1ll wrote:
         | 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.
        
           | miohtama wrote:
           | Interesting. Are there any research and papers on potential
           | performance gains?
        
         | mprovost wrote:
         | It reminds me of the old OSKit project from the Univ of Utah,
         | which was also developed for research and teaching.
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         | https://www-old.cs.utah.edu/flux/oskit/
        
       | synalx wrote:
       | > Stardust-oxide is a re-implementation of the unikernel in Rust.
       | 
       | Not "Starrust"? What a missed opportunity...
        
       | mrbluecoat wrote:
       | Looks promising but the last update appears to be a few years
       | ago. OPS is a modern alternative: https://docs.ops.city/ops/
        
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