Releases

Releases

Current: 0.8.3.6-alpha (2026-03-28)

New UI components, animation system, and desktop improvements.

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Cryptographic Attestation

Every NØNOS kernel binary is signed with Ed25519 and carries a Groth16 zero-knowledge proof binding it to a verified build environment.

Build Information

System Features

Boot Security:

• Ten-stage verified boot with UEFI integration
• Ed25519 kernel signature verification
• Groth16 zero-knowledge attestation proofs over BLS12-381
• BLAKE3 integrity hashing
• Optional Secure Boot and TPM support

Desktop Environment:

• Graphical framebuffer-based desktop
• Built-in applications: Files, Terminal, Settings, Wallet, Browser, Editor, Calculator, System Monitor
• Mouse and keyboard input handling
• Multiple wallpaper and theme support

Shell:

• 100+ built-in commands across 23 command modules
• File operations, process management, network tools
• Cryptographic utilities for hashing, signing, key generation
• Wallet and blockchain interaction commands

Networking:

• Full TCP/IP stack implementation
• Integrated onion routing for privacy
• DNS over HTTPS support
• Firewall with packet filtering

Device Drivers (21 modules):

• Storage: AHCI (SATA), NVMe, VirtIO-blk
• Network: e1000, RTL8139, RTL8168, VirtIO-net, WiFi (experimental)
• Input: PS/2 keyboard, USB HID
• Graphics: UEFI GOP framebuffer, basic GPU
• Other: TPM 2.0, USB (XHCI), audio, I2C

Cryptography (25+ algorithms):

• Symmetric: AES-128/256, ChaCha20-Poly1305, AES-GCM
• Hash: SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA-3, BLAKE3, Keccak
• Asymmetric: Ed25519, Curve25519, P-256, secp256k1, RSA
• Post-Quantum: ML-KEM (Kyber), ML-DSA (Dilithium), SPHINCS+, NTRU
• Zero-Knowledge: Groth16, PLONK, Schnorr proofs

Security:

• 10-type capability-based access control (CoreExec, IO, Network, IPC, Memory, Crypto, FileSystem, Hardware, Debug, Admin)
• Spectre/Meltdown mitigations
• Stack canaries and guard pages
• Memory sanitization on free
• Constant-time cryptographic operations

File Systems:

• RAM-based volatile file system
• CryptoFS with ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption
• Virtual file system abstraction

Known Limitations

• All processes execute in ring 0 (user-space isolation planned for beta)
• Volatile storage only (intentional for Zero-State architecture)
• WiFi support is experimental with limited access point compatibility
• No persistent storage or hibernation by design

Tested Hardware

Laptops:

• HP ProBook, EliteBook series
• Dell Latitude series
• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9, 10)
• Lenovo ThinkPad T-series
• Framework Laptop (11th/12th gen Intel)

Desktops:

• HP EliteDesk
• Intel NUC 11/12
• Custom builds with Intel Core and AMD Ryzen

Virtual Machines:

• QEMU/KVM with OVMF firmware
• Proxmox VE
• VirtualBox with EFI enabled

Release History

0.8.3.5-alpha (2026-03-27)

Native Git client for self-hosted development, network stack optimizations, and desktop environment enhancements.

0.8.3-alpha (2026-03-26)

NOSH command shell, native NOX staking, ZK wallet proofs, zkSync Era L2, AI agents framework, and application marketplace.

0.8.2.2-alpha (2026-03-14)

Alpha Stage Hardening Phase — comprehensive kernel stabilization and security hardening.

0.8.2-alpha (2026-03-11)

Native Ethereum wallet with BIP-39/BIP-32 support, secp256k1 signatures, and JSON-RPC integration.

0.8.1.3-alpha (2026-03-10)

Security hardening addressing timing side-channels, browser architecture, and ZK engine modularization.

0.8.1-alpha (2026-03-07)

Hardware compatibility improvements, ExitBootServices stability fixes, and virtio driver support.

0.8.0-alpha (2026-03-05)

First public alpha release. Introduced wallet security hardening and initial hardware compatibility.

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Roadmap

See Roadmap for beta development schedule.