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The R9 operating system

7 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 2 stories, 5 comments · first 2023-05-21 · latest 2026-01-18

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  1. …the Plan 9 dialect has a some niceties not found in standard C. If you really want Rust, check this https://github.com/r9os/r9 it is Plan 9 reimplemented in Rust (no idea about the project quality): R9 is a reimplementation of the plan9…
    comment by AlexeyBrin · 2026-01-18 · in What is Plan 9?
  2. …yet to meet a Rust fanatic. Just look around the GitHub Issues I linked. --- BTW I stumbled upon https://github.com/r9os/r9 as well. Reading the source code, it is mainly unsafe blocks and assembly. :| Who would have thought?
    comment by johnisgood · 2025-11-21 · in The Lions Operating System
  3. No, that's R9: https://github.com/r9os/r9 (edit: proper r9 project link) Harvey is Plan 9 built with a GCC/Clang tool chain instead of the Plan 9 tools. AFAIK both projects are abandoned (edit: R9 might still be alive) and most devs have…
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    R9: Plan 9 in Rust
    story by classichasclass · 2025-06-11 · 10 comments
  5. https://harvey-os.org/ (Retired) The team now works on this: https://github.com/r9os/r9
    comment by Beijinger · 2024-09-14 · in Writing an OS in Rust
  6. …pressed, I might concede that if there is a Rust involvement, it's R9, the successor to Harvey OS. https://github.com/r9os/r9
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    r9: Plan 9 in Rust
    story by noja · 2023-05-21 · 45 comments