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# Kernels & Microkernels

* [eBPF](https://ebpf.io) - eBPF is a revolutionary technology with origins in the Linux kernel that can run sandboxed programs in an operating system kernel.
* [Rump](https://github.com/rumpkernel/rumprun) - Rump kernels enable you to build the software stack you need without forcing you to reinvent the wheels.

## Microkernels

* [OpenXT](https://openxt.org/) - OpenXT is an open-source development toolkit for hardware-assisted security research and appliance integration.
* [Qubes-linux-kernel](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-linux-kernel) - Qubes package for Linux kernel.
* [seL4](https://sel4.systems/) - seL4 is a high-assurance, high-performance operating system microkernel.
  * [makatea](https://trustworthy.systems/projects/TS/makatea) - Qubes OS like operating system but with seL4.

## Unikernels

* [Awesome-Unikernels](https://github.com/uniqernel/awesome-unikernels) - Secure, lightweight and high performance approach to application delivery.
* [ClickOS](http://cnp.neclab.eu/projects/clickos) - Efficient network function virtualization platform, optimized for Xen and developed by NEC.
* [Clive](http://lsub.org/ls/clive.html) - Research project from Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid), developed in Go.
* [HaLVM](https://galois.com/project/halvm) - Port of Glasgow Haskell compiler producing Xen optimized unikernels.
* [Mini-OS](https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Mini-OS) - Reference kernel distributed with Xen.
* [Qubes-Mirage-Firewall](https://github.com/mirage/qubes-mirage-firewall) - A unikernel that can run as a Qubes OS ProxyVM, replacing sys-firewall.
* [Unikraft](https://unikraft.org/) - Unikraft powers the next-generation of cloud native applications by enabling you to radically customize and build custom OS/kernels, unlocking best-in-class performance, security primitives and efficiency savings.
* [Unik](https://github.com/solo-io/unik) - A platform for automating unikernel & MicroVM compilation and deployment.

## Unikernel-like

* [Drawbridge](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/drawbridge) - Research prototype platform from Microsoft.
* [Graphene](https://github.com/oscarlab/graphene) - Library OS optimized for Intel SGX.


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