ChromeOS
Logo as of March 2022 | |
ChromeOS 132 desktop | |
| Developer | |
|---|---|
| Written in | C, C++, assembly, JavaScript, HTML5, Python, Rust |
| OS family | Unix-like (Linux) |
| Working state | Preinstalled on Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, Chromebits, Chromebases, Google meet hardware |
| Source model | Closed-source with open-source components |
| Initial release | June 15, 2011 |
| Latest release | 137.0.7151.123 (June 18, 2025) [±] |
| Latest preview |
138.0.7204.22 (June 11, 2025) [±]
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| Repository | chromium |
| Update method | Rolling release |
| Package manager | Portage |
| Platforms | ARM32, ARM64, IA-32, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
| Userland | Aura Shell (Ash), Ozone (display manager); X11 apps can be enabled in recent ChromeOS |
| Default user interface | Google Chrome |
| License | Proprietary |
| Official website | chromeos |
ChromeOS, sometimes styled as chromeOS and formerly styled as Chrome OS, is an operating system designed and developed by Google. It is derived from the open-source ChromiumOS operating system and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface.
Google announced the project in July 2009, initially describing it as an operating system where applications and user data would reside in the cloud. ChromeOS was used primarily to run web applications.
ChromeOS supports progressive web applications, Android apps from Google Play and Linux applications.