Illumos
| Developer | Illumos Foundation |
|---|---|
| Written in | C |
| OS family | Unix (SVR4) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source with binary blobs |
| Initial release | 2010 |
| Repository | |
| Available in | English |
| Platforms | IA-32, x86-64, SPARC, ARM (under development), DEC Alpha |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| License | CDDL, BSD, MIT |
| Preceded by | OpenSolaris |
| Official website | illumos |
Illumos (stylized as "illumos") is a partly free and open-source Unix operating system. It has been developed since 2010 and is based on OpenSolaris, after the discontinuation of that product by Oracle. It comprises a kernel, device drivers, system libraries, and utility software for system administration. Its core has become the base for many different open-sourced Illumos distributions, in a way similar to how the Linux kernel is used in different Linux distributions.