Can Tilck be used to build other projects on the top of it ?

[vvaltchev]

The question is about whether it makes sense or not to consume Tilck as a component for a larger software project, like a specialized pseudo-Linux distro or as a kernel for small embedded projects.

[vvaltchev]

While in principle I'd be very glad to see other people consuming Tilck for building something else on the top of it, the reality is that this project does not have yet enough features for any practical applications. It does not have (yet) any storage or networking support nor any other form of I/O that can be used to communicate with it from the external world (other than a PS/2 keyboard and the support for the primary display, pre-configured by system's firmware). Tilck does not support dynamic linking, glibc and most of the non-trivial syscalls that Linux implements.

Therefore, building something on the top of Tilck would require being an experienced kernel developer willing to spend a long time contributing to Tilck in order to close the gap between what's needed and what's currently available in the kernel. If that's your case, let's talk about it.

For non-kernel developers, "closing the gap" would mean delegating the necessary work to me. However, the time and energy I can afford to spend on this project are very limited at the moment and, when I work on this project, I have a roadmap on my own, which probably won't align with the needs of most 3rd party projects.

TL;DR; Unfortunately, no, it can't. Tilck does not have yet enough features to be used for any practical purposes.