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Thecomputer,reconsidered.

An operating system engineered from the kernel up for the way humans actually work. Quieter. Faster. Yours.

x86_64aarch64RISC-VOPEN SOURCE
Noovex
UPTIME
99.9997%
Last 90 days
BOOT TIME
0.8s
Cold to login
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Manifesto

An operating system
is a point of view.

01
Doesn't ask permission to be useful.
No setup wizards, no account walls, no nags. Boot. Use. Move on.
02
Doesn't mine you for data.
Telemetry is opt-in. The network stack is opt-in. Your keyboard never leaves your device.
03
Doesn't demand your attention.
No tiles. No banners. No advertisements. The OS gets out of the way.
04
Disappears, so you can work.
The best operating system is one you forget you're using. That is the bar we set.
Runs everywhere

One system. Every screen.

Noovex running on desktop, laptop, mini PC and tablet
Capabilities

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

01 · DESIGN

Built around the human

Every pixel placed on purpose. Predictable motion, restrained color, typography that respects the reader.

02 · KERNEL

18,000 lines

Custom microkernel. Auditable in a weekend.

03 · PRIVACY

Zero telemetry

We don't collect what we cannot lose.

04 · UPDATES

Atomic, reversible

One keystroke rolls back any update.

05 · APPS

Sandboxed

Apps declare. Users audit. Kernel enforces.

06 · POWER

20-hour battery

Race-to-sleep, per-device tuning.

Architecture

Seven layers.
No legacy.

Every line traceable to a single repository. Reproducibly built. Cryptographically signed.

L7
Apps & compositor
Wayland, sandboxed bundles
+
L6
User services
Audio, networking, identity
+
L5
Capability broker
Per-app permission grants
+
L4
Runtime
io_uring, async-first syscalls
+
L3
Init & supervisor
Reproducible, declarative
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L2
Kernel
Custom microkernel, 18k LOC
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L1
Hardware abstraction
x86_64 · aarch64 · RISC-V
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Said about us
"
The first OS in fifteen years that made me feel like the computer was on my side.
Marcus Reinholt
Principal Engineer, Atlas Robotics
"
We migrated 4,200 workstations in a single weekend. Nothing broke. Nothing.
Anya Petrović
Head of IT, Holm & Werner
"
I forgot operating systems could be designed. Noovex remembered.
Jules Marchetti
Industrial Designer
Journal

From the engineering desk.

Begin.

Free. Open source. No account required. Boot it from a USB stick in eight minutes.