Khazar is a hobby operating system for x86_64 computers.
I started this project at the age of 15 because I became curious about what actually happens inside a computer. Modern software often feels like a tower built on top of another tower built on top of another tower. At some point I stopped asking "which framework should I learn next?" and started asking "how does this machine even boot?"
Khazar is the result.
I spend a lot of my time reading source code, experimenting with operating systems and exploring ideas that most people would probably consider unusual hobbies. While others are busy scrolling through social media, I am usually busy debugging page tables, reading old UNIX documentation or breaking things that were working five minutes earlier.
The project is inspired by UNIX, free software and the belief that software should remain understandable. Computers are already complicated enough. We do not need seventeen layers of abstraction to print "Hello, World".
Khazar is not trying to replace Linux. Linux is doing just fine without my assistance. It is not trying to compete with BSD either. The BSD developers have been doing this since before I was born. The purpose of this project is much simpler: to learn, to experiment and to understand.
The name comes from the Caspian Sea, known as the Khazar Sea in many languages. Just as the sea connects different places, this project brings together many of the subjects that first made me interested in computers: operating systems, mathematics, programming and computer architecture.
I also hope that Khazar encourages others to discover UNIX, free software and open source development. Many people use computers every day without ever realizing how much knowledge and craftsmanship exists beneath the surface.
In a world increasingly filled with closed platforms, unnecessary complexity and software that requires a web browser to open a calculator, I prefer smaller systems, readable code and the freedom to understand how things work.
Khazar exists because curiosity exists.
GPL-3.0
