Comparison of open-source operating systems

! License

! Kernel type

! Kernel programming language

! Kernel thread support

! OS family

! Oldest non-EOL version{{r|group=Note|a1}}

! Forks

| {{free|GPL version 2 only}}

| Monolithic with modules

| C

| 1:1

| Unix-like

| 4.4

| elks

| {{free|BSD; GPL, LGPL software usually included}}

| Monolithic with modules

| C

| 1:1

| BSD, Unix-like

| 11

| DragonFly BSD

| {{free|BSD}}

| Monolithic

| C

| 1:1

| BSD, Unix-like

| 6.4

| MirOS

| {{free|BSD}}

| Monolithic with modules

| C

| 1:1

| BSD, Unix-like

| 7.0

| OpenBSD

| {{free|BSD}}

| Hybrid

| C

| 1:1

| BSD, Unix-like

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|CDDL}}

| Monolithic with modules

| C

| 1:1, M:N

| Unix

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|APSL}}

| Hybrid

| C, C++{{r|group=Note|a3}}

| 1:1

| BSD, Unix, Unix-like, OS X

| {{no}}

|

|{{free|Apache}}

|Multi-kernel (inc. add-ons, alongside custom add-ons not part of OpenHarmony project)

|Various (C, C++, Rust, Cangjie)

|1:1, M:N, POSIX

|HarmonyOS (without AOSP), LiteOS

|3.0.1 LTS

|Oniro OS, HarmonyOS (NEXT)

|{{free|Eclipse, Apache}}

|Multi-kernel (inc. add-ons, alongside custom add-ons not part of Oniro project)

|Various (C, C++, Rust, Cangjie)

|1:1, M:N, POSIX

|OpenHarmony

|3.2 LTS

|

| {{free|BSD}}

| Microkernel

| C

|

| Unix-like

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|MIT}}

| Microkernel

| Rust

|

| Unix-like

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|[http://www.freertos.org/a00114.html MIT]}}

| RTOS

| C

|

| RTOS

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|GPL}}

| Monolithic

| C

|

| DOS

| 1.1

|

| {{free|AGPL}}

| Microkernel

| C++

| 1:1

| Genode

|

|

| {{free|MIT}}

| Hybrid

| C, C++

|

| BeOS

| {{no}}

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20070114203948/http://kamidake.other-space.com/ TiltOS]

| {{free|BSD}}

|

| Haskell

|

| own/original

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|GPL}}

| Monolithic

| ASM

|

| MenuetOS

| {{no}}

|

| {{partial|[http://www.menuetos.net/m64l.txt Menuet 64], commerce excluded}}

| Monolithic

| ASM

|

| own/original

| {{no}}

| KolibriOS

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{URL|https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq/multiserver_microkernel.html|Multiserver Microkernel}} (Hurd kernel) or Monolithic (Linux-libre kernel, fork of Linux kernel, and other kernels which are not part of the GNU Project)

| C

| 1:1

| Unix-like

| 2.4 on Linux-libre kernel (not on Hurd kernel)

| Linux

| {{free|GPL, LGPL}}

| Hybrid

| C, C++

|

| Windows-like

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|Apache 2.0}}

| Monolithic (with cooperative multitasking)

| ARM assembly, C, BBC BASIC

| {{na}}

| RISC OS

| {{no}}

| RISC OS 6

| {{free|Some GPL, some BSD}}

| Microkernel

| C++

|

| L4

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|MIT}}

| Hybrid

| C

| 1:1, 1:M Cothread style.

| own, Unix informed

| {{no}}

| Inferno, Plan B, 9front

| {{free|[http://www.aros.org/license.html APL]}}

| Exokernel

| C

|

| AmigaOS

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|GPL}}

| Hybrid{{Cite web |title= Syllable Desktop - Wikipedia|url=https://ex.shadowrun.fr/syllable_(operating_system).html |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=en.wikipedia.org |language=en}}

| C, C++

| 1:1

| Unix-like, BeOS, AmigaOS, POSIX

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|GPL, LGPL; MIT}}

|

| C

|

| Plan 9

| {{no}}

| OzInferno

| {{free|BSD}}

| RTOS

| C

|

| RTOS

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|[http://ecos.sourceware.org/license-overview.html modified GPL, eCos]}}

| RTOS

| C, C++

|

| RTOS

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|[http://www.rtems.org/license modified GPL], BSD, Stanford}}

| RTOS

| C and ASM with native support for other languages including C++ and Ada

| POSIX, RTEID/ORKID, uITRON

| RTOS

| 4.7.1

|

| {{free|BSD}}

| Microkernel

| C

| M:N

| own/original

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|GPLv2}}

| Monolithic

| ASM, C

| 1:1

| BeOS, Unix-like

| {{no}}

|

| {{free|public domain}}

| Monolithic

| HolyC, C, C++

|

| Commodore 64-like

| {{no}}

|

! x86, i386, {{nowrap|IA-32}}

! x86 SMP

! Xen

! IA-64

! x86-64

! PowerPC

! PowerPC SMP

! SPARC32

! SPARC SMP

! Alpha

! MIPS

! ARM

! XScale

! M68k

! PA-RISC

! OpenRISC

! others

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| FR-V, Cell, ETRAX CRIS, M32R, Xtensa, h8, s390, SuperH

| UML, coLinux, MkLinux, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110223110627/http://ertos.nicta.com.au/software/virtualisation/lol.pml Itanium Linux-on-Linux], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060426171410/http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au/software/kenge/wombat/latest/ wombat]

| {{yes}}

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| PC98

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| {{yes}}

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| SuperH

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| {{yes}}

| SuperH, ns32k, VAX, hppa, M68010, mipseb, mipsel, sh3eb, sh3el, sparc64

|

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| RISC-V

| Linux

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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| FR-V, Cell, ETRAX CRIS, M32R, Xtensa, h8, s390, SuperH{{r|group=Note|b4}}

| UML, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110223110627/http://ertos.nicta.com.au/software/virtualisation/lol.pml Itanium Linux-on-Linux]{{r|group=Note|b5}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| See{{cite web |url=http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/port.html |title=The Various Ports |publisher=Plan9.bell-labs.com |access-date=2011-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914030213/http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/port.html |archive-date=14 September 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/other_hardware/ |title=Other hardware (Plan 9 wiki) |publisher=Plan9.bell-labs.com |access-date=2011-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229194117/http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/other_hardware/ |archive-date=29 December 2014 }}

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

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| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| AMD Am29000,{{r|group=Note|b3}} Texas Instruments OMAP

| Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Plan 9, OS X, Solaris, Irix, UnixWare,{{r|group=Note|b3}} HP-UX,{{r|group=Note|b3}} Internet Explorer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| AVR, PIC, MSP430, HCS12, 8052, MicroBlaze, Cortex-M3, H8S

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| [http://ecos.sourceware.org/hardware.html#CalmRISC CalmRISC], ColdFire, FR-V, h8, [http://ecos.sourceware.org/hardware.html#Matsushita%20AM3x Matsushita AM3x], Nios II, [http://ecos.sourceware.org/hardware.html#NEC%20V8xx NEC V8xx], SuperH

| Microsoft Windows, Linux

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Xen

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| Linux, Solaris, Cygwin, FreeBSD, multiple CPU simulators

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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! Firewall

! TCP/IP

! IPv6

! IPX

! PPP

! PPPoE

! DHCP

! Bridge

! TUN/TAP

! SSH

! OpenVPN

| netfilter iptables/nftables

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| IPFW2, IPFilter, PF

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| PF

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| IPFilter, NPF, PF

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|e1}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| IPFW2, PF

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| IPFilter

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|e2}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| IPFW

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

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|

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| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| software IP routing

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

| None

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{citation needed|date=March 2024|reason=Haiku forums consistently describe IPv6 as broken.}}

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| None

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|

| None

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|

|

|

| netfilter iptables/nftables (with Linux-libre and Linux kernel){{r|group=Note|e3}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|e4}}

|

|

|

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|e5}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{citation needed|date=March 2024|reason=Contradicts Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems.}}

|

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| ipmux

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|

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|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| ipmux

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|

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|

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|

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

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| {{yes}}

|

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

! FAT16, dosfs; FAT32, vfat

! NTFS

! Ext2

! Ext3

! XFS

! ReiserFS

! UFS

! UFS2

! HFS

! HFS+

! MINIXfs

! BFS

! ISO 9660

! UDF

! NFS

! SMBFS

! RAM disk, tmpfs

! ZFS

! Other special file systems

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f15}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}{{Cite web |url=http://hawking.nonlogic.org/archives/2007/04/06/ufs2_write_support_for_linux |title=Ufs2 write support for linux | hawking's weblog |access-date=28 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703173722/http://hawking.nonlogic.org/archives/2007/04/06/ufs2_write_support_for_linux/ |archive-date=3 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f9}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 9P,{{r|group=Note|f3}} FUSE,{{r|group=Note|f3}} sysfs,{{r|group=Note|f3}} configfs,{{r|group=Note|f3}} Reiser4,{{r|group=Note|f3}}{{r|group=Note|f4}} JFS, Btrfs, UnionFS, Ext4

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}{{r|group=Note|f7}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f5}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| FUSE, nullfs, UnionFS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}{{r|group=Note|f7}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| PUFFS, LFS, EFS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| AFS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f10}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| HAMMER, nullfs, PUFFS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|f7}}{{r|group=Note|f8}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| SMB (native), QFS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}{{r|group=Note|f7}}

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Ex4, F2FS, EROFS, HMDFS

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Ex4, F2FS, EROFS, HMDFS

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

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| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

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| {{yes}}

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Extensible VFS layer

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|f7}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|f12}}

| {{yes}} {{r|group=Note|f12}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}{{r|group=Note|f11}}

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

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| {{yes}}

|

|

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| {{yes}}

|

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| {{yes}}

|

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|

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|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f13}}

|

|

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f14}}

|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

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|

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|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Fossil, Venti, most system services

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| SFS, AFFS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| AFS

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| kfs, most system services

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f2}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| MMFS, ROMfs, JFFS2, YAFFS

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

| TarFS, TFTP FS, IMFS, miniIMFS

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| locfs, exFAT

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|f6}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

! RAID

! quota

! Resource access control

! encryption

! other special file system features

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unix, ACL, MAC

| {{yes}}

| LVM, EVMS

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unix, ACL, MAC

| {{yes}}

| GEOM, snapshots, background fsck, user-mountable file systems

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unix

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unix, Veriexec

| {{yes}}

| Snapshots, Journaling

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unix

| {{yes}}

| HAMMER, Snapshots, Checksumming, Deduplication

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unix, ACL, MAC

| {{yes}}

| Solaris Volume Manager, ZFS, snapshots, transparent data repair

|

| {{yes}}

| Unix, ACL

| {{yes}}

|

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|RBAC

|{{yes}}

|HMDFS, Access token manager

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|RBAC

|{{yes}}

|HMDFS, Access token manager

|

|

| Unix

|

|

|

|

| {{no}}

|

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Per-process virtual file-system layer

|

|

| {{no}}

|

|

|

|

| {{no}}

|

|

|

|

| Unix

|

|

|

|

| {{no}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Unix-like, no root

| {{no}}

| snapshots, venti archival storage, per-process namespace, user-mountable file systems

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| Unix

|

| 64-bit, journaling, extended file attributes

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Unix-like, no root

| {{no}}

| per-process namespace, user-mountable file systems

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unix

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

!Mandatory access control

!Software executable space protection

!Operating system-level virtualization

!Virtualisation

!Userspace protection

!Others

|{{yes|SELinux, AppArmor{{r|group=Note|z1}} }}

|{{yes|Exec Shield,{{r|group=Note|z1}} PaX{{r|group=Note|z1}} }}

|{{yes|Chroot, namespace and cgroups,{{r|group=Note|z4}} Linux-VServer,{{r|group=Note|z1}} OpenVZ{{r|group=Note|z1}}

}}

|{{yes|KVM}}

|IPFilter, Iptables

|grsecurity,{{r|group=Note|z1}} RSBAC{{r|group=Note|z1}}

|{{yes|SeBSD,{{r|group=Note|z2}}{{r|group=Note|z3}}}} TrustedBSD

|{{yes|ProPolice/SSP{{r|group=Note|z5}}}}

|{{yes|jail}}

|{{yes|bhyve}}{{cite web|title=bhyve|url=http://bhyve.org}}

|IPFW, PF, IPFilter

|

|{{yes|SEDarwin, TrustedBSD}}

|

|{{yes|jail}}

|

|IPFW

|

|

|{{yes|W^X, ProPolice/SSP{{r|group=Note|z6}}}}

|

|{{yes|vmm}}{{cite web|title=vmm(4)|url=http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.1/vmm.4|publisher=OpenBSD|access-date=14 October 2017}}

|PF

|

|TrustedBSD

|

|{{yes|Solaris Containers}}

|KVM{{cite web|title=KVM|url=http://smartos.org/2011/08/22/its-here-kvm-on-illumos/|publisher=Joyent|access-date=25 August 2012}}

|IPFilter

|RBAC{{cite web|title=RBAC|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/observatory/entry/understading_rbac|publisher=Oracle|access-date=28 September 2013}}

|{{yes|iTrustee (TEEOS)}}

|

|{{yes|Distributed Virtual Framework}}

|{{yes|device_qemu}}

|appverify{{Citation |title=openharmony/security_appverify |date=2022-01-06 |url=https://github.com/openharmony/security_appverify |access-date=2024-07-01 |publisher=OpenHarmony}}

|RBAC

|{{yes|iTrustee (TEEOS)}}

|

|{{yes|Distributed Virtual Framework}}

|{{yes|device_qemu}}{{Citation |title=eclipse-oniro-mirrors/device_qemu |date=2023-09-22 |url=https://github.com/eclipse-oniro-mirrors/device_qemu |access-date=2024-07-01 |publisher=Eclipse Oniro Mirrors}}

|appverify

|RBAC

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|per-process namespaces}}

|

|

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|per-process namespaces}}

|

|

|