A lightweight, experimental operating system built using the COSMOS project in C#.
Iron OS features a basic GUI, an arrow-key-controlled mouse, and a simple terminal window — all running without an underlying OS.
- ✅ Text-based GUI desktop
- ✅ Arrow-key controlled mouse
- ✅ Clickable elements (apps open via keyboard "click")
- ✅ Built-in terminal window
- ✅ Boots from USB or ISO
- ✅ No dependencies — runs directly on real hardware
- Visual Studio 2022
- COSMOS UserKit (2022+)
- A real machine or USB boot setup (GUI may not render in VMs)
🕹 Controls Arrow Keys → Move the mouse
Spacebar → Click
Type in Terminal → For future CLI interactions
You can extend Iron OS with your own apps, menus, and system features
🎯 Roadmap Add real mouse support
Add app window manager
File system support
Themed desktop
Multitasking simulation
🧠 Why Iron OS? Iron OS is a playground for learning low-level systems in a high-level language. Perfect for understanding how GUIs, input, and rendering work — without diving into assembly or C.
🛠 Built With COSMOS
C#
Visual Studio 2022