Exploring what comes next.
Early-stage systems work from Leafscale — the projects we build to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Some become products; all of them teach us something.
Zygaena
A desktop-focused OS built on Hammerhead, an illumos fork — it keeps ZFS, DTrace, and zones, and deletes three decades of baggage. Pre-alpha and self-hosting, with a Reef-written package manager and init.
zygaena.org →RVAP
The Remote Visual Application Protocol — a modern protocol for building remote user interfaces without traditional web technologies.
SharkOS
A web-based operating system with a microkernel architecture and a plugin ecosystem, for browser-delivered enterprise workspaces.
IonShell
A restricted shell environment with a modern full-screen TUI, for controlled, secure command access.
From the lab to the catalog.
Research that proves itself graduates into a product. Reef — our systems language — started here.