Sculpt OS version 26.04 May 28, 2026

Sculpt OS 26.04 reshapes the Genode-based general-purpose operating system into re-usable building blocks.

On our roadmap, we announced "building bridges" as our guiding theme for this year. As one particularly enticing way to build bridges, we identified the splitting up of Sculpt OS into distinct features, each ready to be reused in completely different incarnations of Genode-based systems. This would greatly ease the use of Genode as underpinning of alternative OS projects, or the creation of special-purpose headless systems. End of April, we were thrilled to wholly deliver on that promise with the release of Sculpt OS 26.04.

With this version, we now lay the entire construction plan of Sculpt OS into the hands of the user, opening up the system for customization at all levels. The construction plan is not merely a declarative description of the system but it can be live edited at will. Since any change takes immediate effect, declarative system administration becomes an interactive experience.

Should these words sound a little bit intangible to you, it's probably because this new version pretty much re-defines what an operating system can represent. Give it a try, it is eye opening! Sculpt OS is available as a ready-to-use system image and is accompanied with extensive documentation (pdf).