docs: refresh for v60.0.0 "Sun & Salt" — public release run-up
Wholesale refresh of the public-facing documentation for the GRIMOIRE Public + Goodlife ISO release run-up. The repo had been frozen at v10.3.2 / Debian-base / "Awakening"-era content; everything has shifted since (Arch base, custom 6.19 kernel, 17 syscalls, 100 labs, three-image strategy, v44–v60 codesprint, post-quantum integration, Stoneglass mesh, Sigstore + SLSA-3 supply chain, the Sovereign Operator Path). Refreshed root-level files: - README.md — v60 hero, codesprint summary, three-image table, what we promise, what's coming - GRIMOIRE.md (NEW) — focused page on the gamified training platform: 100 labs / 13 categories breakdown, faction system (Crimson Spire, Ashen Veil, the third house), boss contracts, economy, narrative quests, 5 competition modes, Sovereign Operator Path, first-boot wizard, lab integrity manifest enforcement - ARCHITECTURE.md — synaptic gap framing, four pillars (kernel, ALFRED, GRIMOIRE, Arcanum Hive), three-image strategy, substrate, axioms - FEATURES.md — capability inventory across kernel, ALFRED, GRIMOIRE, synos-bevy, Hive, post-quantum, supply chain, desktop, tooling, quality gates - ROADMAP.md — v60 done, v44–v60 codesprint table, imminent public ISO releases, near-term + medium-term + long-term themes - CONTRIBUTING.md — current-state honesty (private source tree, narrow contribution surface today), what we welcome (docs feedback, lab proposals, cohort partnerships), what's coming (public source on ISO release, lab marketplace, CVE channel, community calls) - FOR_RECRUITERS.md — refreshed showcase with v60 numbers (160 crates, 17 syscalls, 100 labs, 1,600+ tests, 100% pass rate, 41-stage pipeline, 83.54% Rust hot-path, post-quantum integration) Master-only capabilities (RaaS engine, federation server, license gate, C2 framework, Fragment Field IDS, Curtain enforcement internals) are deliberately not described — those are part of the internal Operator image and not public surface. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# 🛸 Syn_OS: The Consciousness Singularity
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# Architecture
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### Official System Architecture & Technical Specifications
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**Codename:** Darth Traya (v13.0) | **Status:** Production Ready
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### *biological in inspiration. rigorous in implementation. v60.0.0 "Sun & Salt".*
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## 🌌 System Philosophy: Beyond the Kernel
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## the synaptic gap
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Syn_OS is not merely an operating system; it is a **Distributed Mesh Intelligence** designed for the post-quantum era. By integrating neural-evolutionary patterns directly into the Linux kernel and leveraging a sovereign mesh of conscious nodes, Syn_OS creates an environment where security is proactive, and computing is intuitive.
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The design philosophy starts with a metaphor and refuses to let it become decorative. A synapse is the cleft between two neurons — the gap where electrical signal becomes meaning, where pre-synaptic firing crosses through chemistry into post-synaptic decision.
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## 🏗️ High-Level Topology
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Syn_OS treats the operating system itself as the synaptic cleft.
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Pre-synaptic neuron = Hardware
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Synaptic cleft = Syn_OS (kernel + userspace + ALFRED)
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Post-synaptic neuron = Application consciousness (ALFRED decisions, user processes)
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C --> D[Hardware: AI Accelerators & PQC HSM]
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Neurotransmitters = System calls (469–485)
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Synaptic plasticity = Adaptive kernel module behavior + ALFRED's learning loops
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## 🧠 1. The Consciousness Subsystem
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## the four pillars
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The heart of Syn_OS lies in its custom syscall interface, providing direct communication between the AI daemons and the kernel.
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### Custom Syscall Interface (469-479)
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A custom Linux 6.19 build with `CONFIG_RUST=y` and **17 custom system calls** (469–485). The syscalls expose:
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| **469–479** | Consciousness state, quantum memory entanglement, AI metrics, eBPF monitor control |
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| **480–485** | Kernel observability, perf instrumentation, process attestation, snapshot, twin |
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The kernel ships **11 loadable Rust kernel modules** covering memory, networking, hardening, interrupts, modloader, procfs, power, consciousness, and module verification. After the v56 Rust Ratchet, the kernel hot path is **83.54% Rust** by line count. KSPP hardening fragment merged. Module signing wired through MOK keys generated at build time.
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The Adaptive Learning Framework for Responsive Evolution and Defense. ALFRED is the AI daemon — not a chatbot, but the operator's companion at the system level.
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- **11-region neuroanatomical brain.** Modeled loosely after biological structure: thalamus (gating), amygdala (threat detection), hippocampus (memory), insula (interoception), cerebellum (coordination), corpus callosum (interhemispheric routing), default mode network (idle synthesis), glial (support), brainstem (orchestration), nucleus, plus the consciousness-types crate that ties them.
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- **Cortex stage** fuses traditional AI, neuromorphic spike networks, quantum coherence collapse, and Edelman's Theory of Neuronal Group Selection (TNGS) into a single decision pipeline.
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- **BrainBridge** consumes `AlfredSignal` events from kernel telemetry into the cortex. The kernel and the daemon talk through the syscall surface.
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The gamified cybersecurity training platform — 100 labs, 13 categories, faction system, XP economy, boss contracts, branching narrative, cohort competition. Covered in detail in [GRIMOIRE.md](./GRIMOIRE.md).
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GRIMOIRE is the public face. It's what the GRIMOIRE Public ISO ships. It's the apprenticeship surface for the entire community we're building.
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When the system extends across hardware, it does so as the Arcanum Hive: an 8-node Tailscale mesh coordinated by a Kubernetes operator. Per-tenant HMAC. mTLS by default. Sovereignty as a design property, not a marketing claim.
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The Hive Stoneglass GA playbook (v55) is the public-facing self-hosting recipe. The hive is yours to extend.
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| **469** | `SYS_GET_CONSCIOUSNESS` | Retrieves the global awareness level (0-100%). |
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| **Operator (Master)** | The team. Internal. | Proprietary, not distributed publicly |
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| **470** | `SYS_PROCESS_STIMULUS` | Feeds system events directly into the neural engine. |
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| **GRIMOIRE Public** | Students, cohorts, practitioners | Apache 2.0 + LicenseRef-GRIMOIRE-Public |
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| **471** | `SYS_MAKE_DECISION` | Requests an AI-optimized scheduling or security action. |
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| **Goodlife** | AI researchers, post-quantum, civilian work | Apache 2.0 |
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| **472** | `SYS_UPDATE_MEMORY` | Updates the kernel's persistent AI knowledge base. |
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| **473** | `SYS_GET_AI_METRICS` | Monitors neural pathway latency and coherence. |
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Capability boundaries between images are **mechanically enforced** — by binary symbol scanning, feature flag audits, lab integrity manifests, and supply-chain provenance checks. The mechanism is part of the architecture, not bolted on.
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| **474** | `SYS_OPTIMIZE_LAYOUT` | Triggers AI-driven memory fragmentation recovery. |
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| **475** | `SYS_GET_QUANTUM_STATE` | Reports on qubit coherence and PQC status. |
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| **476** | `SYS_MEMORY_ENTANGLE` | Creates high-priority shared memory between nodes. |
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| **477** | `SYS_MEMORY_RECOMMEND` | Predictive allocation based on usage patterns. |
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| **478** | `SYS_ENABLE_MONITOR` | Activates real-time eBPF security telemetry. |
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| **479** | `SYS_GET_EBPF_STATS` | Exports filtered security events to User Space. |
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Syn_OS is hardened against the future. All system-level communication is encrypted using **NIST FIPS 203/204** standards:
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* **ML-KEM (Key Encapsulation):** Key encapsulation for all NATS/QUIC traffic (FIPS 203).
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* **ML-DSA (Digital Signatures):** Digital signatures for bootloader and package verification (FIPS 204).
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* **SLH-DSA:** Stateless hash-based signatures for high-security long-term persistence (FIPS 205).
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* **libp2p Integration:** Distributed discovery and state synchronization across the "Consciousness Network."
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- **Toolchain pinned** at `nightly-2026-02-12` (rustc 1.95.0-nightly).
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- **41-stage self-healing build pipeline.** Producing the three images is a multi-hour process that recovers from individual stage failures without losing the whole run. SLSA-3 reproducible build target. Dual-witness signature support across mesh nodes.
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- **Test infrastructure.** 1,600+ tests. 100% pass rate. 35% tarpaulin coverage floor. Continuous integration across 17 workflows (5 ubuntu-latest, 12 self-hosted).
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# Push to your fork
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git push origin feature/your-feature-name
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# Open a pull request on GitHub
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# Fill out the PR template with:
|
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# - Description of changes
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||||||
# - Related issues
|
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||||||
# - Testing performed
|
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||||||
# - Screenshots (if UI changes)
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|
||||||
```
|
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||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 🎨 Coding Standards
|
## what we welcome today
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Rust
|
### feedback on public-facing documentation
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
```rust
|
The repository you're reading right now is the project's first impression on the world. If something here is unclear, misleading, or wrong, we want to know. **Open an issue on this repository.** Documentation issues are the one category of community contribution that we have an immediate place for.
|
||||||
// Use idiomatic Rust
|
|
||||||
// Follow clippy suggestions
|
|
||||||
// Add documentation comments
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|
||||||
|
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||||||
/// Processes AI stimulus and returns decision
|
### conversations with practitioners
|
||||||
///
|
|
||||||
/// # Arguments
|
|
||||||
/// * `stimulus` - The input stimulus data
|
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||||||
///
|
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||||||
/// # Returns
|
|
||||||
/// * `Ok(Decision)` on success
|
|
||||||
/// * `Err(Error)` on failure
|
|
||||||
pub fn process_stimulus(stimulus: &Stimulus) -> Result<Decision> {
|
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||||||
// Implementation
|
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||||||
}
|
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||||||
|
|
||||||
// Run formatters
|
If you're a cybersecurity practitioner, security researcher, kernel engineer, AI/ML systems engineer, or game/training designer — and Syn_OS resonates with the kind of work you'd want to do — we want to know who you are.
|
||||||
cargo fmt
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|
||||||
cargo clippy -- -D warnings
|
|
||||||
```
|
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||||||
|
|
||||||
### Python
|
We are building a platform that lives or dies by the practitioners around it. The earliest conversations shape the work most.
|
||||||
|
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||||||
```python
|
### lab proposals for GRIMOIRE
|
||||||
"""Follow PEP 8 and type hints."""
|
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||||||
|
|
||||||
def process_threat_intel(indicator: str) -> ThreatScore:
|
GRIMOIRE's 100-lab corpus is hand-authored. As the cohort programs scale, we'll be running curated lab-contribution programs. If you have a specific lab — a real-world scenario, a teaching arc, a vulnerability reproduction with educational depth — we'd be glad to evaluate it.
|
||||||
"""
|
|
||||||
Process a threat intelligence indicator.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Args:
|
Open an issue with the title `Lab proposal:` and a one-paragraph description. We'll respond.
|
||||||
indicator: STIX 2.1 indicator object
|
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||||||
|
|
||||||
Returns:
|
### cohort partnerships
|
||||||
ThreatScore with confidence and severity
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Raises:
|
If you run a class, a security club, a CTF team, or a corporate training program, and you're interested in piloting GRIMOIRE in a cohort context — open an issue with the title `Cohort partnership:` or reach out through the channels that emerge as the program matures.
|
||||||
ValueError: If indicator format is invalid
|
|
||||||
"""
|
|
||||||
pass
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Run formatters
|
|
||||||
black .
|
|
||||||
isort .
|
|
||||||
mypy src/
|
|
||||||
```
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Shell Scripts
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
```bash
|
|
||||||
#!/usr/bin/env bash
|
|
||||||
# Use shellcheck for validation
|
|
||||||
# Add error handling
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
set -euo pipefail # Exit on error, undefined vars, pipe failures
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Function documentation
|
|
||||||
# Description: Builds the ISO image
|
|
||||||
# Arguments:
|
|
||||||
# $1 - Build profile (dev|production)
|
|
||||||
build_iso() {
|
|
||||||
local profile="$1"
|
|
||||||
echo "Building ISO with profile: $profile"
|
|
||||||
# Implementation
|
|
||||||
}
|
|
||||||
```
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 🧪 Testing Guidelines
|
## what's coming
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Test Coverage
|
### public source release for the GRIMOIRE Public image
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- Aim for 80%+ code coverage
|
When the GRIMOIRE Public ISO ships, the source tree carrying the **public profile** will be open. The license is mixed Apache 2.0 + LicenseRef-GRIMOIRE-Public. At that point, full PR-and-issues contribution will be possible against the public surface.
|
||||||
- Write unit tests for all new functions
|
|
||||||
- Add integration tests for components
|
|
||||||
- Create end-to-end tests for features
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Test Structure
|
### GRIMOIRE lab marketplace
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
```rust
|
We're building infrastructure for community-contributed labs to be reviewed, signed, and distributed. Authors get attribution. The integrity manifest enforces quality.
|
||||||
#[cfg(test)]
|
|
||||||
mod tests {
|
|
||||||
use super::*;
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#[test]
|
### public CVE / advisory channel
|
||||||
fn test_consciousness_state_machine() {
|
|
||||||
// Arrange
|
When the GRIMOIRE Public + Goodlife ISOs are publicly distributed, we will operate a coordinated disclosure channel. Until then, security issues found in pre-release artifacts can be reported through the channels noted below.
|
||||||
let mut consciousness = Consciousness::new();
|
|
||||||
|
### community calls and roadmap input
|
||||||
// Act
|
|
||||||
let result = consciousness.process_stimulus(&stimulus);
|
As the cadence of public releases stabilizes, we will run regular community calls — roadmap walk-throughs, design discussions, lab clinics. Watch this repository for announcements.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
// Assert
|
|
||||||
assert!(result.is_ok());
|
|
||||||
assert_eq!(consciousness.state(), State::Awake);
|
|
||||||
}
|
|
||||||
}
|
|
||||||
```
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 📋 Pull Request Guidelines
|
## what we're not yet ready for
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Before Submitting
|
- **Forks-and-PRs against the source tree at scale.** The repository carrying the source is private, and the boundaries between what's public and what's internal are still being formalized. External contribution to source becomes available with the public ISO releases.
|
||||||
|
- **A general-purpose issue tracker for the source repo.** The private repo's issues are internal-only. Once the public ISOs ship, public issues attach to the public source.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Tests pass locally
|
None of this is permanent. All of it is "not yet."
|
||||||
- [ ] Code follows style guidelines
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Documentation updated
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Commit messages follow convention
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Branch is up-to-date with main
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### PR Description Template
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
```markdown
|
|
||||||
## Description
|
|
||||||
Brief description of changes
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Related Issues
|
|
||||||
Fixes #123
|
|
||||||
Related to #456
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Type of Change
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Bug fix
|
|
||||||
- [ ] New feature
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Breaking change
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Documentation update
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Testing
|
|
||||||
- Tested on: Debian 13, 16GB RAM, 8 cores
|
|
||||||
- Test commands run:
|
|
||||||
- `cargo test -p affected-crate`
|
|
||||||
- `pytest tests/test_feature.py`
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Screenshots (if applicable)
|
|
||||||
Attach before/after screenshots
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Checklist
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Code follows project style
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Comments added for complex logic
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Documentation updated
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Tests added/updated
|
|
||||||
- [ ] All tests pass
|
|
||||||
```
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 🏆 Recognition
|
## code of conduct
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Contributors will be:
|
Crafts thrive in communities of mutual respect. Discussion in this project's spaces — issue trackers, future forums, future community calls — operates under a posture of: **assume good faith, push back hard on the work, never on the person.**
|
||||||
- Listed in [CONTRIBUTORS.md](CONTRIBUTORS.md)
|
|
||||||
- Credited in release notes
|
A formal code of conduct document will be published alongside the public source release. The norms above are the ones we're building toward.
|
||||||
- Eligible for contributor badges
|
|
||||||
- Invited to team discussions
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 💬 Communication
|
## reporting security issues
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- **GitHub Issues**: Bug reports and features
|
If you've identified a security issue in any artifact released by this project, please **do not file a public issue**. Instead, open a coordinated disclosure: open a private security advisory through the GitHub interface (or through the channels published with each ISO release).
|
||||||
- **GitHub Discussions**: General questions and ideas
|
|
||||||
- **Email**: synos@tlimoges.dev
|
We respond. We coordinate. We credit researchers in our advisory pages.
|
||||||
- **Discord**: Coming soon!
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 📜 Code of Conduct
|
## the long game
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment. Please read and follow our [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
|
This project is built on multi-year time horizons. The community we want around it is one that operates on the same horizon. If that resonates — **stay close to the work**. The doors will open in their own time. We hope you're there when they do.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Our Standards
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Positive behaviors:**
|
|
||||||
- Being respectful of differing viewpoints
|
|
||||||
- Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
|
|
||||||
- Focusing on what is best for the community
|
|
||||||
- Showing empathy towards other members
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Unacceptable behaviors:**
|
|
||||||
- Harassment or discriminatory language
|
|
||||||
- Trolling or insulting comments
|
|
||||||
- Publishing private information
|
|
||||||
- Other conduct inappropriate in a professional setting
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 📄 License
|
For the earliest possible signal as channels open: watch this repository. Star it if you're interested. The cadence of changes here tracks the cadence of the project.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the MIT License.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 🙏 Thank You!
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Every contribution matters, whether it's:
|
|
||||||
- A typo fix in documentation
|
|
||||||
- A critical bug fix
|
|
||||||
- A new feature
|
|
||||||
- Helping other users
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Your time and effort help make Syn_OS better for everyone!
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Questions?** Don't hesitate to ask in [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/TLimoges33/Syn_OS/discussions)!
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
548
FEATURES.md
548
FEATURES.md
|
|
@ -1,517 +1,125 @@
|
||||||
# SynOS Features - Complete Showcase
|
# Capabilities
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Version:** 1.0.1 "Awakening"
|
### *Syn_OS v60.0.0 "Sun & Salt" — what's actually inside.*
|
||||||
**Last Updated:** December 2025
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 🎯 Core Innovations
|
## kernel
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 1. AI-Enhanced Kernel Architecture
|
- **Custom Linux 6.19** built with `CONFIG_RUST=y`.
|
||||||
|
- **17 custom system calls** (469–485) exposing AI/consciousness state, eBPF instrumentation, kernel observability, and process attestation to userspace.
|
||||||
SynOS goes beyond traditional Linux distributions by integrating AI at the **kernel level**.
|
- **11 loadable Rust kernel modules**: memory, networking, hardening, interrupts, modloader, procfs, power, consciousness, hardening, module verification, plus the synos hardening core.
|
||||||
|
- **Kernel hot path 83.54% Rust** (post-v56 Rust ratchet).
|
||||||
#### Custom Rust Kernel
|
- **KSPP hardening fragment** merged into the kernel config.
|
||||||
- **Memory-Safe Design** - No buffer overflows, use-after-free, or data races
|
- **Module signing** wired through MOK keys generated at build time.
|
||||||
- **15,892 Lines** of custom Rust code
|
|
||||||
- **38 Compiled Crates** - Modular, maintainable architecture
|
|
||||||
- **x86_64 Target** - Native bare-metal execution
|
|
||||||
- **24 Kernel Modules** - 3,293 lines of C code for hardware interfaces
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Neural Darwinism Framework
|
|
||||||
- **Adaptive Scheduling** - Learns process patterns over time
|
|
||||||
- **Predictive Resource Allocation** - Anticipates memory/CPU needs
|
|
||||||
- **Self-Optimization** - Kernel tunes itself based on workload
|
|
||||||
- **Emergent Behaviors** - System evolves with usage
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### AI-Kernel Bridge
|
|
||||||
- **Bidirectional Communication** - Userspace AI ↔ Kernel
|
|
||||||
- **Real-Time Telemetry** - System state exposed to AI
|
|
||||||
- **Direct Control** - AI can influence kernel decisions
|
|
||||||
- **Security-First** - Privilege separation enforced
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### eBPF Telemetry
|
|
||||||
- **6 Tracepoints** - System call monitoring
|
|
||||||
- **Performance Metrics** - Zero-overhead observability
|
|
||||||
- **Security Events** - Anomaly detection ready
|
|
||||||
- **Live Introspection** - Runtime system analysis
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Status:** ✅ Research Complete | 🚧 Integration In Progress (v1.0.2)
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 2. ALFRED v2.0 - The AI Assistant
|
## ALFRED — the AI daemon
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Not just a chatbot—a true **pair-programming partner** for security work.
|
- **Local inference** via Ollama and ONNX. No cloud in the critical path.
|
||||||
|
- **11-region neuroanatomically-modeled brain.** Specialized regions coordinated by a brainstem.
|
||||||
#### Core Capabilities
|
- **Cortex stage** fusing traditional AI, neuromorphic spike networks, quantum coherence collapse, and TNGS.
|
||||||
- **Natural Language Interface** - Ask questions in plain English
|
- **`research-mode` cargo feature** unlocks extended analysis paths for the Goodlife ISO.
|
||||||
- **Tool Output Parsing** - Understands nmap, Burp Suite, etc.
|
- **Smoke-tested.** 14-check ALFRED smoke suite in CI.
|
||||||
- **Context Awareness** - Remembers previous commands/sessions
|
- **Privacy-first.** No telemetry leaves the box without consent. The default state is silent.
|
||||||
- **Methodology Guidance** - Suggests next enumeration steps
|
|
||||||
- **Exploit Generation** - Creates PoC code from vulnerabilities
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Technical Stack
|
|
||||||
- **LLM Integration** - Claude, GPT-4, or local models
|
|
||||||
- **RAG Memory** - ChromaDB vector database for context
|
|
||||||
- **Offline Mode** - Works without internet
|
|
||||||
- **Privacy-First** - No data sent to cloud by default
|
|
||||||
- **Custom Training** - Security domain expertise
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Example Workflows
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
```bash
|
|
||||||
# Parse nmap output and suggest next steps
|
|
||||||
$ nmap -sV target.com -oN scan.txt
|
|
||||||
$ alfred analyze scan.txt --suggest next-steps
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Explain a vulnerability
|
|
||||||
$ alfred explain CVE-2024-1234
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Generate exploit PoC
|
|
||||||
$ alfred generate exploit --target WordPress 6.4 --vuln XSS
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Remember context across sessions
|
|
||||||
$ alfred remember "target uses Apache 2.4.50"
|
|
||||||
$ alfred recall "what do we know about the target?"
|
|
||||||
```
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Status:** ✅ Production Ready
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 3. Comprehensive Security Toolkit
|
## GRIMOIRE — gamified training
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Over **550 curated security tools** from the best sources.
|
- **100 hand-authored labs** across **13 categories** (integrity-manifest enforced).
|
||||||
|
- **11 certification paths** mapped (Security+, OSCP, OSWE, CRTP, CRTO, eJPT, GPEN/GCIH, CEH, CISSP foundations, etc.).
|
||||||
|
- **Faction system** — at least three named houses, allegiance gates content, faction wars are a recurring beat.
|
||||||
|
- **XP economy** — earn, spend, craft, trade.
|
||||||
|
- **Boss contracts** — multi-stage scenarios chaining labs into multi-week arcs.
|
||||||
|
- **Branching narrative quests** with NPCs, cutscenes, and persistent world history.
|
||||||
|
- **5 competition modes** — leaderboard, squad missions, faction wars, head-to-head, asymmetric red-vs-blue.
|
||||||
|
- **Cohort mode** — class, club, and team-scale deployments.
|
||||||
|
- **First-boot wizard** — calibrated onboarding, not a personality test.
|
||||||
|
- **Sovereign Operator Path** — endgame arc graduating players to running their own mesh.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Tool Sources (Priority Order)
|
See [GRIMOIRE.md](./GRIMOIRE.md) for the deep dive.
|
||||||
1. **ParrotOS** (Primary) - Community-maintained, security-focused
|
|
||||||
2. **Kali Linux** (Secondary) - Industry standard fallback
|
|
||||||
3. **BlackArch** (Tertiary) - Bleeding-edge tools
|
|
||||||
4. **GitHub** (Curated) - 97 essential repositories
|
|
||||||
5. **Custom Tools** - SynOS-specific utilities
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Categories
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Information Gathering (80+ tools)
|
|
||||||
- Network scanning: nmap, masscan, zmap
|
|
||||||
- DNS enumeration: dnsenum, fierce, dnsrecon
|
|
||||||
- OSINT: theHarvester, recon-ng, Maltego
|
|
||||||
- Web scanning: nikto, dirb, gobuster
|
|
||||||
- Service enumeration: enum4linux, nbtscan
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Vulnerability Assessment (70+ tools)
|
|
||||||
- Web scanners: Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Nikto
|
|
||||||
- Network scanners: OpenVAS, Nessus, Nexpose
|
|
||||||
- Fuzzing: AFL, Peach, Sulley
|
|
||||||
- Static analysis: SonarQube, Bandit, Semgrep
|
|
||||||
- Dependency scanning: OWASP Dependency Check
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Exploitation (90+ tools)
|
|
||||||
- Frameworks: Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, Empire
|
|
||||||
- Web exploitation: sqlmap, XSStrike, commix
|
|
||||||
- Binary exploitation: pwntools, ROPgadget, one_gadget
|
|
||||||
- Social engineering: SET, Gophish, BeEF
|
|
||||||
- Post-exploitation: Mimikatz, PowerSploit, BloodHound
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Wireless (40+ tools)
|
|
||||||
- WiFi auditing: Aircrack-ng, Wifite, Reaver
|
|
||||||
- Bluetooth: Bluez, Ubertooth, BtleJuice
|
|
||||||
- SDR: GNU Radio, HackRF, RTL-SDR
|
|
||||||
- RFID/NFC: Proxmark3, ACR122U tools
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Password Attacks (50+ tools)
|
|
||||||
- Crackers: John the Ripper, Hashcat, oclHashcat
|
|
||||||
- Rainbow tables: RainbowCrack, Ophcrack
|
|
||||||
- Online: Hydra, Medusa, Patator
|
|
||||||
- Wordlists: rockyou, SecLists, CrackStation
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Forensics & Reverse Engineering (60+ tools)
|
|
||||||
- Disk forensics: Autopsy, Sleuth Kit, FTK
|
|
||||||
- Memory forensics: Volatility, Rekall, LiME
|
|
||||||
- Malware analysis: Cuckoo, YARA, Radare2
|
|
||||||
- Debugging: GDB, OllyDbg, x64dbg
|
|
||||||
- Disassemblers: IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Reporting & Documentation (30+ tools)
|
|
||||||
- Report generation: Dradis, MagicTree, Faraday
|
|
||||||
- Note-taking: CherryTree, KeepNote, Joplin
|
|
||||||
- Collaboration: Serpico, WriteHat
|
|
||||||
- Screenshots: Flameshot, Shutter, Kazam
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Utilities (130+ tools)
|
|
||||||
- Network utilities: netcat, socat, tcpdump
|
|
||||||
- Crypto: openssl, GPG, hash-identifier
|
|
||||||
- Encoding: base64, xxd, hex editors
|
|
||||||
- Scripting: Python 3, Ruby, Perl, Go
|
|
||||||
- Version control: git, subversion
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**All tools are:**
|
|
||||||
- ✅ Pre-installed and configured
|
|
||||||
- ✅ Path-accessible (no hunting for binaries)
|
|
||||||
- ✅ Documented (man pages + online docs)
|
|
||||||
- ✅ Updated regularly via package manager
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 4. Data Lake Platform
|
## synos-bevy — game engine
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Built-in analytics infrastructure for **data-driven security**.
|
- **Bevy 0.14** integration, ~7,000+ lines, **8 plugins**:
|
||||||
|
- **Cutscene** — Season 1 narrative, async loading, typewriter UI, camera choreography.
|
||||||
#### Components
|
- **Mindmap** — force-directed 3D knowledge graph with RON persistence.
|
||||||
|
- **Retro filter** — CRT post-processing with custom WGSL shaders.
|
||||||
##### PostgreSQL 15
|
- **Cyberspace** — virtual world exploration, grid animation, particles.
|
||||||
- **Relational Database** - ACID compliance
|
- **Skill tree** — Fallout-style perk chart with pentagon stat layout.
|
||||||
- **Advanced Queries** - CTEs, window functions, full-text search
|
- **Faction HQ** — three faction headquarters, NPC placement, mission boards, reputation system.
|
||||||
- **Extensions** - pg_trgm, hstore, pgcrypto
|
- **Rehoboam** — Westworld-inspired 3D sphere system monitor.
|
||||||
- **JSON Support** - Store semi-structured data
|
- **Twin** (v51 Storm Glass) — kernel-state visualization plugin.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### TimescaleDB 2.x
|
|
||||||
- **Time-Series Optimization** - Fast log queries
|
|
||||||
- **Automatic Partitioning** - Handles billions of rows
|
|
||||||
- **Compression** - 90% storage savings
|
|
||||||
- **Continuous Aggregates** - Pre-computed rollups
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### MinIO
|
|
||||||
- **S3-Compatible Storage** - Standard API
|
|
||||||
- **Object Storage** - Files, screenshots, PCAPs
|
|
||||||
- **Erasure Coding** - Data redundancy
|
|
||||||
- **Bucket Policies** - Fine-grained access control
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Use Cases
|
|
||||||
- **Log Aggregation** - Centralize all tool outputs
|
|
||||||
- **SIEM Integration** - Feed data to Splunk, ELK, etc.
|
|
||||||
- **Historical Analysis** - Query past engagements
|
|
||||||
- **Reporting** - Generate metrics and charts
|
|
||||||
- **Compliance** - Audit trail storage
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Pre-configured with:**
|
|
||||||
- Database schemas for common log formats
|
|
||||||
- Retention policies (90 days default)
|
|
||||||
- Backup scripts (daily snapshots)
|
|
||||||
- Grafana dashboards for visualization
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 5. Professional TUI Applications
|
## Arcanum Hive — distributed mesh
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Seven custom terminal interfaces for **professional workflows**.
|
- **8-node target topology** with Tailscale (WireGuard fallback).
|
||||||
|
- **Kubernetes operator** managing `ArcanumNode` lifecycle, `SecurityAlert` CRDs, phase state machines.
|
||||||
#### synos-dashboard
|
- **mTLS by default.** Per-tenant HMAC.
|
||||||
**System Overview & Monitoring**
|
- **Stoneglass Ansible playbook** (v55) — public self-hosting recipe.
|
||||||
- Live CPU, RAM, disk, network graphs
|
- **Remote node attestation** — kernel version, SSH hardening, SUID audit, CVE scan.
|
||||||
- Running services status
|
|
||||||
- Recent alerts and notifications
|
|
||||||
- Quick access to common tasks
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### synos-control
|
|
||||||
**Service Management**
|
|
||||||
- Start/stop/restart services
|
|
||||||
- Configure daemons (SSH, Apache, PostgreSQL, etc.)
|
|
||||||
- Firewall management (iptables, nftables)
|
|
||||||
- Network interface configuration
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### synos-recon
|
|
||||||
**Reconnaissance Orchestration**
|
|
||||||
- Multi-tool workflow automation
|
|
||||||
- Parallel scanning across targets
|
|
||||||
- Result aggregation and correlation
|
|
||||||
- Export to Data Lake
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### synos-vuln
|
|
||||||
**Vulnerability Management**
|
|
||||||
- Import scan results (Nmap, Nessus, OpenVAS)
|
|
||||||
- Prioritize findings (CVSS scoring)
|
|
||||||
- Track remediation status
|
|
||||||
- Generate reports
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### synos-exploit
|
|
||||||
**Exploitation Framework**
|
|
||||||
- Browse Metasploit modules
|
|
||||||
- Launch exploits with GUI
|
|
||||||
- Manage sessions and shells
|
|
||||||
- Post-exploitation automation
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### synos-report
|
|
||||||
**Report Generation**
|
|
||||||
- Professional PDF/HTML reports
|
|
||||||
- Screenshots and evidence management
|
|
||||||
- Customizable templates
|
|
||||||
- Export to Word/Markdown
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### synos-metrics
|
|
||||||
**Performance Monitoring**
|
|
||||||
- Build system metrics
|
|
||||||
- Kernel performance stats
|
|
||||||
- Tool usage analytics
|
|
||||||
- Resource consumption trends
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**All TUIs feature:**
|
|
||||||
- ✅ Keyboard-driven navigation (Vim bindings)
|
|
||||||
- ✅ Mouse support (optional)
|
|
||||||
- ✅ SSH-friendly (work over remote sessions)
|
|
||||||
- ✅ Themeable (cyberpunk default)
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 6. Multiboot & Flexibility
|
## post-quantum cryptography
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Boot the way **you** want.
|
- **ML-KEM** — key encapsulation (Kyber successor).
|
||||||
|
- **ML-DSA** — digital signatures (Dilithium successor).
|
||||||
#### Dual Kernel System
|
- **SLH-DSA** — hash-based signatures (SPHINCS+ successor).
|
||||||
- **Stable Kernel** (Linux 6.12.32) - Production-ready, battle-tested
|
- Integrated through the project's `Icarus` crate.
|
||||||
- **Experimental Kernel** (Rust AI) - Cutting-edge, research features
|
|
||||||
- **GRUB Multiboot** - Choose at boot time
|
|
||||||
- **Fallback Support** - Auto-reverts if kernel panics
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Boot Modes
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Live USB
|
|
||||||
- **No Installation** - Run from USB stick
|
|
||||||
- **Persistent Storage** - Save changes to USB
|
|
||||||
- **Fast Boot** - 30-45 seconds to desktop
|
|
||||||
- **Hardware Detection** - Auto-configures drivers
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Installed System
|
|
||||||
- **Full Performance** - Native disk I/O
|
|
||||||
- **Customizable** - Install additional tools
|
|
||||||
- **Encrypted Storage** - LUKS full-disk encryption
|
|
||||||
- **Dual Boot** - Coexist with Windows/macOS
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Amnesic Mode (Tails-Inspired)
|
|
||||||
- **RAM-Only** - All data in memory
|
|
||||||
- **No Disk Writes** - Leaves no trace
|
|
||||||
- **Network Anonymity** - Tor integration ready
|
|
||||||
- **Self-Destruct** - Data erased on shutdown
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
##### Persistence Mode
|
|
||||||
- **Save Sessions** - Retain configurations
|
|
||||||
- **Tool Data** - Keep scan results, notes
|
|
||||||
- **Encrypted Partition** - Secure persistent storage
|
|
||||||
- **Version Control** - Snapshot configurations
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Architecture Support
|
|
||||||
- **x86_64** - 64-bit Intel/AMD (primary)
|
|
||||||
- **BIOS Boot** - Legacy systems
|
|
||||||
- **UEFI Boot** - Modern systems
|
|
||||||
- **Secure Boot** - Compatible (with manual enrollment)
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 7. Developer Experience
|
## supply chain
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Built for **security professionals** who code.
|
- **SBOM (CycloneDX)** generated per ISO profile.
|
||||||
|
- **Cosign-signed releases** with Rekor transparency log entries.
|
||||||
#### Development Tools
|
- **SLSA-3 reproducible build pipeline** with dual-witness cross-oracle verification (when the second oracle is online).
|
||||||
- **Languages:** Python 3.12, Rust, Go, Ruby, Perl, Node.js
|
- **`cargo deny` clean** — OpenSSL/native-tls banned. Unmaintained crates pinned or replaced.
|
||||||
- **Editors:** Vim, Emacs, Nano, VS Code (via remote)
|
- **Patch generator** — block-level binary diffing with zstd compression and SHA-256 manifests.
|
||||||
- **IDEs:** PyCharm, CLion (via remote)
|
- **Lab integrity manifest** — every lab in the 100-lab corpus hashed and verified.
|
||||||
- **Debuggers:** GDB, LLDB, pwndbg, peda
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Version Control
|
|
||||||
- **Git** - Full Git 2.43+
|
|
||||||
- **GitHub CLI** - gh for pull requests, issues
|
|
||||||
- **GitLab Support** - glab CLI
|
|
||||||
- **Diff Tools** - vimdiff, meld, kdiff3
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Containerization
|
|
||||||
- **Docker** - Isolated tool environments
|
|
||||||
- **Docker Compose** - Multi-container setups
|
|
||||||
- **Podman** - Rootless containers
|
|
||||||
- **LXC/LXD** - System containers
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Automation
|
|
||||||
- **Ansible** - Infrastructure as Code
|
|
||||||
- **Terraform** - Cloud provisioning
|
|
||||||
- **Make** - Build automation
|
|
||||||
- **Cron** - Scheduled tasks
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 8. Educational Features
|
## desktop experience
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Learn while you **hack**.
|
- **Cinnamon + Xfce4 dual-desktop** support out of the box.
|
||||||
|
- **LightDM** display manager.
|
||||||
#### ALFRED Learning Mode
|
- **Plymouth** boot splash with the project's red-phoenix theme.
|
||||||
- **Explains Concepts** - "What is SQL injection?"
|
- **synos-ops TUI** — 6-tab operations dashboard for the operator.
|
||||||
- **Tool Tutorials** - "How do I use Burp Suite?"
|
- **Sound theme**, custom wallpapers, fastfetch integration.
|
||||||
- **Methodology Guides** - "OWASP Top 10 testing"
|
- **Branding consistency** across MOTD, terminal headers, and `/etc/os-release`.
|
||||||
- **CVE Database** - Search and learn from past vulns
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Documentation
|
|
||||||
- **601+ Files** - Comprehensive guides
|
|
||||||
- **Man Pages** - Every tool documented
|
|
||||||
- **Cheat Sheets** - Quick reference cards
|
|
||||||
- **Video Tutorials** - Linked to YouTube playlists
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Practice Environments
|
|
||||||
- **DVWA** - Damn Vulnerable Web Application (pre-installed)
|
|
||||||
- **Metasploitable** - Vulnerable VMs (downloadable)
|
|
||||||
- **CTF Tools** - pwntools, ROPgadget, etc.
|
|
||||||
- **Lab Configs** - Virtual network setups
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 9. Security & Privacy
|
## tooling
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Security-first** by design.
|
- **600+ native security tools** via pacman/AUR.
|
||||||
|
- **3,400+ tools available** through Distrobox containers (Kali, BlackArch, Parrot images).
|
||||||
#### System Hardening
|
- **Fully curated** — the point is what you can do, not how many binaries are in `/usr/bin`.
|
||||||
- **AppArmor** - Mandatory access control
|
- **Offensive tooling boundaries are mechanical** — what's available in each ISO is what's intended.
|
||||||
- **SELinux** - Alternative MAC (optional)
|
|
||||||
- **Kernel Hardening** - Grsecurity patches applied
|
|
||||||
- **ASLR/DEP** - Memory protection enabled
|
|
||||||
- **Kernel Lockdown** - Restricted module loading
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Privacy Features
|
|
||||||
- **No Telemetry** - Zero data collection
|
|
||||||
- **Local-First** - All AI processing on-device
|
|
||||||
- **Encrypted Storage** - LUKS2 full-disk encryption
|
|
||||||
- **Secure Boot** - Verified boot chain (optional)
|
|
||||||
- **MAC Randomization** - Network anonymity
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Firewall
|
|
||||||
- **nftables** - Modern firewall (default deny)
|
|
||||||
- **UFW** - User-friendly wrapper
|
|
||||||
- **iptables** - Legacy compatibility
|
|
||||||
- **Fail2ban** - Intrusion prevention
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 10. Performance & Reliability
|
## quality gates
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Optimized for **speed and stability**.
|
- **160-crate Rust workspace.** Zero compile errors.
|
||||||
|
- **1,600+ tests.** 100% pass rate.
|
||||||
#### Build System
|
- **35% tarpaulin coverage floor**, ratcheted upward over time.
|
||||||
- **Modular Architecture** - 62 independent modules
|
- **17 CI workflows** — 5 ubuntu-latest, 12 self-hosted runners.
|
||||||
- **Checkpoint/Resume** - Never lose progress
|
- **Self-healing build pipeline** across 41 stages.
|
||||||
- **Parallel Compilation** - Uses all CPU cores
|
- **MkDocs Material** documentation site, version-aware.
|
||||||
- **Resource Monitoring** - Auto-pause on low memory
|
|
||||||
- **Incremental Builds** - Only rebuild changed components
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Boot Performance
|
|
||||||
- **Fast Boot** - 30-45 seconds to desktop
|
|
||||||
- **Systemd** - Parallel service startup
|
|
||||||
- **Preload** - Predictive file caching
|
|
||||||
- **zRAM** - Compressed swap in RAM
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
#### Runtime Performance
|
|
||||||
- **Kernel Optimization** - Compiled for x86_64-v3 (AVX2)
|
|
||||||
- **CPU Governor** - Performance mode default
|
|
||||||
- **I/O Scheduler** - mq-deadline for SSDs
|
|
||||||
- **Filesystem** - ext4 with noatime
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 📊 Comparison Matrix
|
## what isn't on this list
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### SynOS vs. Competition
|
The Operator (Master) image's full capability surface — the proprietary Fragment Field IDS, the full C2 framework, the unrestricted offensive tooling layer, the federation server internals, the license-gate enforcement mechanism. Those exist. They aren't part of the public release.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
| Feature | SynOS | Kali | Parrot | BlackArch |
|
What's listed above is what GRIMOIRE Public + Goodlife users will actually have in hand when those ISOs drop.
|
||||||
|---------|-------|------|--------|-----------|
|
|
||||||
| **Security Tools** | 550+ | 600+ | 700+ | 2,800+ |
|
|
||||||
| **AI Assistant** | ✅ ALFRED v2.0 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
|
|
||||||
| **Custom Kernel** | ✅ Rust AI | ❌ Linux | ❌ Linux | ❌ Linux |
|
|
||||||
| **Data Lake** | ✅ PostgreSQL+MinIO | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
|
|
||||||
| **TUI Apps** | ✅ 7 professional | Basic | Basic | ❌ |
|
|
||||||
| **AI Integration** | ✅ Kernel-level | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
|
|
||||||
| **Base** | Debian 13 | Debian 12 | Debian 12 | Arch |
|
|
||||||
| **Multiboot** | ✅ 2 kernels | Standard | Standard | Standard |
|
|
||||||
| **Documentation** | 601 files | Good | Good | Minimal |
|
|
||||||
| **Live USB** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
|
|
||||||
| **Persistence** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
|
|
||||||
| **Cloud-Ready** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 🎯 Use Case Examples
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Penetration Testing
|
|
||||||
1. **Recon:** Use synos-recon to orchestrate nmap, masscan, DNSrecon
|
|
||||||
2. **Analysis:** ALFRED parses results, suggests vulnerabilities
|
|
||||||
3. **Exploit:** synos-exploit launches Metasploit modules
|
|
||||||
4. **Report:** synos-report generates professional PDF
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Security Research
|
|
||||||
1. **Hypothesis:** Investigate new attack vector
|
|
||||||
2. **Environment:** Boot experimental kernel for testing
|
|
||||||
3. **Development:** Code PoC in Python/Rust
|
|
||||||
4. **Analysis:** Use Data Lake to correlate results
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### CTF Competitions
|
|
||||||
1. **Challenge:** Download challenge files
|
|
||||||
2. **Analysis:** ALFRED explains challenge type
|
|
||||||
3. **Solve:** Use pwntools, Ghidra, etc.
|
|
||||||
4. **Submit:** Track flags in synos-dashboard
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Red Team Operations
|
|
||||||
1. **Planning:** synos-recon for target mapping
|
|
||||||
2. **Execution:** Parallel attacks via TUI
|
|
||||||
3. **Persistence:** Encrypted storage for IOCs
|
|
||||||
4. **Exfil:** Data Lake for staging
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 📦 What's Included
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### ISO Contents
|
|
||||||
- **Size:** ~4.5GB compressed
|
|
||||||
- **Base System:** Debian 13 (Trixie) minimal
|
|
||||||
- **Desktop:** MATE (lightweight, familiar)
|
|
||||||
- **Tools:** 550+ pre-installed
|
|
||||||
- **Docs:** 601 files offline
|
|
||||||
- **Extras:** Wallpapers, themes, configs
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### First Boot Experience
|
|
||||||
1. **GRUB Menu** - Choose kernel (stable recommended)
|
|
||||||
2. **Splash Screen** - SynOS branding
|
|
||||||
3. **Desktop** - MATE with custom theme
|
|
||||||
4. **Welcome App** - Quick start wizard
|
|
||||||
5. **ALFRED** - Ready to assist
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 🔮 Coming Soon
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### v1.0.2 (January 2025)
|
|
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- ✅ Custom Rust kernel integration
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- ✅ Enhanced boot verification
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- ✅ Hybrid kernel fallback
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### v1.1 (Q1 2025)
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- Voice control for ALFRED
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- Advanced kernel-AI hooks
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- Real-time performance dashboard
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- Remote agent deployment
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### v2.0 (Q2 2025)
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- Full consciousness framework
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- Self-optimizing kernel
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- Multi-agent coordination
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- Neural-symbolic reasoning
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[Full Roadmap →](ROADMAP.md)
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---
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## 💬 Community Feedback
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*"The AI assistant is game-changing. I've never been more productive in pentests."* - Beta Tester
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*"Finally, an OS that feels like it was built for 2025, not 2015."* - Security Researcher
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*"ALFRED is like having a senior pentester guiding you 24/7."* - Student
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---
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## 📞 Learn More
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- **Documentation:** [docs/](docs/)
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- **Architecture:** [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md)
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- **Roadmap:** [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md)
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- **Download:** [Get SynOS](#)
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---
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*Last Updated: December 16, 2025*
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*SynOS Version: 1.0.1 "Awakening"*
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# Professional Showcase
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# Professional Showcase
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## Cybersecurity Skills
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### *Ty Limoges, lead of Syn_OS — a snapshot of the work that produced v60.0.0 "Sun & Salt".*
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As a cybersecurity expert, I have honed my skills through rigorous training and practical experience. My commitment to maintaining the highest security standards in software development ensures that vulnerabilities are identified and mitigated early in the development lifecycle.
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## Technical Achievements in Syn_OS
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- **A+ Grade:** My work on Syn_OS has been recognized with an A+ grade, reflecting my dedication to quality and performance.
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- **Performance Metrics:** Achieved a staggering **9,798 operations per second** without compromising security or stability.
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- **Technical Debt:** Maintained **0 technical debt**, ensuring that the codebase remains clean, efficient, and maintainable.
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## Specialized Expertise
|
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I possess specialized knowledge in several advanced areas, including:
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- **Artificial Intelligence (AI):** Developing robust AI systems that can learn and adapt in real-time.
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- **Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC):** Implementing cutting-edge cryptographic methods to secure data against evolving threats.
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- **Kernel Development:** Contributing to kernel enhancements that improve system performance and security.
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## Quality Assurance
|
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My approach to quality assurance is reflected in a **14:1 test-to-code ratio**, ensuring comprehensive testing of all features before deployment. This practice minimizes bugs and enhances system reliability.
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## Complex System Call Implementation
|
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I have also executed complex system call implementations that push the boundaries of conventional architecture, driving innovation while adhering to best practices.
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---
|
---
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|
||||||
**Date:** 2026-01-24
|
## the project
|
||||||
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|
||||||
|
**Syn_OS** is a multi-year, full-stack cybersecurity operating system project conceived, architected, and led by Ty Limoges out of LumOs Solutions. It is not a fork. It is not a theme on top of an existing distribution. It is a from-scratch operating system platform that takes itself seriously across:
|
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- Custom Linux kernel engineering
|
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- A 160-crate Rust workspace
|
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- Local AI daemon design and integration
|
||||||
|
- A gamified training environment with 100 hand-authored labs
|
||||||
|
- A distributed, encrypted-by-default mesh
|
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|
- A 41-stage self-healing build pipeline
|
||||||
|
- Post-quantum cryptography integration
|
||||||
|
- Game engine integration via Bevy 0.14
|
||||||
|
- Documentation craft at production quality
|
||||||
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||||||
|
It is the kind of project that exercises the full stack and refuses to ship at a quality bar lower than the one its own gates enforce.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
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|
## the v60 numbers
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| Metric | Value |
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|---|---|
|
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| Version | **v60.0.0** "Sun & Salt" |
|
||||||
|
| Cargo workspace | **160 active crates**, 0 compile errors |
|
||||||
|
| Custom kernel system calls | **17** (numbered 469–485) |
|
||||||
|
| Loadable Rust kernel modules | **11** |
|
||||||
|
| Kernel hot-path Rust ratio | **83.54%** (post-Rust ratchet) |
|
||||||
|
| GRIMOIRE labs | **100** hand-authored, manifest-enforced |
|
||||||
|
| Lab categories | **13** |
|
||||||
|
| Bevy game engine plugins | **8** |
|
||||||
|
| ISO profiles | **3** (Operator / GRIMOIRE Public / Goodlife) |
|
||||||
|
| Build pipeline stages | **41**, self-healing |
|
||||||
|
| Test count | **1,600+** |
|
||||||
|
| Test pass rate | **100%** |
|
||||||
|
| Coverage floor | **35%** tarpaulin, ratcheted |
|
||||||
|
| CI workflows | **17** (5 ubuntu-latest, 12 self-hosted) |
|
||||||
|
| Toolchain | `nightly-2026-02-12` (rustc 1.95.0-nightly) |
|
||||||
|
| Documentation | MkDocs Material, version-aware, fact-checked |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## the disciplines exercised
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- **Kernel-level systems engineering.** Custom Linux 6.19 build with `CONFIG_RUST=y`. 17 custom system calls. 11 loadable Rust kernel modules. KSPP hardening. MOK module signing. Kernel observability instrumentation (eBPF, perf, attestation hooks).
|
||||||
|
- **Rust at scale.** 160-crate workspace with deliberate architectural separation. `cargo deny` clean (OpenSSL/native-tls banned). Sustained discipline around dependency hygiene and supply-chain posture.
|
||||||
|
- **AI/ML integration.** Local-first inference via Ollama and ONNX. An 11-region neuroanatomically-modeled brain daemon (ALFRED). Cortex stage fusing traditional AI, neuromorphic spike networks, quantum coherence, and TNGS into a unified decision pipeline. No cloud in the critical path.
|
||||||
|
- **Game design and engine integration.** Bevy 0.14 integration across 8 plugins (~7,000+ lines). Cutscenes, mindmaps, retro filters, cyberspace exploration, skill trees, faction HQs, system monitors, kernel-state visualization.
|
||||||
|
- **Distributed systems.** 8-node Tailscale mesh (WireGuard fallback) coordinated through a Kubernetes operator. mTLS + per-tenant HMAC. Cross-oracle build verification for SLSA-3 dual-witness signatures.
|
||||||
|
- **Post-quantum cryptography.** ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA integrated into the trust toolkit through the project's `Icarus` crate.
|
||||||
|
- **Build engineering.** 41-stage, self-healing, multi-hour pipeline producing three signed ISOs from a single source tree, with mechanical enforcement of capability boundaries between images.
|
||||||
|
- **Compliance and supply chain.** SBOM (CycloneDX) per ISO. Cosign + Rekor signing. SLSA-3 reproducible build target. FedRAMP Moderate control map (v59 Doublecross). Daily continuous monitoring.
|
||||||
|
- **Documentation craft.** MkDocs Material site, version-aware, checked against the source tree. Operator runbooks. Stage-by-stage build-wizard pedagogy.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## the way of working
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- **Quality bar held high.** Test coverage taken seriously. Continuous integration treated as load-bearing rather than ceremonial. Reproducibility, supply-chain provenance, and binary boundary enforcement engineered in rather than hoped for.
|
||||||
|
- **Long-arc discipline.** Multi-year sustained execution. Sixty-plus version releases. The v44 → v60 codesprint coordinated sixteen named campaigns into a single coherent release surface.
|
||||||
|
- **Solo-led, multi-perspective.** Architectural through-line carried by the lead, with disciplined coordination across the disciplines listed above.
|
||||||
|
- **Documentation as code.** Living documents. Version-aware. The kind of documentation that holds up under actual use because it's checked against the source.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## what this evidences
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
For anyone evaluating cybersecurity, AI, or systems engineering candidates: the body of work here demonstrates the ability to hold a complex, multi-disciplinary project across a long arc, to make architectural decisions that compound rather than collapse, and to sustain quality without the scaffolding of a large team.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
For anyone evaluating leadership: a project of this scope cannot be willed into existence. It requires opinionated technical taste, disciplined prioritization, mechanical enforcement of standards, and a sustained appetite for the unglamorous work — building, repairing, documenting, and refining the same systems over years until they hold up.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## further reading
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- [README.md](./README.md) — what Syn_OS is and what's in v60
|
||||||
|
- [GRIMOIRE.md](./GRIMOIRE.md) — the gamified training platform
|
||||||
|
- [ARCHITECTURE.md](./ARCHITECTURE.md) — the four pillars and the substrate
|
||||||
|
- [FEATURES.md](./FEATURES.md) — capability inventory
|
||||||
|
- [ROADMAP.md](./ROADMAP.md) — what's shipped and what's coming
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
If any of the above aligns with what you're looking for — in a hire, in a partner, in a research collaborator — we'd be glad to have the conversation.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
**Last updated:** 2026-05-09
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
136
GRIMOIRE.md
Normal file
136
GRIMOIRE.md
Normal file
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
|
||||||
|
# GRIMOIRE
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### *the gamified cybersecurity training platform that ships as the public face of Syn_OS.*
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## the premise
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Most cybersecurity training looks like this: read a chapter, watch a video, do a sandbox exercise, take a quiz, repeat. Linear. Disconnected. Optimized for completion, not for fluency.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
GRIMOIRE rejects all of that.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
GRIMOIRE is a **world**, not a curriculum. You enter as a novice. You leave as someone who's lived through scenarios that actually happened to people, with consequences that actually mattered, in factions whose loyalties you actually felt.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
It's the platform we ship to the community. It's the closest thing we know how to build to *learning by doing it for real, with everything that implies.*
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## by the numbers
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
| | |
|
||||||
|
|---|---|
|
||||||
|
| Hand-authored labs | **100**, exact (enforced by integrity manifest) |
|
||||||
|
| Lab categories | **13** (beginner, advanced, crypto, web, network, forensics, reversing, ai-red-team, ad, cloud, mobile, hardware, osint) |
|
||||||
|
| Certification paths mapped | **11** (CompTIA Security+ / CySA+ / PenTest+, OSCP, OSWE, CRTP, CRTO, CEH, CISSP foundations, GIAC GPEN/GCIH, eJPT) |
|
||||||
|
| Game engine plugins | **8** (cutscene, mindmap, retro filter, cyberspace, skill tree, faction HQ, rehoboam, twin) |
|
||||||
|
| Game-mode crates | ~110+ modules, ~53,000 lines of code |
|
||||||
|
| First-boot onboarding | **Wizard-driven**, faction selection, calibration, opening lab seed |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## the world
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### factions
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
You pick a faction at the first-boot wizard. Each faction has a distinct relationship to power, secrecy, and what counts as ethical engagement. **Crimson Spire**, **Ashen Veil**, and the third house each shape what missions are on offer, who you can trust, what equipment opens up, and how cohorts measure each other's worth across server walls.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
There are no "good guys" and "bad guys." There are people with different philosophies, and you've chosen one. Faction reputation gates content. Allegiance shifts have costs. Inter-faction wars are a recurring narrative beat.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### labs
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The atom of progression is the **lab** — a hand-authored challenge built around a specific technique, vulnerability, or defensive posture. The 100-lab corpus spans:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- **Beginner** (14 labs) — first-contact for users with no prior background.
|
||||||
|
- **Advanced** (14 labs) — hard multi-stage exploitation, real-world complexity.
|
||||||
|
- **Crypto** (6 labs) — classical and modern crypto attacks and misuses.
|
||||||
|
- **Web** — full-spectrum web application security, from XSS to deserialization to cache-deception.
|
||||||
|
- **Network** — protocol abuse, lateral movement, segmentation analysis.
|
||||||
|
- **Forensics** — disk, memory, network, timeline reconstruction.
|
||||||
|
- **Reversing** — static and dynamic analysis, anti-debugging, packers.
|
||||||
|
- **AI red team** (6 labs) — attacks on ML/AI systems and prompt-driven agents.
|
||||||
|
- **Active Directory** — kerberoasting, golden tickets, ACL abuse, BloodHound recipes.
|
||||||
|
- **Cloud** — AWS/Azure/GCP misconfiguration paths, IAM privilege escalation.
|
||||||
|
- **Mobile** — Android and iOS reverse engineering, runtime instrumentation.
|
||||||
|
- **Hardware** — embedded, firmware, side channel.
|
||||||
|
- **OSINT** — open-source intelligence and adversary attribution.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Every lab is real. Every solution is verifiable. Every credit is earned.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### boss contracts
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Some scenarios are too big for a single lab. **Boss contracts** chain multiple labs into a single multi-stage arc — a piece of multi-week storytelling where you earn your way through stages, where partial progress matters, and where the final clear means something.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Boss contracts are the tests the system pulls out when it thinks you're ready.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### the economy
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Earning is more than XP. GRIMOIRE has a **loot and crafting economy**. Solve labs, you earn artifacts. Combine artifacts, you craft equipment. Equipment opens doors. Better gear unlocks harder labs. Harder labs feed deeper missions.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
It's not pay-to-win. It's *earn-to-play.*
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### narrative quests
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Threading through everything is a **branching narrative**. Quests with multiple paths. Choices that close some doors and open others. NPCs whose names you'll remember. Cutscenes that hit. A world with its own history before you arrived. You're not the protagonist — you're a new player in a world already in motion.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### cohorts and competition
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
GRIMOIRE plays best with peers. **Cohort mode** lets a class, a club, or a team compete on the same content. **Five competition modes** ship in the engine: leaderboard climbs, squad missions, faction wars, head-to-head challenge runs, and asymmetric red-vs-blue scenarios.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Some of the best labs can only be solved as a group.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## the path
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
GRIMOIRE is structured around a long arc: from **novice** to **operator**.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The early game is exploration. The middle game is mastery. The endgame is the **Sovereign Operator Path** — a curated sequence of challenges that graduates a player from "I can solve labs" to "I can run my own infrastructure, defend my own mesh, mentor others through the same arc."
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Along the way, the system maps your progress against **11 established cybersecurity certification paths**. We don't replace certs. We make the practice that earns them feel like a story you're inside, not a syllabus you're slogging through.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## the first-boot wizard
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The first time you boot Syn_OS, GRIMOIRE meets you with a wizard. It asks you what you're here for. What you already know. What scares you. What thrills you. It chooses a starting faction (you can override). It seeds a few opening labs. It puts you on a path that fits.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The wizard is not a personality test. It's a **calibration**. It tunes the early experience so the first hour doesn't waste you.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## lab integrity
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Every lab in the 100-lab corpus is hashed and signed. The `INTEGRITY_MANIFEST.toml` at the root of the lab tree enforces: exact lab count, per-lab SHA-256, per-category counts. The build system refuses to publish an ISO whose lab corpus doesn't match.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This matters because GRIMOIRE is a training platform — the integrity of what you're being asked to learn is load-bearing. We don't ship if we can't verify.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## who it's for
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- **Students** working through certification paths who want the practice to feel like something more than rote.
|
||||||
|
- **Self-taught practitioners** who want a structure without it feeling like one.
|
||||||
|
- **Cohorts and clubs** running their own programs and looking for a platform that scales with them.
|
||||||
|
- **Operators** who already know the craft and want a place to push apprentices through.
|
||||||
|
- **Security teams** running internal training cycles who want a real platform under the curriculum.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## what's coming
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- **GRIMOIRE Public ISO release** — the platform, signed, downloadable, with the full first-boot experience.
|
||||||
|
- **Cohort program at scale** — multi-tenant deployments for clubs, classes, and corporate training programs.
|
||||||
|
- **Continual content waves** — new labs, new boss contracts, new narrative arcs, new factions over time.
|
||||||
|
- **Public Rekor-anchored releases** — verifiable signatures on every ISO.
|
||||||
|
- **Curriculum integrations** — partnerships with academic and industry training programs that map GRIMOIRE progression onto formal coursework.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The platform is the long game. Every release deepens the world.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<div align="center">
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
*every lab is a small death. every boss contract is a small rebirth.*
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
</div>
|
||||||
212
README.md
212
README.md
|
|
@ -1,201 +1,131 @@
|
||||||
<div align="center">
|
<div align="center">
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Syn_OS v10.3.2 - "GRIMOIRE"
|
# Syn_OS
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## The World's First AI-Conscious Cybersecurity Operating System
|
### v60.0.0 — "Sun & Salt"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Production-Grade Security Platform with Integrated AI Training Environment**
|
*An AI-native cybersecurity operating system, built almost entirely in Rust, designed for those who treat security as craft.*
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
[](https://github.com/TLimoges33/Syn_OS)
|
|
||||||
[](https://github.com/TLimoges33/synos-public-docs/blob/main/ROADMAP.md)
|
|
||||||
[](LICENSE)
|
|
||||||
[](https://github.com/TLimoges33/synos-public-docs/blob/main/FEATURES.md#grimoire-labs)
|
|
||||||
[](https://github.com/TLimoges33/synos-public-docs/blob/main/FEATURES.md#security-tools)
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
</div>
|
</div>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## What is Syn_OS?
|
## the gap
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Syn_OS** (Synaptic Operating System) is a **production-grade cybersecurity platform** built on Debian 13 Trixie that bridges the gap between cutting-edge security research and practical penetration testing.
|
Syn_OS — the **Synaptic Operating System** — takes its name from the *synaptic gap*: the space between neurons where electrical signal becomes meaning. The underscore is deliberate. It points at the moment translation happens — between hardware and intent, between tool and operator, between threat and response.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Why "Syn_OS"?
|
Syn_OS is built on a different premise than the security-distro lineage that came before: **the operating system itself can carry intelligence.** Not as a chatbot bolted onto the desktop. As a substrate. A kernel that reasons. A daemon that learns the shape of your work. A training environment where every challenge teaches the muscle for the next one.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
The underscore "_" represents the **synaptic gap** — the space between neurons where signals jump. Syn_OS bridges the gap between:
|
|
||||||
- **Traditional Security** ↔ **AI-Enhanced Defense**
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||||||
- **Theory** ↔ **Practice**
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|
||||||
- **Learning** ↔ **Execution**
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
> *"Own Your Infrastructure. Own Your Intelligence. Own Your Future."*
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||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Features
|
## what's in v60
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Core Security Platform
|
The platform that ships as Syn_OS today is the result of a sustained, multi-year build.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- **600+ Security Tools** — Unified collection from ParrotOS, Kali Linux, and BlackArch
|
- **Custom Linux 6.19 kernel** with `CONFIG_RUST=y` and **17 custom system calls** (numbered 469–485) that expose consciousness state, quantum memory entanglement, eBPF instrumentation, kernel observability, and process attestation directly to userspace.
|
||||||
- **Dual Kernel Architecture** — Production (6.12.57) + Experimental (6.18.2) with Rust support
|
- **160-crate Rust workspace.** Zero compile errors. Memory safety where memory safety matters.
|
||||||
- **11 Custom AI Syscalls** — Direct kernel-to-AI communication (syscalls 480-491)
|
- **ALFRED v5** — the AI daemon. 11-region neuroanatomically-modeled brain. Local inference via Ollama and ONNX. No cloud in the critical path.
|
||||||
- **eBPF Security Monitoring** — 5 kernel-level monitors with ML integration
|
- **GRIMOIRE** — the gamified cybersecurity training platform. **100 hand-authored labs across 13 categories.** Faction system. XP economy. Boss contracts. Branching narrative quests. Maps to **11 professional certification paths.** Read more in [GRIMOIRE.md](./GRIMOIRE.md).
|
||||||
- **Zero-Trust Architecture** — PKI-based authentication with behavioral analytics
|
- **synos-bevy** — Bevy 0.14 game engine, 8 plugins, ~7,000+ lines of immersive desktop experience.
|
||||||
- **Post-Quantum Cryptography** — NIST PQC standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA)
|
- **Arcanum Hive** — 8-node Tailscale mesh + Kubernetes operator. Sovereign coordination across distributed hardware.
|
||||||
|
- **Post-quantum cryptography** — ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA built into the trust toolkit.
|
||||||
### ALFRED v5.0 — AI Security Assistant
|
- **41-stage self-healing build pipeline** producing three signed ISOs from a single source tree.
|
||||||
|
- **1,600+ tests, 100% pass rate**, 35% tarpaulin coverage floor.
|
||||||
- **LLM Integration** — Support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, local models
|
- **MkDocs Material documentation** site, version-aware, checked against the source.
|
||||||
- **RAG Capabilities** — Vector database with ChromaDB for context-aware responses
|
|
||||||
- **STIX 2.1 Threat Intel** — MITRE ATT&CK integration with real-time updates
|
|
||||||
- **Security Automation** — Automated reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, reporting
|
|
||||||
- **Voice Control** — Hands-free operation for OPSEC scenarios
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### GRIMOIRE Labs — Cybersecurity Training
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- **50+ Hands-On Labs** — From beginner (Capture the Flag) to advanced (APT simulation)
|
|
||||||
- **Progress Tracking** — XP system with skill trees and achievements
|
|
||||||
- **Industry Certifications** — OSCP, GPEN, CEH, CompTIA Security+ aligned content
|
|
||||||
- **Real-World Scenarios** — Based on actual CVEs and threat intelligence
|
|
||||||
- **Docker Integration** — Isolated lab environments with automatic provisioning
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Developer-Friendly
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- **1.9M+ Lines of Code** — 107 Rust crates, comprehensive Python/C integration
|
|
||||||
- **Modular Architecture** — Clean separation between core, services, and applications
|
|
||||||
- **Full Documentation** — Architecture guides, API references, development tutorials
|
|
||||||
- **CI/CD Pipeline** — Automated testing, security scanning, ISO building
|
|
||||||
- **Open Development** — Transparent roadmap, community contributions welcome
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Download
|
## the v44 → v60 codesprint, in one breath
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Latest Release: v10.3.2 "GRIMOIRE Hardened" for Development Team Use Only (January 2026), Public Beta released Jan 31st (hopefully)
|
Sixteen versions of compounding work shipped between v44 and v60:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**System Requirements:**
|
| Codename | Theme |
|
||||||
- **RAM:** 8GB minimum, 16GB recommended
|
|---|---|
|
||||||
- **Storage:** 50GB minimum, 100GB recommended
|
| **v44 Crucible** | Fuzz harness + observability kernel + rebuild-verify CI |
|
||||||
- **CPU:** x86_64, 4 cores minimum
|
| **v45 Glasswalker** | Kernel observability syscalls (480–485) — eBPF, perf, attestation |
|
||||||
- **Boot:** UEFI + Legacy BIOS support
|
| **v46 Beachhead** | Process attestation HMAC ledger + LSM hooks |
|
||||||
|
| **v51 Storm Glass** | TwinPlugin (8th synos-bevy plugin) + kernel snapshot |
|
||||||
**Download Options:**
|
| **v55 Stoneglass** | Hive Ansible deploy (8-node GA playbook) |
|
||||||
|
| **v56 (Rust Ratchet)** | Kernel hot-path Rust at 83.54% |
|
||||||
| Edition | Size | Use Case | Link |
|
| **v60 Sun & Salt** | SBOM drift detector + IPO readiness self-test + external blocker playbook |
|
||||||
|---------|------|----------|------|
|
|
||||||
| **Full ISO** | ~14.5GB | Complete platform with all tools
|
|
||||||
| **Minimal ISO** | ~2.0GB | Core system, download tools as needed
|
|
||||||
| **VM Image** | ~6.0GB | Pre-configured VMware/VirtualBox
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The first ISO carrying the full codesprint ships as v60.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Use Cases
|
## the three-image strategy
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 🎓 **Learning & Certification**
|
Syn_OS is built once and ships in three signed ISOs.
|
||||||
Perfect for students preparing for OSCP, CEH, GPEN, or CompTIA Security+. GRIMOIRE labs provide hands-on practice with real-world scenarios.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 🔍 **Penetration Testing**
|
| Image | Audience | What it carries |
|
||||||
Professional-grade toolkit with 600+ tools, automated workflows, and AI-assisted reconnaissance. ALFRED helps automate repetitive tasks.
|
|---|---|---|
|
||||||
|
| **Operator (Master)** | The team that builds Syn_OS. Internal. | The full surface. Not distributed publicly. |
|
||||||
|
| **GRIMOIRE Public** | Students, cohorts, self-taught practitioners. | The 100-lab training platform, gated tooling, mixed Apache 2.0 + GRIMOIRE-Public license. |
|
||||||
|
| **Goodlife** | AI researchers, post-quantum experimenters, civilian work. | Jupyter + 10-package research stack, ALFRED `research-mode`, LUKS-encrypted research data. |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 🔬 **Security Research**
|
The boundaries between images are mechanically enforced — not honor-system. What ships, ships clean.
|
||||||
Custom kernel with AI integration enables novel research in ML-based threat detection and autonomous defense systems.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 🏢 **Enterprise Security**
|
|
||||||
Zero-trust architecture, post-quantum cryptography, and SIEM integration make Syn_OS suitable for corporate security operations.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### 🎮 **CTF Competitions**
|
|
||||||
Optimized for Capture the Flag events with quick tool access, automated note-taking, and collaborative features.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Why Choose Syn_OS?
|
## what we promise
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
| Feature | Kali Linux | ParrotOS | Syn_OS |
|
- **No cloud in the critical path.** ALFRED runs on your machine. Inference happens locally. The system does not require a network connection to be useful.
|
||||||
|---------|-----------|----------|--------|
|
- **No telemetry without consent.** The default state is silent. Anything that crosses the boundary of the box, you approve.
|
||||||
| **Security Tools** | 600+ | 700+ | **600+** (curated) |
|
- **Memory-safe by default.** The Rust ratchet (v56) is a one-way commitment — kernel hot paths and userspace foundations move toward Rust, never away.
|
||||||
| **AI Integration** | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ **ALFRED v5.0** |
|
- **Post-quantum-ready.** Cryptography in the system is being built for the cryptographic transition that's underway, not the one that ended.
|
||||||
| **Training Labs** | ❌ | Limited | ✅ **50+ GRIMOIRE Labs** |
|
- **Reproducible builds.** SLSA-3 reproducible build pipeline. SBOM (CycloneDX) per ISO. Dual-witness signature support across mesh nodes.
|
||||||
| **Custom Kernel** | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ **AI Syscalls + Rust** |
|
- **Sigstore-signed releases.** Cosign-signed ISOs with Rekor transparency log entries. Verifiable provenance from build oracle to your USB stick.
|
||||||
| **Post-Quantum Crypto** | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ **NIST PQC** |
|
- **Sovereignty as a design property.** You own your infrastructure, your intelligence, your future. Mechanically. Cryptographically. Architecturally.
|
||||||
| **Gamification** | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ **XP + Skill Trees** |
|
- **No backdoors. Ever.** The codebase is the codebase.
|
||||||
| **Desktop Environments** | 5 | 6 | ✅ **10 Options** |
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 💬 Community
|
## what's coming
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Get Involved
|
Public release plans (the ISOs that aren't yet distributed publicly):
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- **Report Bugs:** [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/TLimoges33/Syn_OS/issues)
|
- **GRIMOIRE Public ISO** — the gamified training platform, signed, downloadable, with first-boot wizard, faction selection, lab progression. Target: imminent.
|
||||||
- **Feature Requests:** [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/TLimoges33/Syn_OS/discussions)
|
- **Goodlife ISO** — the AI research variant. Target: imminent.
|
||||||
- **Contact:** mogeem33@gmail.com
|
- **Cohort programs** — multi-tenant GRIMOIRE deployments for classes, clubs, security teams.
|
||||||
- **Blog:** [Substack](https://shelldiablo33.substack.com)
|
- **Public Sigstore + Rekor** — signed releases verifiable against the public transparency log.
|
||||||
|
- **Hive expansion** — public Ansible playbook for self-hosting the 8-node Arcanum Hive.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Contributing
|
The Operator image remains internal. That isn't a deferral. That's the design.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
We welcome contributions! See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Ways to Contribute:**
|
|
||||||
- 🐛 Bug fixes and testing
|
|
||||||
- 📝 Documentation improvements
|
|
||||||
- 🎨 UI/UX enhancements
|
|
||||||
- 🧪 New GRIMOIRE labs
|
|
||||||
- 🔧 Tool integration
|
|
||||||
- 🌍 Translations
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## 📊 Project Stats
|
## why "Syn_OS"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Codebase (January 2026):**
|
Three readings, all true:
|
||||||
- **1.9M+ Lines of Code** across 453,717 files
|
|
||||||
- **107 Rust Crates** — Modern, memory-safe components
|
|
||||||
- **165K+ Lines of Tests** — 14:1 test-to-code ratio
|
|
||||||
- **50+ Labs** — Comprehensive training curriculum
|
|
||||||
- **600+ Tools** — Industry-standard security arsenal
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Active Development:**
|
1. **The synaptic gap.** Where signal becomes meaning. Where the operating system *is* the cleft between hardware and consciousness.
|
||||||
- Production-ready v10.3.2 release
|
2. **Synthesis.** Hardware + AI + game + mesh, fused into one platform.
|
||||||
- Monthly security updates
|
3. **Sin / sanity.** A name with weight. A platform with stakes.
|
||||||
- Growing community
|
|
||||||
- OSCP/CEH-aligned training content
|
> *"Own your infrastructure. Own your intelligence. Own your future."*
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## License
|
## who's behind it
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Syn_OS is released under the **MIT License**.
|
Built by a small team out of **LumOs Solutions**, lead by Ty Limoges in pursuit of one question:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Third-Party Components:**
|
**What if security wasn't a checklist — what if it was a way of seeing?**
|
||||||
- Security tools retain their original licenses (GPLv2, GPLv3, MIT, etc.)
|
|
||||||
- Debian base: [Debian Free Software Guidelines](https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines)
|
The work has been sustained over multiple years, across more than sixty named version releases, with a quality bar held high enough that the project's own quality gates (cargo deny clean, 100% test pass, supply-chain provenance, binary boundary enforcement) refuse the build when they aren't met.
|
||||||
- Kernel patches: GPLv2
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Acknowledgments
|
## stay close
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Syn_OS builds upon the incredible work of:
|
The project is moving fast. The public ISOs are close. Watch this repository — when the chapters change, the documents change with them.
|
||||||
- **Debian Project** — Rock-solid foundation
|
|
||||||
- **Parrot Security** — Tool curation and UI inspiration
|
|
||||||
- **Kali Linux** — Penetration testing standards
|
|
||||||
- **BlackArch** — Comprehensive tool collection
|
|
||||||
- **Rust Community** — Memory-safe systems programming
|
|
||||||
- **Open Source Community** — Thousands of security tools and libraries
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
The doors open as the work matures.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Disclaimer
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Syn_OS is designed for **authorized security testing and education only**. Users are responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Unauthorized access to computer systems is illegal.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<div align="center">
|
<div align="center">
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**[⭐ Star this repo](https://github.com/TLimoges33/synos-public-docs)** if you find Syn_OS valuable!
|
*the gap is where the meaning lives.*
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Made with ❤️ by the Syn_OS Team
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
</div>
|
</div>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
123
ROADMAP.md
123
ROADMAP.md
|
|
@ -1,23 +1,108 @@
|
||||||
# SynOS Roadmap
|
# Roadmap
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## v1.0.2 (January 2025)
|
### *what's shipped, what's imminent, what's the long game.*
|
||||||
- [ ] Custom Rust kernel integration
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Enhanced boot verification
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Hybrid kernel fallback system
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Mandatory boot testing
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## v1.1 (Q1 2025)
|
|
||||||
- [ ] ALFRED voice integration
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Advanced kernel-AI hooks
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Real-time performance dashboard
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Remote agent deployment
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## v2.0 (Q2 2025)
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Full consciousness framework integration
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Self-optimizing kernel behaviors
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Neural-symbolic reasoning
|
|
||||||
- [ ] Multi-agent coordination
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
*This roadmap is subject to change based on community feedback and development priorities.*
|
## v60.0.0 "Sun & Salt" — current
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The first ISO carrying the full v44 → v60 codesprint. Sixteen versions of compounding work fused into one signed release.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
**What v60 brings:**
|
||||||
|
- SBOM (CycloneDX) drift detector across builds
|
||||||
|
- IPO readiness self-test — institutional-grade audit pass
|
||||||
|
- External blocker playbook for cosign + cross-oracle ceremonies
|
||||||
|
- All v44–v59 features merged into a single coherent release surface
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## the v44 → v60 codesprint, shipped
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
| Codename | What landed |
|
||||||
|
|---|---|
|
||||||
|
| **v44 Crucible** | Fuzz harness, attest LSM, observability kernel, rebuild-verify CI |
|
||||||
|
| **v45 Glasswalker** | Kernel observability syscalls 480–485 (now 17 total) |
|
||||||
|
| **v46 Beachhead** | Process attestation HMAC ledger + LSM hooks |
|
||||||
|
| **v47** | License gate, audit HMAC chain, CSV/EVTX/syslog exports |
|
||||||
|
| **v48 Forge** | Sigstore Rekor + SLSA-3 reproducible builds |
|
||||||
|
| **v49 Crystal Net** | Federation server (mTLS + per-tenant HMAC) |
|
||||||
|
| **v50 Tenfold** | RaaS engine, billing integration, LLM red-team harness |
|
||||||
|
| **v51 Storm Glass** | TwinPlugin (8th synos-bevy plugin) + kernel-snapshot |
|
||||||
|
| **v52 Riftrunner** | In-kernel safe-bytecode VM |
|
||||||
|
| **v53 Quantumweave** | synos-cortex-q tensor-network ML |
|
||||||
|
| **v54** | Capability tokens (synos-curtain-tokens) |
|
||||||
|
| **v55 Stoneglass** | Hive Ansible deploy (8-node GA playbook) |
|
||||||
|
| **v56** | Rust ratchet — kernel hot-path Rust at 83.54% |
|
||||||
|
| **v57 Phoenix Eye** | LLM red-team |
|
||||||
|
| **v58 Stagehand** | Classroom + cohort + instructor mode |
|
||||||
|
| **v59 Doublecross** | FedRAMP Moderate control map + daily ConMon |
|
||||||
|
| **v60 Sun & Salt** | SBOM drift detector + IPO readiness self-test + external blocker playbook |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Some of these features are master-internal — the codesprint shipped capability across all three images, but the surface visible in each varies by license tier. The public ISOs (GRIMOIRE Public + Goodlife) carry their full intended share of the work.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## imminent — public ISO releases
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The work toward public distribution is in flight.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- **GRIMOIRE Public ISO** — the gamified training platform, signed with cosign, anchored in Rekor, distributed publicly. First-boot wizard, faction selection, 100-lab corpus, full game engine, integrity-manifest enforcement.
|
||||||
|
- **Goodlife ISO** — the AI research variant. Jupyter, ALFRED `research-mode`, post-quantum experimentation toolkit, LUKS-encrypted research data.
|
||||||
|
- **Cohort program v1** — multi-tenant GRIMOIRE deployments for classes, clubs, and security teams.
|
||||||
|
- **Public Sigstore + Rekor** — verifiable supply chain from build oracle to USB stick.
|
||||||
|
- **Hive expansion playbook** (Stoneglass GA) — public Ansible recipe for self-hosting the 8-node Arcanum Hive.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
These are not "someday" items. They're what the team is heading into next.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## near-term themes
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
**Tightening what exists.** The platform has been evolving fast. The next chapter sands every rough edge — onboarding, documentation, error messaging, first-boot polish, the unglamorous work that makes the user-visible improvement.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
**Deeper AI augmentation.** ALFRED does its job today. There's a long list of ways it could do more — context, anticipation, usefulness in the operator's actual loop. v61–v65 carries that work forward.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
**Continual GRIMOIRE content waves.** New labs. New boss contracts. New narrative arcs. New factions, possibly. Cohort tooling, definitely. The world deepens with every release.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
**Mesh, made easier.** Distributed-by-default sounds simple in a sentence and is harder in practice. We're working on the parts that make a mesh feel inevitable rather than effortful.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## medium-term — the v61–v70 horizon
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Themes we're paying attention to, in rough priority order:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- **Public release cadence** — predictable, signed, transparent. ISOs every cycle.
|
||||||
|
- **Cohort programs at scale** — clubs, classes, training programs running on shared GRIMOIRE infrastructure.
|
||||||
|
- **AI capability ladder** — bigger models, smarter routing, deeper integration with the kernel observability surface.
|
||||||
|
- **Reproducible builds in production** — every public ISO byte-for-byte reproducible by an independent verifier.
|
||||||
|
- **Federation between independent operators** — Hive-to-Hive, with cryptographic identity and permissioned visibility.
|
||||||
|
- **Curriculum partnerships** — formal mappings between GRIMOIRE progression and academic / industry training.
|
||||||
|
- **Hardware diversity** — supported architectures beyond x86_64.
|
||||||
|
- **Mobile companion** — read-only operator dashboard for on-the-go awareness.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Specific version numbers attach to specific deliverables as we get closer. Today's roadmap is themes; tomorrow's commit log is the truth.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## long-term — the north star
|
||||||
|
|
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The end-state we're moving toward is a platform where the operator owns their infrastructure, their intelligence, and their future — not in a slogan, but **mechanically, cryptographically, architecturally**. The pieces are there. The work is in fitting them together with the polish, the trust, and the longevity that an operating system deserves.
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We are not building a product. We are building **infrastructure for sovereignty**, with the long-term operator community in mind.
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