Topic summary
9front
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Plan 9 from Bell Labs.
History
As Bell Labs has moved on to later projects in recent years, development of the official Plan 9 system had stopped. On March 23, 2021, development resumed following the transfer of copyright from Bell Labs to the Plan 9 Foundation. Geoff Collyer, a Plan 9 maintainer, published his Plan 9 work on his personal homepage, which include the 64-bit 9k kernel and a RISC-V port. Unofficial development for the system also continues on the 9front fork, where active contributors provide monthly builds and new functionality. So far, the 9front fork has provided the system Wi-Fi drivers, audio drivers, USB support and built-in game emulator, along with other features. Other recent Plan 9-inspired operating systems include Harvey OS and Jehanne OS.