= Spectrum Documentation :page-nav_exclude: true // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Alyssa Ross // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Unikie // SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-or-later OR CC-BY-SA-4.0 Spectrum is an open-source project that aims to create a computer operating system, based on the principle of security by compartmentalization, that has a lower barrier to entry and is easy to use and maintain. == Using Spectrum To learn about what Spectrum is and how it's implemented, start with the xref:about/architecture.adoc[architecture overview]. If you want to try Spectrum, see xref:installation/index.adoc[Build and Run] to setup a development environment. == Developing and Contributing Spectrum is made of free and open-source software. It is free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. Once you are up and running, see xref:development/index.adoc[Development] to understand how to work with Spectrum's code and participate in the collaborative development process. If you are thinking of contributing to the Spectrum code or docs, see xref:contributing/index.adoc[Contributing].