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<h1>Spectrum — a step towards <em>usable</em> secure computing</h1>

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Spectrum is a 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 easier to use and maintain than other
such systems.

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User data and application state will be managed centrally, while
remaining isolated, meaning that the system can be backed up and
managed as a whole, rather than mixed up in several dozen virtual
machines.

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The host system and isolated environments will all be managed
declaratively and reproducibly
using <a href="https://nixos.org/nix/">Nix</a>, a purely functional
package manager. This will save the user the burden of maintaining
many different virtual computers, allowing finer-grained resource
access controls and making it possible to verify the software running
across all environments.

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Further reading is available about
Spectrum's <a href="motivation.html">motivation</a>
and <a href="design.html">design</a>.  If you want to jump straight in
and read our code, you can <a href="https://spectrum-os.org/git/">do
that</a> too.

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Spectrum is free software, currently under active development.  If you
are interested in <a href="participating.html">participating</a>, we'd
love to have you.

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Funding for Spectrum is provided
by <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/about/ngi-zero/">NGI Zero</a>, an
initiative by the Digital Single Market of the European
Commission.

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<h1>Spectrum — a step towards <em>usable</em> secure computing</h1>

<p>
Spectrum is a 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 easier to use and maintain than other
such systems.

<p>
User data and application state will be managed centrally, while
remaining isolated, meaning that the system can be backed up and
managed as a whole, rather than mixed up in several dozen virtual
machines.

<p>
The host system and isolated environments will all be managed
declaratively and reproducibly
using <a href="https://nixos.org/nix/">Nix</a>, a purely functional
package manager. This will save the user the burden of maintaining
many different virtual computers, allowing finer-grained resource
access controls and making it possible to verify the software running
across all environments.

<p>
Further reading is available about
Spectrum's <a href="motivation.html">motivation</a>
and <a href="design.html">design</a>.  If you want to jump straight in
and read our code, you can <a href="https://spectrum-os.org/git/">do
that</a> too.

<p>
Spectrum is free software, currently under active development.  If you
are interested in <a href="participating.html">participating</a>, we'd
love to have you.

<p>
Funding for Spectrum is provided
by <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/about/ngi-zero/">NGI Zero</a>, an
initiative by the Digital Single Market of the European
Commission.

<p>
<small>You may distribute this content under the terms of either
the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC-BY-SA</a>
license (version 4.0 or later), or
the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gfdl.html">GNU Free
Documentation License</a> (version 1.2 or later), at your
option.</small>