# How to make an operating system with processing?

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**Created:** [August 8, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-an-operating-system-with-processing/23139 "2020-08-08T15:40:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brastin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Brastin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Brastin)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-an-operating-system-with-processing/23139/9 "2020-09-01T10:39:13Z")

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Hi! This is kind of related to your question. Yes - but not a real one. Just an application layer. I just published an update to mine today and while I was making a topic post about it today and it said your topic was related, and considering your question you might be interested.

> [@Operating System Shell made entirely in Processing](https://discourse.processing.org/t/operating-system-shell-made-entirely-in-processing/23600):
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> HI! Its been a passion project of mine the past 2 years to work on an operating system shell that I call “BrastinOS”. It’s made entirely with processing, in the processing editor, and has a windowed environment a desktop with taskbar (fully customizable) a file explorer a text editor an image viewer a settings app very detailed theme support (my main goal with the OS) smooth and polished animation support for custom applications There’s a lot more stuff but its too much to remember / compile …

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