HolyC reference →
Types, functions, strings, classes, control flow and the places it differs from C.
Docs
Read the language, the notes and the sources.
A HolyC reference on this site, the design notes in the repository, and the best outside documentation for TempleOS.
On this site
HolyC tour →
Short examples you can switch between, and the sixteen-colour palette.
Get started →
Build the image and boot the desktop in QEMU.
Developers →
App kinds, packages, tools and the dialect traps.
FAQ →
Short answers to the common questions.
What's new →
Recent changes, newest first.
Design notes in the repository
One note per area, with the numbers and the limits.
Browser ↗
Architecture, features, plan and test sites.
Apps ↗
Window and icon style editors, fonts, sheet, clock, weather, music, email and more.
Installer ↗
The .ksapp package format and the host-side installer.
Electron apps ↗
Running desktop apps on the host and showing them in the guest.
Web apps ↗
A design study for web-technology apps.
How we draw ↗
Direct framebuffer drawing, our own compositor, and how it compares with the original TempleOS approach.
Themes and wallpapers ↗
Theme profiles and the wallpaper service.
Elsewhere
External sites, which this project does not control. Check each link before you rely on it.
TempleOS on Wikipedia ↗
History, design and reception of the system.
HolyC on Wikipedia ↗
The language: origins, features and examples.
Terry A. Davis on Wikipedia ↗
The founder.
The TempleOS archive ↗
Archived copies of the original site, documents and videos on the Internet Archive.
TempleOS source on GitHub ↗
A public mirror of the system source, which is in the public domain.
Aiwnios ↗
A HolyC compiler and runtime for modern 64-bit machines. This project uses it for fast headless runs.
Shrine ↗
A TempleOS fork that adds networking and other features.
QEMU documentation ↗
The emulator that runs the desktop.
Boot it and look around.
Build the image, run it in QEMU, and the desktop is there in a few seconds.