StructurOS - Everything is a structure

StructurOS is research project whose goals are to explore behavior, benefits and limitations of GNU-like system where program's inputs and outputs are structures instead of strings.

It's current version is sumulator of a terminal that can run in browser with 30+ commands including text editor. It support pipes and has simple persistent filesystem using localStorage, You can also define your own commands in JS and save them in /bin, or you can edit existing commands.

Try the online demo

Examples

guest@local:/home$ uname
{
    "kernel": "Hammer",
    "hostname": "local",
    "version": "v0.1",
    "build": "2018-12-10T21:38:42.000Z",
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "os": "StructurOS"
}

guest@local:/home$ uname | filter {kernel:1, version:1} | values | join " "
Hammer v0.1

guest@local:/home$ uptime | tee "all_data.txt" | filter "seconds" | tee "some_data.txt" | pretty
seconds = 141.183

guest@local:/home$ env {fontSize:"14px", indent:2}
{
  "try": true,
  "ps1": "guest@local:~$ ",
  "ps1color": "lime",
  "inputColor": "yellow",
  "indent": 2,
  "color": "white",
  "backgroundColor": "black",
  "backgroundImage": "url(image/background.png)",
  "fontFamily": "WhiteRabbit.ttf",
  "fontSize": "14px",
  "errors": {
    "Warning": "yellow",
    "Error": "red",
    "SyntaxError": "orange",
    "SplitError": "violet",
    "InputError": "magenta",
    "TypeError": "fuchsia"
  }
}

guest@local:/home$ cat /etc/motd | split \n | nth 1 | parse
Type "man" to show available commands

guest@local:/home$ man log | filter examples | values | nth 0 | join \n
log {x:1, y: 2}
log "hello"

guest@local:/home$ logcat | tail 2
[
  {
    "program": "uname",
    "date": 1545069359559,
    "argument": {
      "kernel": "Hammer",
      "version": "v0.1"
    }
  },
  {
    "program": "",
    "date": 1545069372834,
    "argument": "hello world"
  }
]

Commands

guest@local:/home$ man | pretty
beep      = Simple audio beep
cat       = Return content of a file
cd        = Change current directory
clear     = Clear the terminal screen
commands  = Array of all available commands
count     = Count items in input
cp        = Copy file or directory
echo      = Return argument
editor    = Simple text editor
env       = Show and change environment settings
examples  = Show all examples from man pages
filter    = Filter input using argument
fix       = Convert input string to string structure
join      = Join array into string using optional glue
keys      = Return keys of input structure as array of strings
logcat    = Return entire system log
loginput  = Add input data to system log
log       = Add message to system log
ls        = List directory content
man       = Show all available commands or their documentation
mkdir     = Create directory
mv        = Move file or directory
nth       = Return Nth item of input array
parse     = Convert string to structure
pretty    = Pretty print structure
pwd       = Return working directory
reinstall = Erase all data and reboot
rm        = Remove file or directory
split     = Split input string by separator
stat      = Return file or dir details
tail      = Return last N items of input array
tee       = Write input to output and file
touch     = Create file if it does not exist
uname     = Return system information
uptime    = Tell how long the system has been running
values    = Return values of input structure as array of values

Gotchas and notes

• you need to wrap string arguments in quotes. Simple arguments like cd .., mkdir foo, editor bar.txt will work, but for more complex stuff use quotes: cd "..", mkdir "foo", editor "bar.txt"

• You need to use valid structures in arguments, {foo:1+2} is valid JS, but not valid structure, use {foo:3}

• If your fork this repo and run it locally, commands from /bin will be loaded into virtual filesystem. If you modify commands on disk, you will not see the changes because virtual filesystem has preference. Either use "reinstall" command or use: env {binFromDisk:true} or comment out SOS.fs.binToBin(); in index.js.

• Autocomplete is botched on, barely working, buggy, unreliable and not entirely aware of cursor's position

• For now filesystem saves strings, not structures, feel free to change it. You can use "parse" command meanwhile.