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See Component dependencies for subsystem diagrams and the build reference.

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applications/

Userspace applications, drivers and libraries; ƒenster is a separate Git repository.

documentation/

Developer and user reference documentation.

kernel/src/kernel/

Kernel sources, including boot, memory, scheduling, IPC and filesystem code.

kernel/extra/

Kernel linker scripts.

libapi/

Public syscall headers, shared service interfaces and syscall wrappers.

libc/

Ghost’s C library and runtime support.

patches/ports/

Recipes and patches for third-party software.

patches/toolchain/

Compiler and binutils patches.

sysroot/

Files installed into the live system’s ramdisk.

target/

Boot assets and generated ISO/install assets.

tools/

Host utilities, including the ramdisk writer.

third_party/

Vendored dependencies and their licenses.

Kernel code must not include application headers. Interfaces shared with userspace belong in libapi and must remain C compatible. PCI and ACPI service messages are defined in ghost/system/pci.h and ghost/system/acpi.h; their userspace libraries provide client helpers on top of those interfaces.