Linux
DeveloperCommunity
Linus Torvalds
Written inC, assembler
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseSeptember 17, 1991; 28 years ago (1991-09-17)
Marketing targetCloud computing, embedded devices, mainframe computers, mobile devices, personal computers, servers, supercomputers
Available inMultilingual
PlatformsAlpha, ARC, ARM, C6x, H8/300, Hexagon, Itanium, m68k, Microblaze, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC, RISC-V, s390, SuperH, SPARC, Unicore32, x86, XBurst, Xtensa
Kernel typeMonolithic
UserlandGNU
Default user interfaceUnix shell
LicenseGPLv2 and others (the name "Linux" is a trademark)
Official websitewww.linuxfoundation.org