# Harvey: A distributed operating system Welcome to Harvey, we are delighted that you are interested in the project. ## What is harvey? Harvey is a distributed operating system. It’s most directly descended from [Plan 9 from Bell Labs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs). This heritage spans from its distributed application architecture all the way down to much of its code. However, Harvey aims to be a more practical, general-purpose operating system, so it also uses ideas and code from other systems. ### Getting started Start by reading the [Wiki](https://github.com/Harvey-OS/harvey/wiki). There's a [Getting Started](https://github.com/Harvey-OS/harvey/wiki/Getting-Started) guide there to learn how to get Harvey up and running and many other things. ### Contributing You enjoyed playing with Harvey and you want to help out? Great! Take a look at our [Contribution Guide](https://github.com/Harvey-OS/harvey/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) it covers a wide variety of topics including the [Harvey coding style](https://github.com/Harvey-OS/harvey/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#coding-conventions), [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/Harvey-OS/harvey/wiki/Code-of-Conduct), where to get help and so on. ### Docs * [Harvey's wiki](https://github.com/Harvey-OS/harvey/wiki) * [Apex's wiki](https://github.com/Harvey-OS/apex/wiki). ### Status * [](https://travis-ci.org/Harvey-OS/harvey) * [](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/5328) ### Elsewhere * [Mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/harvey) * [Slack](https://harvey-slack.herokuapp.com/) * [Harvey's Blog](https://harvey-os.org/#news) * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/harvey_os) ## Donate to Harvey! Harvey is a proud member of [SFC](https://sfconservancy.org/projects/current/) and gladly accepts donations. [](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7Q45ZGJBQZZVN) ## Licenses * [](https://github.com/Harvey-OS/harvey/blob/master/LICENSE)