OpenHarmony
Not to be confused with HarmonyOS 4.2 and earlier, which was based on AOSP standard system base of watered down variant OpenHarmony L3-L5 on top of it and LiteOS kernel for lightweight systems like wearables and routers; or HarmonyOS NEXT/HarmonyOS 5.x+, which is a unified close-sourced OS distro of OpenHarmony, and HarmonyOS NEXT on Kirin 9000S and Kirin 9010 platforms doesn't use Linux kernel (use hmkernel according to
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| Developer | Huawei, OpenAtom Foundation |
|---|---|
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | OpenHarmony 1.0 (10 September 2020) |
| Latest release | OpenHarmony 5.0.0 (29 September 2024) |
| Supported platforms | x86, LoongArch, ARM64 |
| Kernel type | Multi-kernel: Linux kernel, LiteOS, add-ons |
| User interface | System Service Layer |
| License | Apache License |
OpenHarmony is an open source project derived from Huawei's LiteOS incubated and operated by the OpenAtom Open Source Foundation and operated by the OpenHarmony Project Group Working Committee of the OpenAtom Open Source Foundation.
Support[edit | edit source]
- OpenHarmony 1.x supports smartphones up to 128MB RAM,
- 2.x supports smartphones up to 4GB RAM,
- 3.x supports more devices up to more than 4GB RAM
Timeline[edit | edit source]
| Name | Release Date |
|---|---|
| OpenHarmony 1.x | 10 September 2020 |
| OpenHarmony 2.x | 1 June 2021 |
| OpenHarmony 3.x | 30 September 2021 |
| OpenHarmony 4.x | 26 October 2023 |
| OpenHarmony 5.x | 29 September 2024 |