Roadmap
Posted on 4th Jan 2026
The roadmap lists all the planned developments that will – or will not – be used to launch new projects.. Status: ∞
Kit FreeMiNT
FreeMiNT Kit consists of a set of projects that allow (or will allow) you to obtain a complete ARAnyM/FreeMiNT/pkgsrc distribution wich works "out-of-the-box". For each project, the status indicates its progress:
- ❎️ Abandoned or obsolete
- ⏳️ Not started
- 🔧️ Work in progress
- ☑️ Done
Set up a development environment
Posted on 29th Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to set up a complete development environment. Status: ⏳️
kfm-l10n
Posted on 28th Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to track the translations of GEM applications. Status: 🔧️
kfmtools
Posted on 27th Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to create tools specific to Kit FreeMiNT. Status: 🔧️
Wiki & documentation
Posted on 23rd Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to write and publish all the necessary documentation to understand the entire project: project organization, system installation and configuration, questions and answers, tool documentation, etc. Status: ⏳️
KFM website
Posted on 23rd Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to create, maintain and publish the Kit FreeMiNT project website. Status: 🔧️
SpareMiNT environment
Posted on 23rd Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to obtain a set of packages equivalent to that of the SpareMiNT distribution. Status: ⏳️
Main packages
Posted on 22nd Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to build the packages essential for pkgsrc to function. Status: 🔧️
KFM Desktop Environment
Posted on 20th Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to define the list of basic GEM applications to build a complete and functional desktop environment. Status: ⏳️
pkgin for FreeMiNT
Posted on 18th Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to obtain the pkgin utility to have a dependency manager for pkgtools. Status: ⏳️
File Hierarchy Standard
Posted on 8th Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to document the FHS 3.0 used by Kit FreeMiNT (directory tree only). Status: ☑️
pkgsrc-wip
Posted on 8th Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to try using pkgsrc-wip in addition to pkgsrc. Status: ⏳️
pkgsrc-mint
Posted on 6th Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to package the current GNU applications so that their installation and uninstallation can be managed with the pkgsrc tools. Status: ⏳️
pkgsrc-gem
Posted on 5th Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to package the old applications so that their installation and uninstallation can be managed with the pkgsrc tools. Status: 🔧️
Base system
Posted on 3rd Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to make the core system of Kit FreeMiNT compatible with that of NetBSD. Status: ⏳️
POSIX compliance (system interfaces)
Posted on 3rd Nov 2025
The aim of this project is to verify the compliance of the FreeMiNT kernel with the POSIX standard. Status: ⏳️
Package an app
Posted on 3rd Nov 2025
This tutorial explains how to create a binary package from an existing application. There's no need for the source code – it's often not available – you only need the executable file and any associated files (resources, data, documentation, etc.). Status: ⏳️
Video setup
Posted on 2nd Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to configure fVDI, which handles all low-level graphics operations, not only for the screen, but also for any type of device. In particular, VDI integrates font management and device drivers. Status: ☑️
ARAnyM setup
Posted on 2nd Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to detail the configuration of the ARAnyM emulator, which is the machine on which FreeMiNT will run. This configuration involves defining the options in the config file, as well as installing EmuTOS and starting the system.. Status: ☑️
XaAES setup
Posted on 2nd Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to configure XaAES: launched by the kernel, AES then takes over and launches the GEM desktop (Teradesk or other). Status: ☑️
Kernel settings
Posted on 2nd Nov 2025
The goal of this project is to configure the FreeMiNT kernel: in addition to the mint.cnf file, the kernel uses specific files if they are present, such as keyboard layouts or loadable modules. The kernel is also responsible for launching the initial program, usually a command interpreter or GEM.. Status: ☑️
pkgsrc for FreeMiNT
Posted on 25th Oct 2025
The goal of this project is to port the pkgsrc infrastructure to FreeMiNT. The project will be considered complete when the bootstrap process successfully creates the binary kit, which is the only way to get pkgsrc working on a clean system.. Status: 🔧️
Sets
Posted on 25th Oct 2025
The goal is to create command sets similar to the NetBSD system. These archives simply need to be uncompressed at the root of the c: drive to obtain a Unix system from the base image. Status: 🔧️
Network support in ARAnyM
Posted on 25th Oct 2025
The goal of this project is to allow ARAnyM to be connected to the host computer via the network. The objective is to use modern Linux tools (not ifconfig or iptables). Status: ⏳️
util-mint
Posted on 25th Oct 2025
The goal of this project is to create "dummy" tools to complement the core system. Including them, even if they only return true or false, will prevent the scripts that call them from failure with "command not found" errors. Status: ⏳️