Nitrocid 0.2.0 – Attractive, Bold, Powerful
Since Nitrocid 0.0.1 (Kernel Simulator back then), we have been constantly making it closer to what we have today as an operating system simulator built on textual user interface, along with the command-line interface backed by the shell that executes commands. Celebrating the eighth year anniversary of Nitrocid, including the most important transformation point that is 0.1.0 released March 2024, we are very excited to announce that we have taken things further.
When we were working on 0.1.0, we were focusing on the kernel itself, along with a few enhancements being made to various components, including the addition of the addon system. Since then, we have introduced you to The Nitrocid Homepage with 0.1.1 on July to provide you with a hub, the first thing you see when you sign in to your Nitrocid user. Additionally, we have released 0.1.2 last February to modernize the design and to provide more improvements in different areas of the simulated system.
Let’s make the huge milestone of a day even bigger by introducing you to one of the biggest events, along with the completion of the rebrand plan, which is…
Nitrocid 0.2.0!
Welcome to the brand new, bold, attractive Nitrocid! After our hard work that was poured in both the technical preview and the release candidate, we have finally come to the reimagined appearance and design of Nitrocid! After nearly a year of development, we have finally reached this milestone, with many exciting changes that have been made to Nitrocid!
The redesign has not only affected the home screen, but we’ve also made this redesign in both the login screen and the default splash screen! We’ve also made sure that the transition becomes smoother between these screens!
We will go through a super-quick list of key features in this version, before leaving the rest of the features as an exercise for you to discover!
Widget Canvas JSON
From build system improvements made in early 2025 to the separation of the Nitrocid executable to two parts (Nitrocid.Base and Nitrocid.Core), we have made a wide assortment of new features, and one of the biggest features that we’ll be introducing you to here is Widget Canvas JSON!
The Widget Canvas JSON feature is not only available in The Nitrocid Homepage, but we’ve also made it available in the modern logon screen, which is configured to be the default logon screen in new installations. Starting from Nitrocid 0.2.0, we’ve opened new doors to custom pages for both of the screens. Not only that, but you can create an unlimited number of pages that are rendered with widgets at their core!
To take customization further, you can use custom widgets that are provided by your mods, which makes your kernel configurable to your heart’s content! Kernel mods were part of the kernel since 0.0.5 released on September 2018. Since then, they became stronger by making them being able to access all public APIs, further enhanced by the inter-addon and inter-mod communication facilities!
Two-factor authentication
When it comes to user account security, we’ve added two-factor authentication support, which is implemented with a standard that is compatible with many major authenticator, such as Google Authenticator. Users with a password can be enrolled to this requirement, and phone users are taken into account by printing the QR code to the console, which quickly imports the setup key to the authenticator.
From now on, if you activate the requirement, you’ll need to provide the 6-digit code provided to you by the authenticator, in addition to the password.
Localization and Terminaux
During the development of 0.2.0, we’ve also released Terminaux 7.0, 8.0, and 8.1 and used them consecutively in tech preview (which used 7.0) and in release candidate (which used 8.0). This caused many improvements related to both performance and stability to land to the kernel, creating an ultimate experience that we’re looking forward for, complete with improved mouse support in Terminaux 8.1! Now, interactive TUIs have become more responsive than before!
One final thing to say is that we have migrated the whole localization system to use built-in .NET string resources that used culture specifiers. This, alone, made the localization feature in Nitrocid (that was part of the kernel since 0.0.6) more reliable than never before, by using localization IDs instead of text strings alone to distinguish different localizations from each other.
Get Nitrocid 0.2.0
Why not try out the most exciting release yet? Try it out; we’re open to feedback!
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