Welcome
Who are RISC OS Open Limited?
RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) manages the source code to RISC OS. We are an organisation run on a largely voluntary basis. We also offer specialist professional services to anyone who is interested in developing products around the Arm architecture or RISC OS. You can find out more information about us here.
What is RISC OS?
RISC OS is a computer operating system designed in Cambridge, England by Acorn. First released in 1987, its origins can be traced back to the original team that developed the Arm microprocessor. RISC OS is owned by RISC OS Developments Ltd. You can find out more at sites such as riscos.info, The Icon Bar and RISCOSitory. Also take a look at the printed RISC OS magazine, Archive, first published in the same year as the Arm launch.
If you are new to RISC OS, you might want to look at the introductory pages in our wiki here.
Latest news
- Bounties earn 10 year merit badge but want 3 more (25-Apr-2021)
- ObjAsm becomes self-aware in latest DDE update (25-Feb-2021)
- Pi 400 coming in to land (23-Dec-2020)
- Development easier than A-B-C (30-Oct-2020)
Recent changes in GitLab
- Pushed to branch master in ShellCLI (ROOL) – Set date from VersionNum (01-May-2021)
- Pushed to branch master in Paint (ROOL) – Fixes for failure to export some sprites as PNG (01-May-2021)
- Pushed to branch master in TCPIPLibs (Robert Sprowson) – Header file update (01-May-2021)
- Pushed to branch master in CDPlayer (Cameron Cawley) – Makefile recreated from fragments (01-May-2021)


