NATO-OS 7 🚀

📦 Features

• Custom desktop UI with icons, windows, and taskbar
• 60+ built-in apps including media players, text editor, paint app, chat app, and games
• 3D Desktop Environment toggle
• Soundtrack & system sounds
• App installer & file manager
• SQL Server support for chat, file sharing, and database apps

📸 Screenshots

Figure 1: The NATO-OS 7 desktop environment with apps running.

⚙️ Getting Started

Requirements:

• Windows 10/11
• .NET Framework 4.8+
• SQL Server
• Visual Studio

Run the OS:

git clone https://github.com/ajm19826/NATO-OS-7.git
Open NATO-OS.sln in Visual Studio
Build the solution
Run NATOOS.exe
    

🎮 Roadmap

• ✅ 3D Desktop Environment toggle
• ✅ File sharing in chat app
• ✅ Soundtrack & system sounds
• 📝 NATO-Beat (Music DAW)
• 📝 Online multiplayer game integration
• 📝 App Store system for new apps
• 📝 Customizable wallpapers and themes

👨‍💻 Developer Items

• App SDK: Build native NATO-OS 7 apps with our C# API templates
• NATO-API: Internal API layer for file system, window management, and audio control
• SQL Chat Backend: Full TCP/IP based messaging system with database hooks
• NATO-BuildTool: Command-line builder for packaging apps for the OS
• Plugin System: Drop-in DLL support for extending system functionalities
• 3D Environment Framework: Toggle 3D windowed desktops via OpenTK
• Full project source on GitHub