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{{Infobox OS

| name = AROS Research Operating System

| logo = =

| screenshot = Icaros131.jpg

| caption = Icaros (AROS distribution) Desktop 1.3.1 with Amiga 68K integration (August 2011)

| developer = The AROS Development Team

| family = [[AmigaOS]]-like

| source_model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]

| released = {{Start date and age|1995}}

| latest_release_version =

| latest_release_date = See distribution release dates

| kernel_type = [[MicrokernelExokernel]]

| supported_platforms = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[PowerPC]], [[m68k]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]]

| license = [[AROS Public License]]

| working_state = =

| website = {{URL|aros.sourceforge.net}}

}}

'''AROS Research Operating System''' ('''AROS'''{{snd}} pronounced "AR-OS") is a [[free and open-source software|free and open-source]] multi media centric implementation of the [[AmigaOS|AmigaOS 3.1]] [[Application programming interface|API]]s. Designed to be portable and flexible, [[Porting|port]]s are currently available for [[x86]]-based and [[PowerPC]]-based [[Personal computer|PC]]s in [[native mode|native]] and hosted ''flavors'', with other architectures in development. AROS, in a show of full circle, was also ported to the [[m68k]]-based [[Amiga 1200]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evillabs.net/wiki/index.php/AROS_m68k-amiga|title=AROS m68k-amiga - www.evillabs.net|author=|date=|website=www.evillabs.net}}</ref> and there is also an [[ARM architecture|ARM]] port for the [[Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi series]].