Get Your Kernel Certified

Run the suite yourself. Submit your signed results. We verify, publish to the public ledger, and issue a certificate tied to your exact kernel version, build, and OS.

Public Disclosure

Free

Results published, no certificate

Results published to public ledger
Category-level pass/fail breakdown
Listed in kernel comparison table
No signed certificate
No certificate badge / mark
No version-locked record

Submit results

Standard Certificate

Most common

$499 / version

Per kernel version + OS combination

Everything in Public Disclosure
Signed Ed25519 certificate (PDF + JSON)
ForgeCertify badge for your website / docs
Version-locked — tied to exact build hash
12-month validity before re-run required
No priority review

Request certification

Enterprise Certificate

$1,999 / year

Unlimited versions · priority review

Everything in Standard Certificate
Unlimited version re-certifications per year
Priority 5-business-day review SLA
Private result review before public disclosure
Custom kernel adapter development support
Dedicated contact for test suite questions

What a certificate covers

A ForgeCertify certificate is tied to a specific, immutable run. It states:

✓
Kernel name and version
The exact software version tested — not "current" or "latest"
✓
Build fingerprint
SHA-256 hash of the kernel binary or Python package at test time
✓
OS and architecture
macOS 14 / Apple Silicon, Ubuntu 22.04 / x86_64, etc.
✓
Test suite version
Which version of ForgeCertify ran — suite changes are versioned
✓
Pass / skip / fail counts
Per category, with skip reasons (missing capability vs. actual failure)
✓
Ed25519 signature
The result JSON is signed — tampering is detectable

Submission process

Run the suite locally

Install the runner, run against your kernel. The runner produces a cert-result-YYYY-MM-DD.json file signed with your machine's ephemeral key.

Email your result file

Send the JSON to forgecertify@skyfireworks.io with your kernel name, version, and the certificate tier you want.

We verify the run

We validate the result file's signature chain, check the test suite version, and confirm the pass/fail counts are consistent. We may ask for a witnessed re-run for Enterprise tier.

Published & certified

Results are added to the public ledger. Your certificate (PDF + JSON) is issued within 5 business days. Standard tier: 10 business days.

Free for open-source kernels. If your kernel is MIT/Apache/GPL licensed and publicly available, Standard Certification is free. Email us with a link to the repository.