--- title: China just released this Quantum OS you can use | daily.dev description: China has open-sourced Origin Pilot, the first publicly available quantum operating system — the low-level software layer that actually runs on quantum... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/china-just-released-this-quantum-os-you-can-use-sbx51wttz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: China just released this Quantum OS you can use | daily.dev og:description: China has open-sourced Origin Pilot, the first publicly available quantum operating system — the low-level software layer that actually runs on quantum... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/china-just-released-this-quantum-os-you-can-use-sbx51wttz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sBx51wttz.png og:image:alt: China just released this Quantum OS you can use og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # China just released this Quantum OS you can use **[Tiff In Tech](https://daily.dev/sources/tiffintech)** · 2 min read · 7 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary China has open-sourced Origin Pilot, the first publicly available quantum operating system — the low-level software layer that actually runs on quantum hardware, calibrates qubits, and manages hardware resources. Unlike IBM and Google, which only release high-level developer tools (Python-based circuit simulators), Origin Pilot exposes the OS layer itself, allowing universities and labs with real quantum hardware to run, build on, and extend it across three hardware types. The move is framed as a geopolitical strategy: while the US relies on export controls to limit China's access to advanced tech, China is doing the opposite — giving away foundational infrastructure to pull the global research community into its ecosystem and potentially set the default standards for quantum computing worldwide. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@hemna** · 1 upvotes > F China **@byteoutlaw** · 1 upvotes > I love this approach more! :) China China China! So much open source.. 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