Welcome to Tern Systems on GitHub — a home for cutting-edge research and development in ternary computing and experimental computer science.
- 🧠 Research-driven innovation in computing paradigms.
- 💻 Multi-layered software and hardware ecosystems.
- ⚙️ Core focus: balanced ternary machines, compilers, and simulators.
- 🔍 Explore our featured repositories.
- 🛰️ Open access to ideas, source code, and simulations powering the future of computing.
Tern Systems is a consortium of forward-looking engineers, scientists, and technologists building a new era of computing grounded in ternary logic. We design, simulate, and share tools, processors, and programming languages that embrace the balanced ternary number system — striving for efficiency, elegance, and experimentation.
We operate across multiple codebases, with focus areas including:
- BTMC: Balanced Ternary Machine Code and instruction architecture.
- TERN: A ternary-focused assembly language with RISC-style design.
- G Language: Python-like high-level language compiling to ternary assembly.
- TernKey: A powerful virtual simulator and ternary VM for experimentation.
- Corporate Website: Hosted on GitHub and deployed at tern.ac.
Below are some of our flagship public projects:
BTMC: Core machine code spec for ternary systems.TERN: Assembly language for ternary computing.G: High-level language with a ternary-first compiler.TernKey: Simulator for ternary microprocessors.Website: Source code for www.tern.ac.
Explore more projects by browsing our GitHub organization page.
All content in these repositories, including code, documentation, and assets, has been provided by Tern Systems under their respective open source licenses. These repositories are community-driven and designed for educational, experimental, and research use.
Tern Systems makes no guarantees regarding long-term maintenance, production-grade stability, or performance unless explicitly stated. Contributions are welcome!
Have a question, feedback, or collaboration in mind?
Reach out to:
- 📧 Gary Dinmore – [email protected]
- 📧 Adrian Fontanilla – [email protected]
Or visit www.tern.ac for more information.
“In the binary world, we're efficient. In the ternary world, we're elegant.”
— Tern Systems Philosophy
