# ariel-os
**Repository Path**: jerrycell/ariel-os
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: ariel-os
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- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: main
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- **Created**: 2026-05-06
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-06
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Ariel OS is an operating system for secure, memory-safe, low-power Internet of Things (IoT).
It is based on Rust from the ground up
and [supports hardware](https://ariel-os.github.io/ariel-os/dev/docs/book/hardware-functionality-support.html)
based on 32-bit microcontroller architectures (Cortex-M, RISC-V, and Xtensa).
For a quick overview of our motivations and what we plan next, check our [roadmap](https://github.com/ariel-os/ariel-os/blob/main/ROADMAP.md).
## Goals and Design
Ariel OS builds on top of existing projects from the Embedded Rust ecosystem, including [Embassy](https://github.com/embassy-rs/embassy), [esp-hal](https://github.com/esp-rs/esp-hal), [defmt](https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt), [probe-rs](https://github.com/probe-rs/probe-rs), [sequential-storage](https://github.com/tweedegolf/sequential-storage), and [embedded-test](https://github.com/probe-rs/embedded-test).
While those provide high-quality building blocks for a wide range of embedded applications, such projects do not provide the high level of integration that developers know from contemporary C-based operating systems for microcontrollers, such as [RIOT](https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/) or [Zephyr](https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr) for instance.
Ariel OS thus follows an approach whereby it simultaneously integrates many heterogeneous pre-existing crates, and adds missing operating system functionalities such as a preemptive multicore scheduler, portable peripheral APIs, additional network security facilities, as well as [laze](https://github.com/kaspar030/laze), a meta-build system to bind it all together.
The result?
A powerful framework that allows to write portable embedded Rust applications with minimal boilerplate, providing a batteries-included experience.
Still have questions?
Check out our [FAQ](https://github.com/ariel-os/ariel-os/blob/main/FAQ.md) and/or take a look at the [Ariel OS book](https://ariel-os.github.io/ariel-os/dev/docs/book/).
## Getting Started
See the [Getting Started page][getting-started-mdbook] in the User Guide to get the [`hello-world` example][hello-world-example] running in less than 5 minutes.
## Documentation
Multiple resources are available to learn Ariel OS:
- 📔 Extensive documentation for Ariel OS can be found in the
[book](https://ariel-os.github.io/ariel-os/dev/docs/book/).
- 🛠️ Reference documentation for Ariel OS can be found in the
[API documentation](https://ariel-os.github.io/ariel-os/dev/docs/api/ariel_os/).
- ⚙️ The git repository is available on
[GitHub](https://github.com/ariel-os/ariel-os).
- ✨ [Examples](https://github.com/ariel-os/ariel-os/tree/main/examples)
demonstrate various features of Ariel OS.
- 🧪 A set of [test cases](https://github.com/ariel-os/ariel-os/tree/main/tests)
further verifies the capabilities of Ariel OS.
- 🚧 The [roadmap](https://github.com/ariel-os/ariel-os/blob/main/ROADMAP.md)
shows the planned features for Ariel OS.
## Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) and Policy
Ariel OS compiles with stable Rust version 1.95 and up.
The MSRV can be increased in patch version updates.
## Security
If you think you may have found an issue that represents a security risk to Ariel OS users, please report it privately using [GitHub's Security section](https://github.com/ariel-os/ariel-os/security).
## Copyright & License
Ariel OS is licensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](./LICENSE-APACHE) or https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](./LICENSE-MIT) or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
Copyright (C) 2020-2026 Freie Universität Berlin, Inria, Kaspar Schleiser
## Contributing
Contributions are very welcome!
Please see our [contributing guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall
be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
Thanks to all the people who already contributed!
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