Zephyr at 10 Years: Survey Feedback
summary
Zephyr marks ten years with concrete metrics and a roadmap: a 2025 survey gets 413 survey completes from 565 starts, project supports 1,000+ supported boards (up from five at launch), sustains about 3.5 commits/hour and ~10x contributions vs the next RTOS; security practices include CVE numbering authority, SBOMs since 2021 (SPDX 2.2 → 3), a security working group and NCC audit; safety reaches concept approval for a Safety Element Out of Context with IEC 61508 work and ISO 26262 contracts; 69% plan to increase Zephyr use.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Welcome and Zephyr intro
- 2:28Project launch and early milestones
- 6:37Growth and ecosystem evolution
- 10:05Survey goals and method
- 14:16Survey findings on usage
- 23:05Community feedback and future focus
- 29:02Roadmap and challenges
- 32:11Q&A on RTOS options
- 33:33Growth barriers and adoption
- 35:59Regional insights and language needs
- 38:55Long-term LTS support
- 41:20Imaging and specialized adoption
- 42:01CRA compliance and LTS strategy
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