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The Zephyr Project is a scalable real-time operating system (RTOS) supporting
multiple hardware architectures, optimized for resource constrained devices,
and built with security in mind.

The Zephyr OS is based on a small-footprint kernel designed for use on
resource-constrained systems: from simple embedded environmental sensors and
LED wearables to sophisticated smart watches and IoT wireless gateways.

The Zephyr kernel supports multiple architectures, including ARM (Cortex-A,
Cortex-R, Cortex-M), Intel x86, ARC, Nios II, Tensilica Xtensa, and RISC-V,
SPARC, MIPS, and a large number of `supported boards`_.

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Getting Started
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Welcome to Zephyr! See the `Introduction to Zephyr`_ for a high-level overview,
and the documentation's `Getting Started Guide`_ to start developing.

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Community Support
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Community support is provided via mailing lists and Discord; see the Resources
below for details.

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Resources
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Here's a quick summary of resources to help you find your way around:

* **Help**: `Asking for Help Tips`_
* **Documentation**: http://docs.zephyrproject.org (`Getting Started Guide`_)
* **Source Code**: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr is the main
  repository; https://elixir.bootlin.com/zephyr/latest/source contains a
  searchable index
* **Releases**: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/releases
* **Samples and example code**: see `Sample and Demo Code Examples`_
* **Mailing Lists**: users@lists.zephyrproject.org and
  devel@lists.zephyrproject.org are the main user and developer mailing lists,
  respectively. You can join the developer's list and search its archives at
  `Zephyr Development mailing list`_. The other `Zephyr mailing list
  subgroups`_ have their own archives and sign-up pages.
* **Nightly CI Build Status**: https://lists.zephyrproject.org/g/builds
  The builds@lists.zephyrproject.org mailing list archives the CI nightly build results.
* **Chat**: Real-time chat happens in Zephyr's Discord Server. Use
  this `Discord Invite`_ to register.
* **Contributing**: see the `Contribution Guide`_
* **Wiki**: `Zephyr GitHub wiki`_
* **Issues**: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/issues
* **Security Issues**: Email vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org to report
  security issues; also see our `Security`_ documentation. Security issues are
  tracked separately at https://zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net.
* **Zephyr Project Website**: https://zephyrproject.org

.. _Discord Invite: https://chat.zephyrproject.org
.. _supported boards: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/index.html
.. _Zephyr Documentation: http://docs.zephyrproject.org
.. _Introduction to Zephyr: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/introduction/index.html
.. _Getting Started Guide: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/develop/getting_started/index.html
.. _Contribution Guide: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/contribute/index.html
.. _Zephyr GitHub wiki: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/wiki
.. _Zephyr Development mailing list: https://lists.zephyrproject.org/g/devel
.. _Zephyr mailing list subgroups: https://lists.zephyrproject.org/g/main/subgroups
.. _Sample and Demo Code Examples: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/samples/index.html
.. _Security: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/index.html
.. _Asking for Help Tips: https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/develop/getting_started/index.html#asking-for-help