Apache NuttX is a real-time operating system (RTOS) built around standards compliance. Because it’s POSIX compliant, code moves easily between a Linux development environment and an embedded runtime. Recorded at Community Over Code in Glasgow, this conversation with Alin Jerpelea (NuttX PMC Chair, Sony) covers why NuttX feels familiar to Linux kernel developers, how a volunteer community supports 15 architectures and more than 400 boards, and why the hackathon is porting Doom from the Raspberry Pi 4 down to Sony Spresense microcontrollers. We also talk about how the PMC stays vendor-neutral with Sony, Xiaomi, and Espressif all involved, where the project is headed after nearly 20 years (including small-footprint machine learning for IoT), and its policy on AI-assisted contributions: they’re welcome as long as they’re marked, but purely machine-generated code is rejected.
Learn more: https://nuttx.apache.org
Getting Started guide: https://nuttx.apache.org/docs/latest/quickstart/index.html
Supported boards and platforms: https://nuttx.apache.org/docs/latest/platforms/index.html
API reference: https://nuttx.apache.org/docs/latest/reference/index.html
Contributing guide: https://nuttx.apache.org/docs/latest/contributing/index.html
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