7-9 October, 2026 Prague, Czechia View More Details & Registration Important Note:Timing of sessions and room locations are subject to change.
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Over the last decade, Zephyr has grown from a focused open source RTOS into one of the most widely adopted platforms for connected, secure, and portable embedded systems. That success brings new challenges: more architectures, more boards, more vendors, more contributors, more downstream users, and higher expectations around quality, security, safety, documentation, testing, and long-term maintenance.
This talk looks at Zephyr’s evolution through the lens of project sustainability. It will highlight where the current model is working, where scaling pressure is becoming visible, and what the community needs to address to keep Zephyr healthy for the next 10 years. Topics include maintainer bandwidth, review latency, infrastructure load, test and sample growth, vendor enablement, downstream compatibility, long-term support, security updates, dependency management, and the tension between a unified upstream and the need for product- and platform-specific innovation.
