Nerves is an open-source platform that combines the rock-solid BEAM virtual machine
and Elixir ecosystem to easily build and deploy production embedded systems.
Use a prebuilt firmware image loaded with Livebook so you can start playing
on real hardware immediately. No build required. You'll be able to run through
guided Nerves tutorials from the comfort of your browser.
Nerves maintains several common application examples. Setup your development
environment and use one of these as a starting point for your specific situation.
Hardware doesn't have to be hard. Nerves makes edge computing easier by solving
the most complex infrastructure problems. Let Nerves take care of the network,
discovery, I/O, firmware updates, and more. Focus your team on what matters —
writing robust and maintainable software.
Features
Portable
Nerves runs out-of-the-box on commonly available hardware. Nerves
leverages Linux and Buildroot to minimize the effort to port to other
devices.
Lean
Nerves uses Elixir Mix releases to include only the code you need. Most
Nerves ports provide a Linux kernel and runtime with the basics so that
you build up rather than trim down. Firmware sizes start in the 20-30 MB
range.
Reliable
Nerves uses the
Erlang runtime system,
known for being distributed, fault-tolerant, soft real-time, and highly
available. Nerves firmware is immutable so you know exactly what software
is running.
Secure
Avoid hidden bugs and vulnerabilities with Nerves’ secure opt-in approach
to building. Nerves starts minimal and provides regular security updates
to Erlang and Linux components. SBOM information is available via the
Buildroot integration.
Efficient
Take advantage of Erlang and Elixir’s I/O optimizations such as IOData
that minimize data copies over the entire stack. Thanks to common
abstractions, much of the ecosystem uses these features already.
Extensible
Nerves is just one part of the vibrant Elixir ecosystem. Take advantage of
other Elixir projects like Phoenix, Nx, Livebook and more in embedded
projects.
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Some topics in each issue include:
Project news and releases
Featured projects
Featured talks
Technical notes explaining parts of Nerves, straight from the core team
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