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We are clearly not and this just sets wrong expectations.
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benpicco committed Jan 11, 2024
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RIOT in a nutshell {#riot-in-a-nutshell}
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RIOT is an open-source microkernel-based operating system, designed to match
RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system, designed to match
the requirements of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other embedded
devices. These requirements include a very low memory footprint (on the order
of a few kilobytes), high energy efficiency, real-time capabilities, support
for a wide range of low-power hardware, communication stacks for wireless and
communication stacks for wired networks.

RIOT provides a microkernel, multiple network stacks, and utilities which
RIOT provides threading, multiple network stacks, and utilities which
include cryptographic libraries, data structures (bloom filters, hash tables,
priority queues), a shell and more. RIOT supports a wide range of
microcontroller architectures, radio drivers, sensors, and configurations for
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sys
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RIOT follows the micro-kernel design paradigm where everything is supposed to
RIOT follows a modular design paradigm where everything is supposed to
be a module. All of these modules that are not part of the hardware abstraction
nor device drivers can be found in this directory. The libraries include data
structures (e.g. bloom, color), crypto libraries (e.g. hashes, AES) ,
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