Setting Up for Zephyr Development

Setting up your development environment for Zephyr is done in two steps:

  1. Downloading the code
  2. Set up the development environment

Download the Code

The code is hosted at the Linux Foundation with a Gerrit backend that supports anonymous cloning via GIT.

Checking Out the Source Code

  1. Clone the repository:

    $ git clone https://gerrit.zephyrproject.org/r/zephyr zephyr-project

You have successfully checked out a copy of the source code to your local machine.

Note

Once you’re ready to start contributing, follow the steps to make yourself a Linux Foundation account at Requesting a Linux Foundation Account.

Important

Linux users need to download the Zephyr SDK even after successfully cloning the source code. The SDK contains packages that are not part of the Zephyr Project. See Installing the Zephyr Software Development Kit for details.

Set Up the Development Environment

The Zephyr project supports these operating systems:

  • Linux
  • Mac OS

Follow the steps appropriate for your development system’s OS.

Use the following procedures to create a new development environment. Given that the file hierarchy might change from one release to another, these instructions could not work properly in an existing development environment.

Perform the steps in the procedures in the order they appear.