AkiraOS: A WebAssembly runtime for microcontrollers

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AkiraOS is Artur Founder’s Zephyr-based embedded OS that runs sandboxed WebAssembly applications on microcontrollers. The core idea: separate the OS from the application. The firmware stays stable. Apps are .wasm binaries, isolated, portable, and deployable over-the-air without touching the OS. Your App (C/C++/Python) → compile → app.wasm → SecureDeploy → runs on device OS unchanged Why this matters: Update apps in the field without a firmware flash cycle One binary runs on ESP32-S3, nRF5x, or STM32, no recompile Bad app crashes? Runtime catches it at the boundary. The device stays up. Every app gets only the hardware access it explicitly requested See this Apache License Version 2.0 project on GitHub.