# Zephyr in Practice: From Bare-Metal Development to Release Management

DevFeed: [Zephyr in Practice: From Bare-Metal Development to Release Management](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/zephyr-in-practice-from-bare-metal-development-to-release-management-13984.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.zephyrproject.org/zephyr-in-practice-from-bare-metal-development-to-release-management/>)

Author: Zephyr Project

Published: 2026-08-25T05:00:55Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Zephyr Project](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zephyr-project.md>)

Topics: [Zephyr RTOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zephyr-rtos.md>), [Embedded Systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embedded-systems.md>), [Embedded Software Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embedded-software-dev.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [embedded](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedded.md>), [embedded-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedded-systems.md>), [events](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/events.md>), [industry-conference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/industry-conference.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [release-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release-management.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [zephyr](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zephyr.md>)

## AI overview

A post-event report from Open Source Summit India 2026 examines two Zephyr sessions: adopting Zephyr from bare-metal development and maintaining downstream Zephyr releases while keeping pace with upstream development.

## Source excerpt

The Zephyr community came together at Open Source Summit India 2026 in Mumbai to share knowledge and explore developments, tooling, and real-world applications across embedded systems. In this first post-event blog, we highlight two sessions from the Zephyr track. One explored why Zephyr can initially feel overwhelming to bare-metal developers, while the other examined how downstream Zephyr releases can keep pace with upstream development.