From FreeRTOS To Zephyr: A Practical Migration Guide for Embedded Developers – Jacob Beningo, Beningo Embedded Group

Open Source Summit North America 2026 and Embedded Linux Conference brought together the open source community in Minneapolis from May 18-20, 2026. As part of the Zephyr track, Jacob Beningo from Beningo Embedded Group presented “ From FreeRTOS To Zephyr: A Practical Migration Guide for Embedded Developers .” The session focused on how embedded developers can approach a migration from FreeRTOS to Zephyr with a clear strategy, while understanding the differences between the two RTOSes. FreeRTOS has long been a go-to RTOS for embedded developers.