Awesome IoT

Overview

Awesome IoT provides a collaborative list of great resources about IoT frameworks, libraries, operating systems, and platforms for building connected device solutions.

IoT Frameworks

Edge Computing

EdgeX Foundry

• Highly flexible and scalable open source software framework
• Facilitates interoperability between devices and applications at the IoT Edge
• Vendor-neutral platform
• Microservices architecture
• Supports multiple protocols

FogAtlas

• Manages geographically distributed and decentralized cloud computing infrastructure
• Provides computational, storage and network services close to data sources
• Embraces the Fog Computing paradigm
• Resource optimization

FogFlow

• IoT edge computing framework
• Automatically orchestrates dynamic data processing flows
• Works over cloud and edges
• Context-driven processing

FogBus

• Simplified end-to-end IoT-Fog(Edge)-Cloud integration
• Harnesses both edge and remote resources
• Application requirement-based resource allocation

IoT Operating Systems

Linux-Based

• Ubuntu Core - Official minimal Ubuntu distribution for IoT
• Yocto Project - Create custom Linux distributions
• Raspberry Pi OS - Official Raspberry Pi operating system
• Armbian - Linux for ARM development boards

RTOS (Real-Time OS)

• FreeRTOS - Real-time operating system for microcontrollers
• Zephyr - Small, scalable RTOS
• RIOT - Operating system for IoT
• Contiki - OS for IoT devices
• Mbed OS - ARM embedded OS

Communication Protocols

IoT Protocols

• MQTT - Lightweight messaging protocol
• CoAP - Constrained Application Protocol
• AMQP - Advanced Message Queuing Protocol
• DDS - Data Distribution Service
• HTTP/HTTPS - Web protocols

Wireless Technologies

• WiFi - Wireless networking
• Bluetooth/BLE - Short-range communication
• LoRaWAN - Long-range, low-power
• Zigbee - Mesh networking
• NB-IoT - Cellular IoT
• Sigfox - Low-power wide-area network

IoT Platforms

Cloud Platforms

• AWS IoT Core - AWS managed IoT service
• Azure IoT Hub - Microsoft IoT platform
• Google Cloud IoT - Google's IoT platform
• IBM Watson IoT - Enterprise IoT platform

Open Source Platforms

• ThingsBoard - IoT platform for device management
• Kaa - Open-source IoT platform
• DeviceHive - IoT data platform
• Mainflux - Modern IoT platform

Hardware Platforms

Development Boards

• Raspberry Pi - Popular single-board computer
• Arduino - Microcontroller platform
• ESP32/ESP8266 - WiFi microcontrollers
• BeagleBone - Embedded Linux board
• NVIDIA Jetson - AI at the edge

Data Processing

Stream Processing

• Apache Kafka - Event streaming
• Apache Flink - Stream processing
• Node-RED - Flow-based programming
• Apache NiFi - Data flow automation

Time Series Databases

• InfluxDB - Time series database
• TimescaleDB - PostgreSQL extension
• Prometheus - Monitoring database

Security

• Device authentication - Secure device identity
• Encryption - Data protection in transit and at rest
• Secure boot - Boot integrity
• OTA updates - Secure firmware updates
• PKI - Public key infrastructure

Features

• Edge computing capabilities
• Protocol diversity
• Cloud and on-premise options
• Real-time data processing
• Device management
• Security frameworks

Use Cases

• Smart home automation
• Industrial IoT (IIoT)
• Smart cities
• Healthcare monitoring
• Agriculture sensors
• Fleet management
• Environmental monitoring

Pricing

Mostly open source frameworks. Cloud platforms:

• AWS IoT: Pay per message and connection
• Azure IoT: From $10/month for basic tier
• Google Cloud IoT: Per device per month
• ThingsBoard: Free community, Cloud from $50/month