OPEN SOURCE · BETA

The cloud can wait.The edge cannot.

Build reliable IoT gateways that keep acquiring, deciding, and protecting the physical world—with or without cloud and AI.

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MIT or Apache-2.0 · Linux edge · Rust 1.90+

LIVE SYSTEM
FIELD DEVICES
AETHER EDGE● HEALTHY
Local authoritySHM · SQLite · governed commands
IORULESALARMSHISTORY
OPTIONAL CLOUDLINKDisconnected? Edge continues.
6isolated edge services
0required cloud services
1governed application boundary
24/7local-first operation

WHY AETHER

Build for the world that actually exists.

Networks fail. Cloud providers change. AI clients come and go. Physical operations still need deterministic, inspectable behavior.

01

Keep the edge in control

Acquisition, deterministic rules, alarms, history, and safety keep running locally—even when the cloud or an AI client disappears.

02

Give AI a governed boundary

Agents, CLIs, and applications use the same typed command and query layer. Device control stays deny-by-default, confirmed, and audited.

03

Connect cloud without surrendering authority

Use broker-neutral CloudLink foundations and public contracts while the edge remains authoritative for live state and physical execution.

THE OPERATING PRINCIPLE

“AI may propose. Cloud may coordinate. The edge makes the final call.”
EDGE AUTHORITYDENY BY DEFAULTEXPLICIT AUDIT

ONE COHERENT STACK

Edge, cloud, and contracts—without blurred authority.

Each layer has one job. Public contracts connect them without turning cloud convenience into a physical safety dependency.

01

OPEN-SOURCE EDGE

AetherIot

A Linux edge kernel, six-service runtime, and Rust SDK for reliable field applications.

Explore the edge runtime 02

MULTI-CLOUD CONTROL

AetherCloud

An evolving cloud-side fusion and control plane that preserves provider-native capabilities.

See the cloud foundation 03

PUBLIC INTEROPERABILITY

AetherContracts

Language-neutral schemas, fixtures, profiles, and executable contract evidence.

Inspect the contracts

NO HARDWARE REQUIRED

Run your first gateway composition.

Start with an empty, industry-neutral gateway. Add devices and a domain Pack only when your application needs them.

Read the documentation
QUICKSTART
$ git clone github.com/EvanL1/AetherIot
$ cd AetherIot
$ cargo run -p aether-example-minimal-gateway

# local composition · no broker · no cloud · no device

BUILD FROM THE EDGE OUT

Your next IoT system should survive the internet.

Explore the beta, run the examples, and help shape a safer edge-first foundation.

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