Yocto community integration layers for Mender

April 3, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Mender is an open source over-the-air (OTA) software updater for embedded Linux devices. Mender comprises a client running at the embedded device, as well as a server that manages deployments across many devices.

This repository contains Yocto integration layers for various boards.

Please check out https://hub.mender.io for more information on supported boards and instructions on how to setup environment and build images.

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Structure

This section is for anyone interested in contributing support for a board.

meta-mender-community is a repository containing multiple Yocto layers for integrating Mender onto various boards.

The layers are structured based on upstream BSP layers and not individual boards.

There are multiple types of layers included here.

SoC-oriented:

  • meta-mender-amlogic
  • meta-mender-nxp
  • meta-mender-tegra ...

Vendor-oriented:

  • meta-mender-raspberrypi
  • meta-mender-toradex-nxp
  • meta-mender-octavo-osd32mp ...

Naming of integration layers follows the upstream naming conventions with SoM vendor layer name having priority. The convention is:

   meta-mender-<upstream suffix>

This should make it clear which layer is targeting what BSP.

Contributing

We welcome and ask for your contribution. If you would like to contribute to Mender, please read our guide on how to best get started contributing code or documentation.

Community contributed layers will be co-maintained by the Mender team on a best-effort base. Coordination of reviews and merges happens case by case and based on responsiveness, respectively activity. Reviews and acknowledgements by the original contributors are explicitly not required for further contributions, in order to not block development and maintenance.

License

Mender is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE for the full license text.

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Authors

Mender was created by the team at Northern.tech AS, with many contributions from the community. Thanks everyone!

Mender is sponsored by Northern.tech AS.