# Azure/iotedge

The IoT Edge OSS project

Repository: https://github.com/Azure/iotedge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/iotedge
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:15:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2991, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 98}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1509, forks 472 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:55.708103+00:00)

## What it is
Azure IoT Edge is Microsoft's open-source edge runtime that moves cloud analytics and business logic to IoT devices by deploying containerized workloads. It consists of the Edge Agent, Edge Hub, and IoT Edge Security Daemon, managed and monitored from the cloud.

## Use cases
- run containerized workloads on edge devices
- deploy AI models to IoT gateways
- manage fleets of IoT devices from the cloud
- process sensor data locally before sending to the cloud
- run offline-capable edge computing nodes
- orchestrate docker containers on constrained devices

## When to choose
- you need to deploy and manage containerized modules on IoT devices
- you want cloud-managed edge computing with Azure IoT Hub integration
- you need offline operation and local messaging on edge gateways

## When to avoid
- you only need simple device-to-cloud telemetry without local compute
- you are not using Azure or want a cloud-agnostic edge platform
- you need a lightweight single-binary agent rather than a container runtime stack

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, monitoring, iot
- domain: iot, cloud-computing
- platform: cloud, c, cpp
- tags: azure, edge-computing, iot-edge, microsoft, containers-on-devices, security-daemon, containers, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- Azure/iotedge (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.708103+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:28.133781+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Azure/iotedge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.708103+00:00, sha 7e6c5798d47d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.