Top all-time · #2908
Wind River
Company blog · windriver.com/blogsystemshardware
Wind River is the company blog at windriver.com, writing about systems and hardware. Since 2010, 25 different Hacker News readers have linked it 41 times, most often “Why HPSC Is a Big Deal for Space Exploration”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (16) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN comments link Wind River product and company pages on embedded operating systems such as VxWorks and Wind River Linux, plus its company history and certification material. None judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 16 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Wind River, a global leader of software for the intelligent edge, is accelerating digital transformation of mission-critical intelligent systems.
Most-linked posts?
- /products/linux3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-10-07
- Why HPSC Is a Big Deal for Space Exploration2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-08-18
- OS that runs the Mars Rovers and Artemis is helping power the Roman Telescope2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-08
- /products/linux/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-06-03
- Linux in Space: The aerospace industry's attitude for Space Architechture2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-03-02
- From Edge to Enterprise: The StarlingX Advantage2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-04-29
What Hacker News says?
> The parent was referring to embedded development toolchains - compilers, IDEs, endless small utilities, debuggers, analyzers, etc. etc. I know what the parent was referring to. > Commercial tooling is almost all Windows-exclusive, even if it's using a smattering of open-source bits underneath. No it's not. Literally both of the embedded OS' you mentioned (VxWorks/QNX) support Linux as first class hosts. https://bl…
Comment linking /support/site_configuration/docs/wr_site_cfg_linux_single_ws.pdf
on “DirectX is coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux”Submitted VxWorks now with C++17 and Rust support, alongside Ada and SPARK as a story · 140 points
HN discussionWhy should we waste time doing stuff already exists? https://www.adacore.com/academia/projects/muen-project https://www.adacore.com/company/partners/nvidia https://genode.org/about/road-map https://www.ptc.com/-/media/Files/PDFs/Developer-Tools/apexa... (ApexAda Exec) https://www.ghs.com/products/safety_critical/integrity_178_e... https://www.windriver.com/products/helix (Wind River Helix Bare Metal partitions)
Comment linking /products/helix
on “Linux Rust Support”Submitted Wind River Linux as a story · 76 points
HN discussionAnother example of a new OS developed by a vendor is DryOS by Canon [0] as a replacement for WindRiver VxWorks[1]. It has been extensively explore by the chdk community of custom software extensions for Canon cameras. It appears to have some compatibility with Linux in some form. In my non-expert mind, an OS for "foveated rendering" would be similar to what many cameras prioritize and more likely be similar to an "r…
Comment linking /
on “John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta”Submitted Wind River VxWorks Platforms 6.9 RTOS [pdf] as a story · 29 points
HN discussionWind River | Linux Dev | windriver.com | ONSITE (Ottawa) | Full-time Wind River is looking for an experienced embedded Linux software developer. We work with the Yocto community to implement and port key user-space packages and applications. Your experience: Python, C, C++, bitbake, Rust, Go, Shell programming, git, Docker, Kubernetes, the Linux kernel, UEFI/BIOS, U-Boot/grub, PCI, USB, networking, storage, graphics…
Comment linking /careers
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2022)”Submitted Why HPSC Is a Big Deal for Space Exploration as a story · 27 points
HN discussionFound a FAQ about it: "Failure to comply with vulnerability reporting, cyber incident reporting, or essential cybersecurity requirements could trigger administrative fines of up to €15 million or 2.5% of global turnover. Other obligations include €10 million or 2% of global turnover." https://www.windriver.com/resource/eu-cyber-resilience-act-f... Also more details in this one: https://codific.com/cra-fines/ Apart f…
Comment linking /resource/eu-cyber-resilience-act-faq
on “Funding Open Source like public infrastructure”Submitted OS that runs the Mars Rovers and Artemis is helping power the Roman Telescope as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSee this product overview from Wind River, which mentions "grsecurity".[1] (Backup copy: [2]). [1] http://www.windriver.com/products/product-overviews/PO_LINUX... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20150403191546/http://www.windri...
Comment linking /products/product-overviews/PO_LINUX_SECURITY_PROFILE.pdf
on “Important Notice Regarding Public Availability of Stable Patches”Submitted NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Why It's So Cool as a story · 5 points
HN discussionHow about WindRiver Linux? https://www.windriver.com/products/linux
Comment linking /products/linux
on “QNX DEMO disk (1999)”Submitted Intel Simics 6 Transitioning to Legacy State as a story · 5 points
HN discussionhttp://www.windriver.com/products/linux/
Comment linking /products/linux/
on “Show HN: Minoca OS – A new lightweight kernel, completely from scratch”Submitted What Makes 'Mission Critical' Different? Some Real World Examples as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI remember VxWorks. Bigger than a while loop, but used in space missions back in the 90s: http://www.windriver.com/inspace/ Edit: looks like VxWorks wants a 32-bit CPU, 128KB of ROM, and 1-2MB of RAM. But you get threads, networking, filesystem, etc.
Comment linking /inspace/
on “The State of Linux Security”Submitted From Edge to Enterprise: The StarlingX Advantage as a story · 3 points
HN discussionNot sure if I'm understanding your question correctly, but Wind River claims their Diab compiler is validated by TÜV NORD and is has been used for stuff up to SIL4. In fact, they ( http://windriver.com/products/product-overviews/PO_Diab_Comp... ) say: Diab Compiler has been a reliable code generation tool for avionics products certified for DO-178B, products for the nuclear market certified to IEC 60880, railway app…
Comment linking /products/product-overviews/PO_Diab_Compiler_1211.pdf
on “A400M Airbus Flier crashed because of software issues”Submitted Explaining DoD Marketplaces and Software Factories as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIntel bought them in 2009. Then, in 2018 they were sold to TPG. And in 2020, to Aptiv. (From the "Our History" section of this page: https://www.windriver.com/company ) Aptiv PLC is the automotive tech company that grew out of the GM spin-off, Delphi Automotive Systems, btw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptiv
Comment linking /company
on “Wind River Linux”Submitted AI's Real Impact in Telecom: takeaways from a recent panel discussion as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPretty sure VxWorks is still used today for a lot of spacecraft; Curiosity[^1] and at least at one point the SpaceX Dragon capsule[^2] it looks like. ^1: http://www.windriver.com/announces/curiosity/ ^2: http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/pdf/DragonLabFactSh...
Comment linking /announces/curiosity/
on “What really happened on Mars? (1997)”Submitted Common Problems That Undermine Enterprise Migrations–and How to Avoid Them as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWhat's their commitment to actually mainlining their kernel contributions? TI has git repositories for their OMAP boards[1], (and has for ages). What about the other major players in this space ? (I'm thinking of MontaVista [2] and WindRiver[3]) [1] https://gforge.ti.com/gf/project/omapkernel/scmgit/ [2] http://www.mvista.com/product_detail_mvl6.php [3] http://www.windriver.com/products/linux/
Comment linking /products/linux/
on “ARM, IBM, Samsung and T.I. Form New Company to rollout Linux-Based Devices”Submitted Sovereign Cloud Stats Every CIO Needs Before Their Next Board Meeting as a story · 2 points
HN discussionOne of the reason to buy VxWorks is that it comes with certification for various industries : https://www.windriver.com/products/vxworks/certification-pro... So if you have to explain to the regulatory body that you have a certified OS with all the appropriate paperwork, it always easier than certifying your custom OS. The second point from an enterprise point of view is that in case of weird issue you can rely on W…
Comment linking /products/vxworks/certification-profiles/
on “Wind River VxWorks Platforms 6.9 RTOS [pdf]”Submitted Linux in Space: The aerospace industry's attitude for Space Architechture as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> I wonder why nobody has set up, e.g., a good Yocto CI/CD base image pipeline for custom hardware devices The near-infinite flexibility of OpenEmbedded/Yocto is a blessing and curse. The Yocto autobuilder [1] covers board families, but hardware-specific layers [2] and BSPs are maintained by vendors and consultants [3]. Wind River Linux [4] offers long-term commercial support for regulated industries, derived from Y…
Comment linking /products/linux
on “Bleg: Where Is the DevOps for Yocto?”Submitted Linux Flies into Space as a story · 2 points
HN discussion
