1. Preface — RTEMS Software Engineering 5.4-rc2 (21st August 2026) documentation

# 1. Preface

This manual aims to guide the development of RTEMS itself. You should read this document if you want to participate in the development of RTEMS. Users of RTEMS may find background information in this manual. Please refer to the RTEMS User Manual and RTEMS Classic API Guide if you want to know how the RTEMS development environment is set up and how you can develop applications using RTEMS.