Pigweed#
Sustained, robust, and rapid embedded product development for large teams
Get started#
Understand the core components of Pigweed and determine whether Pigweed is a good fit for your project.
Explore key Pigweed features, such as hermetic building, full C++ code intelligence in VS Code, communicating with devices over RPC, host-side and on-device unit tests, and lots more in a guided walkthrough.
Fork our minimal, Bazel-based starter project to create a new Pigweed project from scratch. The project includes a basic blinky LED program that runs on Raspberry Pi Picos and can be simulated on your development host.
Set up a C++-based Zephyr project, set up GitHub Actions, integrate Pigweed into an existing Bazel project, and more.
What’s new in Pigweed?#
Highlights:
Cryptography and security: ChaCha20 cipher support in pw_crypto -
pw_cryptonow supports the ChaCha20 stream cipher.C++ data structures and utilities: - New pw_enum module
pw_enumprovides automatic stringification and tokenization of C++ enums.Async and concurrency: Notification channels and void coroutines in pw_async2 - Improved support for
voidchannels, which can be used to signal tasks without transmitting data, as well as usingco_awaitfor coroutines that returnvoid.Developer tools: Log file viewing in pw_console -
pw_consolenow directly supports opening and viewing log files (including zip archives).
And more! See What’s new in Pigweed: May 2026.
What is Pigweed?#
Over 150 libraries (“modules”) enabling you to use modern C++ and software development best practices without compromising performance, code size, or memory
Easier automated building, testing, and linting for Bazel, GN, and CMake projects
Hermetic and reproducible development environments for your entire team - no more struggling with toolchains and the “it worked on my machine” problem
Who’s using Pigweed?#
Pigweed has shipped in millions of devices, including Google’s suite of Pixel devices, Nest thermostats, satellites, and autonomous aerial drones.
Showcase: pw_console#
pw_console is our multi-purpose, pluggable REPL and log viewer. It’s designed to be a complete development and manufacturing solution for interacting with hardware devices via pw_rpc over a pw_hdlc transport. Gone are the days of hacking together a REPL and log viewer for each new project!
Using pw_console to interact with a device#
Talk to us#
For real-time discussion with the Pigweed team, head over to our Discord.
Our next Pigweed Live is Mon Jun 29, 2026 1PM (PDT). Please join us to discuss what’s new in Pigweed and anything else Pigweed-related that’s on your mind. Join our mailing list to receive an invite to the next meeting.
Found a bug? Got a feature request? Please create a new issue in our tracker.