API Overview

The table lists Zephyr’s APIs and information about them, including their current stability level. More details about API changes between major releases are available in the Releases.

The version column uses semantic version, and has the following expectations:

• Major version zero (0.y.z) is for initial development. Anything MAY change at any time. The public API SHOULD NOT be considered stable.

  • If minor version is up to one (0.1.z), API is considered experimental.

  • If minor version is larger than one (0.y.z | y > 1), API is considered unstable.

• Version 1.0.0 defines the public API. The way in which the version number is incremented after this release is dependent on this public API and how it changes.

  • APIs with major versions equal or larger than one (x.y.z | x >= 1 ) are considered stable.

  • All existing stable APIs in Zephyr will be start with version 1.0.0.

• Patch version Z (x.y.Z | x > 0) MUST be incremented if only backwards compatible bug fixes are introduced. A bug fix is defined as an internal change that fixes incorrect behavior.

• Minor version Y (x.Y.z | x > 0) MUST be incremented if new, backwards compatible functionality is introduced to the public API. It MUST be incremented if any public API functionality is marked as deprecated. It MAY be incremented if substantial new functionality or improvements are introduced within the private code. It MAY include patch level changes. Patch version MUST be reset to 0 when minor version is incremented.

• Major version X (x.Y.z | x > 0) MUST be incremented if a compatibility breaking change was made to the API.

Note

Version for existing APIs are initially set based on the current state of the APIs:

• 0.1.0 denotes an experimental API

• 0.8.0 denote an unstable API,

• and finally 1.0.0 indicates a stable APIs.

Changes to APIs in the future will require adapting the version following the guidelines above.

API	Version	Available in Zephyr Since
Audio
Audio Codec Interface	0.1.0	v1.13.0
Digital Microphone Interface	0.1.0	v1.13.0
Bindesc Define
Connectivity
Bluetooth APIs
AUDIO
Attribute Protocol (ATT)
Audio Input Control Service (AICS)	0.8.0	v2.6.0
Battery Service (BAS)
Bluetooth Audio
Codec capability parsing APIs
Codec config parsing APIs
Bluetooth Basic Audio Profile
BAP Broadcast APIs
BAP Broadcast Sink APIs
BAP Broadcast Source APIs
BAP Broadcast Sink APIs
BAP Broadcast Source APIs
BAP Unicast Client APIs
BAP Unicast Server APIs
Bluetooth Controller
Bluetooth Gaming Audio Profile
Bluetooth Mesh
Access layer
Bluetooth Mesh BLOB Transfer Client model API
Bluetooth Mesh BLOB Transfer Server model API
Bluetooth Mesh BLOB flash stream
Bluetooth Mesh BLOB model API
Bluetooth Mesh Device Firmware Update
Bluetooth Mesh Device Firmware Update (DFU) metadata
Firmware Update Server model
Firmware Uppdate Client model
Bluetooth Mesh On-Demand Private GATT Proxy Client
Bluetooth Mesh On-Demand Private GATT Proxy Server
Bluetooth Mesh Private Beacon Client
Bluetooth Mesh Private Beacon Server
Bluetooth Mesh SAR Configuration Client Model
Bluetooth Mesh SAR Configuration Server Model
Bluetooth Mesh Solicitation PDU RPL Client
Bluetooth Mesh Solicitation PDU RPL Server
Configuration Client Model
Configuration Server Model
Firmware Distribution models
Firmware Distribution Server model
Health Client Model
Health Server Model
Health faults
Heartbeat
Large Composition Data Client model
Large Composition Data Server model
Message
Opcodes Aggregator Client model
Opcodes Aggregator Server model
Provisioning
Proxy
Remote Provisioning Client model
Remote Provisioning models
Remote provisioning server
Runtime Configuration
Application Configuration
Subnet Configuration
SAR Configuration common header
Statistic
Bluetooth testing callbacks
Byteorder
Common Audio Profile (CAP)	0.8.0	v3.2.0
Connection management
Coordinated Set Identification Profile (CSIP)	0.8.0	v3.0.0
Cryptography
Data buffers
Device Address
Encrypted Advertising Data (EAD)
Generic Access Profile (GAP)	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Defines and Assigned Numbers
Generic Attribute Profile (GATT)
GATT Client APIs
GATT Server APIs
HCI RAW channel
HCI drivers
Hands Free Profile (HFP)
Hands Free Profile - Audio Gateway (HFP-AG)
Hearing Access Service (HAS)	0.8.0	v3.1.0
Heart Rate Service (HRS)
Immediate Alert Service (IAS)
Isochronous channels (ISO)	0.8.0	v2.3.0
L2CAP
Media Control Client (MCC)	0.8.0	v3.0.0
Media Control Service (MCS)	0.8.0	v3.0.0
Media Proxy	0.8.0	v3.0.0
Microphone Control Profile (MICP)	0.8.0	v2.7.0
Object Transfer Service (OTS)
Public Broadcast Profile (PBP)	0.8.0	v3.5.0
RFCOMM
Service Discovery Protocol (SDP)
UUIDs
Volume Control Profile (VCP)	0.8.0	v2.7.0
Volume Offset Control Service (VOCS)	0.8.0	v2.6.0
CAN ISO-TP Protocol
IEEE 802.15.4 and Thread APIs	0.8.0	v1.0.0
IEEE 802.15.4 Drivers	0.8.0	v1.0.0
IEEE 802.15.4 L2	0.8.0	v1.0.0
IEEE 802.15.4 Net Management	0.8.0	v1.0.0
OpenThread L2 abstraction layer
LoRaWAN APIs	0.1.0	v2.5.0
Networking	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Application network context
BSD Sockets compatible API
Socket options for TLS
BSD socket service API
COAP Library	0.8.0	v1.10.0
CoAP Manager Events
CoAP client API
CoAP service API
Connection Manager API
Connection Manager Connectivity API	0.1.0	v3.4.0
Connection Manager Connectivity Bulk API
Connection Manager Connectivity Implementation API
DHCPv4
DHCPv4 server
DHCPv6
DNS Resolve Library
DNS Service Discovery
Distributed Switch Architecture definitions and helpers
Dummy L2/driver Support Functions
Ethernet Bridging API
Ethernet Library
Ethernet PHY Interface
Ethernet Support Functions
Ethernet MII Support Functions
IEEE 802.3 management interface
HTTP HPACK
HTTP client API	0.2.0	v2.1.0
HTTP request methods
HTTP response status codes
HTTP server API
HTTP service API
IGMP API
IPv4/IPv6 primitives and helpers
Link Layer Discovery Protocol definitions and helpers
LwM2M high-level API	0.8.0	v1.9.0
LwM2M path helper macros
MQTT Client library	0.8.0	v1.14.0
MQTT-SN Client library
Network Buffer Library
Network Configuration Library
Network Core Library
Network Core Library
Network Core Library
Network Hostname Library
Network Interface abstraction layer
Network L2 Abstraction Layer
Network Link Address Library
Network Management
Network Offloading Interface
Network Packet Filter API
Basic Filter Conditions
Ethernet Filter Conditions
Network Packet Library
Network Statistics Library
Network long timeout primitives and helpers
Network packet capture
Network time representation.
Offloaded Net Devices
PPP L2/driver Support Functions
PTP time
Promiscuous mode
SNTP
Send and receive IPv4 or IPv6 ICMP Echo Request messages.
TFTP Client library
TLS credentials management
Trickle Algorithm Library
Virtual Interface Library
Virtual LAN definitions and helpers
Virtual Network Interface Support Functions
Websocket API
Wi-Fi Management
Wi-Fi Network Manager API
Zperf API
gPTP support
USB
USB BOS support
USB HID class API
HID class USB specific definitions
USB HID common definitions
Mouse and keyboard report descriptors
USB HID Item helpers
USB Host Core API
USB device core API
USB device core API
USBD HID device API
DSP Interface	0.1.0	v3.3.0
Basic Math Functions
Vector Absolute Value
Vector Addition
Vector Clipping
Vector Dot Product
Vector Multiplication
Vector Negate
Vector Offset
Vector Scale
Vector Shift
Vector Subtraction
Vector bitwise AND
Vector bitwise NOT
Vector bitwise OR
Vector bitwise XOR
Helper macros for printing Q values.
Device Driver APIs
1-Wire Interface	0.1.0	v3.2.0
1-Wire Sensor API
1-Wire data link layer
1-Wire network layer
ADC driver APIs	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Emulated ADC
Analog axis API
BBRAM Interface
BBRAM emulator backend API
BC1.2 backed emulator APIs
BC1.2 driver APIs
CAN Interface	1.1.0	v1.12.0
CAN Transceiver	0.1.0	v3.1.0
Cache Controller Interface
Cellular Interface
Charger Interface
Clock Control Interface	1.0.0	v1.0.0
LiteX Clock Control driver interface
Coredump pseudo-device driver APIs
Counter Interface	0.8.0	v1.14.0
DAC driver APIs	0.8.0	v2.3.0
DAI Interface	0.1.0	v3.1.0
DMA Interface	1.0.0	v1.5.0
Disk Driver Interface	1.0.0	v1.6.0
Display Interface	0.8.0	v1.14.0
LCD Interface
EC Host Command Interface	0.1.0	v2.4.0
EDAC API	0.8.0	v2.5.0
EEPROM Interface	1.0.0	v2.1.0
ESPI Driver APIs
Entropy Interface	1.0.0	v1.10.0
External Cache Controller Interface
FLASH Interface	1.0.0	v1.2.0
FLASH internal Interface
Fuel Gauge Interface	0.1.0	v3.3.0
Fuel gauge backend emulator APIs
GNSS Interface	0.1.0	v3.6.0
GPIO Driver APIs	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Emulated GPIO
nPM1300-specific GPIO Flags
nPM6001-specific GPIO Flags
nRF-specific GPIO Flags
HW spinlock Interface
Hardware Info Interface	1.0.0	v1.14.0
I2C EEPROM Target Driver API	1.0.0	v1.13.0
I2C Interface	1.0.0	v1.0.0
I2S Interface	1.0.0	v1.9.0
I3C Interface	0.1.0	v3.2.0
I3C Address-related Helper Code
I3C Common Command Codes
I3C Devicetree related bits
I3C In-Band Interrupts
I3C Target Device API
I3C Transfer API
IPM Interface	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Input Interface	0.1.0	v3.4.0
Input Event Definitions
Inter-VM Shared Memory (ivshmem) reference API
Keyboard Matrix API
Keyboard Scan Driver APIs	1.0.0	v2.1.0
LED Interface	1.0.0	v1.12.0
LED Strip Interface
LoRa APIs	0.1.0	v2.2.0
MBOX Interface	0.1.0	v1.0.0
MDIO Interface
MIPI Display interface
MIPI-DBI driver APIs	0.1.0	v3.6.0
MIPI-DSI driver APIs	0.1.0	v3.1.0
MODBUS
Miscellaneous Drivers APIs
Devmux Driver APIs
FT8xx driver APIs
FT8xx co-processor
FT8xx common functions
FT8xx display list
FT8xx memory map
FT8xx reference API
Multi Function Device Drivers APIs
MFD AD559X interface
MFD AXP192 interface
MFD BD8LB600FS interface
MFD NPM1300 Interface
PCI Express Controller Interface
PCIe Host Interface
PCIe Capabilities
PCIe Host MSI Interface
PCIe Host PTM Interface
PCIe Virtual Channel Host Interface
PECI Interface	1.0.0	v2.1.0
PS/2 Driver APIs
PWM Interface	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Pin Controller Interface	0.1.0	v3.0.0
Dynamic Pin Control
RTC DS3231 Interface
RTC Interface	0.1.0	v3.4.0
Regulator Interface	0.1.0	v2.4.0
ADP5360 Devicetree helpers.
AXP192 Devicetree helpers.
Devicetree helpers
MAX20335 Devicetree helpers.
NPM1100 Devicetree helpers.
NPM1300 Devicetree helpers.
NPM6001 Devicetree helpers.
Regulator Parent Interface
PCA9420 Utilities.
Reset Controller Interface	0.2.0	v3.1.0
Retained memory driver interface	0.8.0	v3.4.0
SDHC interface	0.1.0	v3.1.0
SMBus Interface	0.1.0	v3.4.0
SPI Interface	1.0.0	v1.0.0
SYSCON Interface
Sensor Interface	1.0.0	v1.2.0
Sensor emulator backend API
Text Display Interface	0.1.0	v3.4.0
Time-aware GPIO Interface	0.1.0	v3.5.0
UART Interface	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Async UART API	0.8.0	v1.14.0
Interrupt-driven UART API
Polling UART API
UART Mux Interface
USB Power Delivery
USB Type-C
USB Type-C Port Controller API	0.1.0	v3.1.0
USB device controller driver API
USB host controller driver API
USB-C VBUS API	0.1.0	v3.3.0
Video Controls
Video Interface	1.0.0	v2.1.0
Video pixel formats
Watchdog Interface	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Device Model	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Device memory-mapped IO management
Named MMIO region macros
Single MMIO region macros
Top-level MMIO region macros
Devicetree	1.0.0	v2.2.0
“For-each” macros
Bus helpers
Chosen nodes
Dependency tracking
Devicetree CAN API
Devicetree Clocks API
Devicetree DMA API
Devicetree Fixed Partition API
Devicetree GPIO API
Devicetree IO Channels API
Devicetree MBOX API
Devicetree PWMs API
Devicetree Reset Controller API
Devicetree SPI API
Existence checks
Instance-based devicetree APIs
Node identifiers and helpers
Pin control
Property accessors
Vendor and model name helpers
interrupts property
ranges property
reg property
Error numbers
Internal and System API
Architecture Interface
Architecture thread APIs
Architecture timing APIs
Architecture-specific IRQ APIs
Architecture-specific SMP APIs
Architecture-specific Thread Local Storage APIs
Architecture-specific core dump APIs
Architecture-specific gdbstub APIs
Architecture-specific memory-mapping APIs
Architecture-specific power management APIs
Architecture-specific userspace APIs
Miscellaneous architecture APIs
Kernel Memory Management Internal APIs
User Mode Internal APIs
User mode and Syscall APIs
Kernel APIs	1.0.0	v1.0.0
Async polling APIs
Asynchronous Notification APIs
Atomic Services APIs
Barrier Services APIs	0.1.0	v3.4.0
CPU Idling APIs
Condition Variables APIs
Event APIs
FIFO APIs
FUTEX APIs
Fatal error APIs
Fatal error base types
Floating Point APIs
Heap APIs
Interrupt Service Routine APIs
Kernel Memory Management
Demand Paging
Backing Store APIs
Demand Paging APIs
Eviction Algorithm APIs
LIFO APIs
Mailbox APIs
Memory Slab APIs
Memory domain APIs
Application memory domain APIs
Message Queue APIs
Mutex APIs
Object Core APIs
Object Core Statistics APIs
On-Off Service APIs
Pipe APIs
Queue APIs
Semaphore APIs
Spinlock APIs
Stack APIs
System Clock APIs
Thread APIs
Thread Stack APIs
Timer APIs
User Mode APIs
User mode mutex APIs
User mode semaphore APIs
Version APIs
Work Queue APIs
Memory heaps based on memory attributes
Memory-Attr Interface
Modem APIs	0.1.0	v3.5.0
Modem CMUX
Modem PPP
Modem Pipe
Modem Ubx
Operating System Services
Cache Interface
Checksum
CRC
Console API
Coredump APIs
Crypto	1.0.0	v1.7.0
Cipher
Hash
Random Function APIs	1.0.0	v1.0.0
File System APIs	1.0.0	v1.5.0
File System Storage
Flash Circular Buffer (FCB)	1.0.0	v1.11.0
Flash Circular Buffer Data Structures
fcb API
fcb non-API prototypes
Non-volatile Storage (NVS)	1.0.0	v1.12.0
Non-volatile Storage APIs
Non-volatile Storage Data Structures
Settings	1.0.0	v1.12.0
Settings backend interface
Settings name processing
Settings subsystem runtime
Flash image API
Heap Management
Heap Listener APIs
Shared multi-heap interface
IPC
IPC service APIs
IPC service RPMsg API
IPC service backend
IPC service static VRINGs API
Icmsg IPC library API
Icmsg multi-endpoint IPC library API
Packed Buffer API
RPMsg service APIs
Iterable Sections APIs
Linkable loadable extensions	0.1.0	v3.5.0
ELF data types and defines
LLEXT symbols
Linkable loadable extensions buffer loader
Loader context for llext
Logging	1.0.0	v1.13.0
Logger system		v1.13.0
Log link API
Log message API
Log output API
Log output formatting flags.
Logger backend interface
Logger multidomain backend helpers
Logger backend standard interface
Logger control API		v1.13.0
Logging API
MCUmgr
MCUmgr callback API
MCUmgr fs_mgmt callback API
MCUmgr img_mgmt callback API
MCUmgr os_mgmt callback API
MCUmgr settings_mgmt callback API
MCUmgr handler API
MCUmgr img_mgmt API
MCUmgr img_mgmt_client API
MCUmgr mgmt API	1.0.0	v1.11.0
MCUmgr os_mgmt_client API
MCUmgr transport SMP API
SMP client API
Memory Management
Memory Banks Driver APIs
Memory Blocks APIs
Memory Management Driver APIs
Power Management (PM)		v1.2.0
CPU Power Management
Device
Device Runtime
States
System		v1.2.0
Hooks
Policy
RTIO	0.1.0	v3.2.0
RTIO CQE Flags
RTIO MPSC API
RTIO Priorities
RTIO SPSC API
RTIO SQE Flags
Retention API	0.1.0	v3.4.0
Boot mode interface
Bootloader info interface	0.1.0	v3.5.0
Semihosting APIs
Shell API	1.0.0	v1.14.0
State Machine Framework API	0.1.0
Storage APIs
Disk Access Interface
Stream to flash interface	0.1.0	v2.3.0
flash area Interface	1.0.0	v1.11.0
System Initialization
System power off
Task Watchdog APIs	0.8.0	v2.5.0
Thread analyzer
Timing Measurement APIs
Arch specific Timing Measurement APIs
Board specific Timing Measurement APIs
SoC specific Timing Measurement APIs
Tracing
Object tracking
Tracing APIs
Conditional Variable Tracing APIs
Event Tracing APIs
FIFO Tracing APIs
Heap Tracing APIs
LIFO Tracing APIs
Mailbox Tracing APIs
Memory Slab Tracing APIs
Message Queue Tracing APIs
Mutex Tracing APIs
PM Device Runtime Tracing APIs
Pipe Tracing APIs
Poll Tracing APIs
Queue Tracing APIs
Semaphore Tracing APIs
Stack Tracing APIs
Syscall Tracing APIs
System PM Tracing APIs
Thread Tracing APIs
Timer Tracing APIs
Work Delayable Tracing APIs
Work Poll Tracing APIs
Work Queue Tracing APIs
Work Tracing APIs
Tracing format APIs
Tracing utility macros
Zbus APIs
S2RAM APIs
STP Decoder API
Sensing
Data Types
Sensing Sensor API
Sensor Callbacks
Sensing Subsystem API
Sensor Types
Testing
Emulator interface
I2C Emulation Interface
SPI Emulation Interface
eSPI Emulation Interface
FFF extensions
Zephyr Testing Framework (ZTest)
Ztest assertion macros
Ztest assumption macros
Ztest expectation macros
Ztest mocking support
Ztest testing macros
Ztest ztress macros
Third-party
BBC micro:bit display APIs
Grove display APIs
MCUboot image control API
UpdateHub Firmware Over-the-Air
hawkBit Firmware Over-the-Air
USB Device Controller API
USB Device Core API
USB-C Device API	0.1.0	v3.3.0
Sink_callbacks
Source_callbacks
Utilities
Base64
Data Structure APIs
Balanced Red/Black Tree
Bit array
Doubly-linked list
Flagged Single-linked list
Hashmap
Hash Functions
Hashmap Implementations
MPSC (Multi producer, single consumer) packet buffer API
MPSC (Multi producer, single consumer) packet header
MPSC packet buffer flags
Ring Buffer APIs
SPSC (Single producer, single consumer) packet buffer API
SPSC packet buffer flags
Single-linked list
Formatted Output APIs
Package convert flags
Package flags
cbvprintf processing flags.
JSON
JSON Web Token (JWT)
Linear Range
Math extras
Monochrome Character Framebuffer
Navigation
Time Utility APIs
Time Representation APIs
Time Synchronization APIs
Time Units Helpers
Utility Functions	0.1.0	v2.4.0
Xtensa APIs
Xtensa Internal APIs
Xtensa Memory Management Unit (MMU) APIs
Xtensa Memory Protection Unit (MPU) APIs