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<h2 align="center">A Flight-Proven, Multi-Platform, Open-Source Flight Software Framework</h2>
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F´ (F Prime) is a component-driven framework that enables rapid development and deployment of spaceflight and other embedded software applications. Originally developed at the [Jet Propulsion Laboratory](https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/), F´ has been successfully deployed on [several space applications](https://fprime.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/projects/). It is tailored but not limited to small-scale spaceflight systems such as CubeSats, SmallSats, and instruments.

**Please Visit the F´ Website:** [https://fprime.jpl.nasa.gov](https://fprime.jpl.nasa.gov/) for more information.

## What does F´ provide

- An architecture that decomposes flight software into discrete components with well-defined interfaces
- A C++ framework that provides core capabilities such as message queues and threads
- Modeling tools for specifying components and connections and automatically generating code
- A growing collection of ready-to-use components
- Testing tools for testing flight software at the unit and integration levels.

Learn more about [F´ key features](https://fprime.jpl.nasa.gov/overview).

## System Requirements

The following system requirements apply to your workstation for developing F´ applications. To see the list of supported platforms on which F´ applications can run on, see [Supported Platforms](./docs/user-manual/framework/supported-platforms.md).

1. Linux, Windows with WSL, or macOS operating system

2. [git](https://git-scm.com/)

3. [Python 3.10+](https://www.python.org/downloads/), [virtual environments](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html), and [PIP](https://pypi.org/project/pip/)

4. [Clang](https://clang.llvm.org/) or [GNU C and C++ compilers](https://gcc.gnu.org/) (e.g. gcc and g++)

5. *(Optional)* A [Rust toolchain](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) (`cargo` and `rustc`) 1.87 or newer — required only to build components that depend on Rust. Components that require `cargo` are skipped when it is not found, and the rest of the framework builds normally.

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2. `git --version`

3. `python --version` and `python -m venv -h`. Your system might use an alternate like `python3` or `python3.13`. For pip: `pip --version`.  On your system it might be `pip3` or `pipx`.

4. `g++  --version` and then create, build, and run a test program.  For example, create a file named `hello.cpp` with contents:

    ```cpp
    #include <iostream>
    int main(void){
        std::cout << "Hello, World!" << std::endl;
    }
    ```

    then build and run it, for example like:

    ```bash
    % g++ -o hi hello.cpp
    % ./hi
    Hello, World!
    ```

5. *(Optional)* `cargo --version` and `rustc --version`. Only needed to build components that depend on Rust.

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## Getting Started

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