1. Introduction

MICOFE (Micro-Container for Edge Computing) aims to provide a lightweight micro-container environment based on Arm64 virtualization and the SO3 operating system. SO3 is a lightweight OS that supports key Linux-like features such as user/kernel separation, memory paging, and multithreading.

This environment is well suited to provide developers with a strongly isolated execution environment where full-featured applications can run alongside Linux.

MICOFE targeted several objectives, including:

• Full support for the MUSL libc library

• C++ and Rust support

• Support for LVGL-based graphical applications

All objectives were achieved except Rust support, which could not be completed due to time constraints.

1.1. Acknowledgements

We sincerely appreciate the Hasler Foundation for making this ambitious project possible and for helping us secure new projects with industrial partners.

We also extend our heartfelt thanks to Clément Dieperink, Jean-Pierre Miceli, and Prof. Daniel Rossier from the REDS Institute of HEIG-VD for their invaluable contributions to this project.