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Open Edge Platform is an **open source** platform for developing highly-optimized and scalable
AI solutions for the edge. It focuses on high-performance inference, ease of integration, and
**best-in-class utilization of Intel hardware**.

Comprising a complete software stack accompanied by a range of reference and blueprint
applications, it enables you to compose your own modular and secure system, a close fit for
your needs.



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   .. grid-item-card:: Get Started
      :link: ./OEP-articles.html

      Learn more about Open Edge Platform and where to begin to build your new AI solution
      or migrate and optimize an existing one.

   .. grid-item-card:: Release Notes
      :link: ./OEP-articles/release-notes/release-notes.html

      Check out what's new in the latest release, 2025.2

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      **Open Edge Platform AI Suites** are curated collections of AI reference applications
      prepared to accelerate development of AI solutions for the edge. They are complete with
      libraries, microservices, and tools to enable development of production-quality products
      for multiple domains, optimized for Intel architecture.

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         .. grid-item-card:: Metro AI Suite
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            :link: ./ai-suite-metro.html
            :img-top: ./assets/icon_ai_suite_metro.png

            Monitoring for smart city and transportation.

         .. grid-item-card:: Manufacturing AI Suite
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            :link: ./ai-suite-manufacturing.html
            :img-top: ./assets/icon_ai_suite_manufacturing.png

            Industrial environments and analytics.

         .. grid-item-card:: Retail AI Suite
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            :link: ./ai-suite-retail.html
            :img-top: ./assets/icon_ai_suite_retail.png

            Point-of-sale automation and analytics.

         .. grid-item-card:: Robotics AI Suite (Preview Release)
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            :link: ./ai-suite-robotics.html
            :img-top: ./assets/icon_ai_suite_robotics.png

            Stationary, autonomous, and humanoid systems.

         .. grid-item-card:: Education AI Suite (Preview Release)
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            :link: ./ai-suite-education.html
            :img-top: ./assets/icon_ai_suite_education.png

            Facilitate the teaching and learning process.



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   .. grid-item-card:: Edge AI Libraries / Tools / Microservices
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      :link: ./ai-libraries.html
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      A collection of libraries, microservices, and tools for Edge AI application development.
      It includes ingredients for building production-quality multimodal edge AI apps, as well
      as sample applications to showcase generic AI use cases.

   .. grid-item-card:: Edge Microvisor Toolkit
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      :link: ./edge-microvisor-toolkit/index.html
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      Lightweight operating system based on Azure Linux and optimized for Intel® architecture.
      As a container-first, immutable OS, it is a perfect foundation for high-performance edge
      computing workloads that benefit from scalability and ease of management.

   .. grid-item-card:: Edge Manageability Framework
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      :link: https://docs.openedgeplatform.intel.com/edge-manage-docs/main/index.html
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      Onboarding, provisioning, and management of edge devices and edge node software, along
      with orchestration of AI applications and clusters at scale.


This website aggregates user documentation for Open Edge Platform components and is the
recommended source of information, even though all documents are maintained in the open source
GitHub repositories, for ease of contribution. To see documents for a specific component,
select the respective section in the selector at the top of the page and follow the
section's menu.


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   Get Started <./OEP-articles.md>
   Metro AI Suite <./ai-suite-metro.md>
   Manufacturing AI Suite <./ai-suite-manufacturing.md>
   Retail AI Suite <./ai-suite-retail.md>
   Robotics AI Suite <./ai-suite-robotics.md>
   Education AI Suite <./ai-suite-education.md>
   Edge AI Libraries <./ai-libraries.md>
   Edge Microvisor Toolkit <./edge-microvisor-toolkit/index>
   Edge Manageability Framework <https://docs.openedgeplatform.intel.com/edge-manage-docs/main/index.html>