CycloneACME
ACME Client Library

CycloneACME is a client implementation of ACME (Automatic Certificate Management Environment) dedicated to embedded applications. This solution can be used to automate the process of managing X.509 certificates (ordering, renewal, revocation) with a remote certification authority like Let's Encrypt. ACME allows deployment of public-key infrastructure on Internet-facing devices (HTTPS server for example) at very low cost.

CycloneACME is available either as open source (GPLv2 license) or under a royalty-free commercial license (non-GPL license). We also propose an evaluation license (90-day license in source form) with technical support for an easier onboarding and effective evaluation of our software.

ACME Protocol / Automatic Certificate Management Environement

Main Features

  • ACME v2 protocol implementation
  • Client mode of operation
  • ACME account management (creation, update, deactivation and key rollover)
  • Certificate management (ordering, renewal and revocation)
  • Supports RSA, ECDSA and EdDSA certificates
  • Supports standard ACME challenges (HTTP, DNS and TLS-ALPN)
  • ACME-DNS client provides a simple way to automate ACME DNS challenges
  • Compatible with ACME servers such as Let's Encrypt, Encryption Everywhere or Buypass Go SSL
  • Comprehensive user API
  • Flexible memory footprint. Built-time configuration to embed only the necessary features
  • Portable architecture (no processor dependencies)
  • The library is distributed as a full ANSI C and highly maintainable source code

Supported ACME Challenges

  • http-01 (HTTP-based challenge type)
  • tls-alpn-01 (TLS-based challenge type)
  • dns-01 (DNS-based challenge type)

Supported Signature Algorithms

  • RSA
  • ECDSA
  • Ed25519
  • Ed448
  • ARM Cortex-M3
  • ARM Cortex-M4
  • ARM Cortex-M7
  • ARM Cortex-M33
  • ARM Cortex-M85
  • ARM Cortex-R4
  • ARM Cortex-A5
  • ARM Cortex-A7
  • ARM Cortex-A8
  • ARM Cortex-A9
  • Legacy ARM7TDMI / ARM926EJ-S
  • RISC-V
  • MIPS M4K
  • MIPS microAptiv / M-Class
  • Infineon TriCore AURIX
  • PowerPC e200
  • Coldfire V2
  • RX600
  • AVR32
  • Xtensa LX6
  • Amazon FreeRTOS
  • SafeRTOS
  • ChibiOS/RT
  • CMSIS-RTOS
  • CMSIS-RTOS2
  • CMX-RTX
  • Keil RTXv4 and RTXv5
  • Micrium µC/OS-II and µC/OS-III
  • Microsoft Azure RTOS (ThreadX)
  • PX5 RTOS
  • Segger embOS
  • TI-RTOS (SYS/BIOS)
  • Zephyr RTOS
  • Bare Metal programming (without RTOS)
Toolchain / IDECompiler
MakefileGCC
AC6 System Workbench for STM32 (SW4STM32)GCC
Atollic TrueSTUDIOGCC
Espressif ESP-IDFGCC
HighTec Toolset for TriCoreGCC
IAR Embedded WorkbenchEWARM, EWRX
Infineon DAVEGCC
Keil MDK-ARMARM Compiler v5, ARM Compiler v6 (CLANG)
Microchip Studio (Atmel Studio)GCC
Microchip MPLAB XGCC, XC32
Microsoft Visual StudioMSVC
NXP MCUXpressoGCC
Renesas e2StudioGCC, CC-RX
Segger Embedded StudioGCC
ST STM32CubeIDEGCC
Tasking VX-ToolsetVX-Toolset for TriCore
TI Code Composer Studio (CSS)GCC, TI-CGT
  • RFC 8555: Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)
  • RFC 8737: ACME TLS Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN) Challenge Extension
  • RFC 7515: JSON Web Signature (JWS)
  • RFC 7517: JSON Web Key (JWK)
  • RFC 7518: JSON Web Algorithms (JWA)
  • RFC 7638: JSON Web Key (JWK) Thumbprint