# espflash mit Homebrew, Nix, pacman installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für espflash in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:espflash
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install espflash
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#espflash
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/es/espflash/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S espflash
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: espflash from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:espflash
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/espflash>
- **Version:** 4.5.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Serial flasher utility for Espressif SoCs and modules based on esptool.py
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash>
- **Lizenz:** MIT OR Apache-2.0
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash/archive/refs/tags/v4.5.0.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-09T10:07:07Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- espflash (cli)
- espflash (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- libuv
- pkgconf
- rust

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 4.5.0
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-09
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash
- neueste erkannte Version: v4.5.0 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

espflash is a Rust ecosystem serial flasher for Espressif devices, described by its project as loosely based on esptool.py.

### Projektgeschichte

The project sits in the esp-rs organization and provides both `espflash` and a related `cargo-espflash` workflow for Rust-on-Espressif development.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Its adoption is tied to the Rust embedded Espressif community rather than to Espressif's official Python tooling. Homebrew, Nix, Pacman, crates.io, and the repository README make it discoverable as a package-manager and Cargo-installable flashing tool.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The command-line tool flashes ELF-format applications, monitors serial output, prints board information, erases flash or regions, calculates checksums, and generates shell completions for Espressif chips.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, espflash is interesting because it packages a Rust-native alternative around a workflow historically dominated by Python esptool.py, and because `cargo-espflash` makes flashing feel like part of the Rust build loop.

### Zeitleiste

- 2020s: espflash grows with esp-rs as a Rust-oriented Espressif flashing utility.

### Related projects

- The project explicitly relates itself to esptool.py and ships alongside cargo-espflash for Cargo-integrated flashing.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash>
- <https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash/tree/main/espflash>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: ~/.config/espflash/espflash.toml, ~/.config/espflash/espflash_ports.toml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/rs.esp.espflash/espflash.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/rs.esp.espflash/espflash_ports.toml
- Unix: ./espflash.toml, ./espflash_ports.toml
- Windows: %APPDATA%\esp\espflash\espflash.toml, %APPDATA%\esp\espflash\espflash_ports.toml
## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** espflash
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - espflash: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/es/espflash/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - espflash - 4.5.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: espflash from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Cargo subcommand for flashing Espressif devices over serial | https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/de/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/de/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rust](https://pkg.so/de/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [esptool](https://pkg.so/de/brew/esptool/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, esp32, espressif.
- [probe-rs-tools](https://pkg.so/de/brew/probe-rs-tools/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, rust.
- [mklittlefs](https://pkg.so/de/brew/mklittlefs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, esp32.
- [elf2uf2-rs](https://pkg.so/de/brew/elf2uf2-rs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, rust.
- [arduino-cli](https://pkg.so/de/brew/arduino-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded.
- [arm-none-eabi-gdb](https://pkg.so/de/brew/arm-none-eabi-gdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded.
- [picotool](https://pkg.so/de/brew/picotool/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded.
- [mpremote](https://pkg.so/de/brew/mpremote/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded.
- [lm4tools](https://pkg.so/de/brew/lm4tools/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, embedded, flashing.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/espflash.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/espflash.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
