# fwup mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, scoop installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:fwup
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fwup
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install fwup
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fwup/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add fwup
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fwup from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fwup
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/fwup
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fwup.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:fwup
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.16.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Configurable embedded Linux firmware update creator and runner
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/fwup-home/fwup>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/fwup-home/fwup>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fwup (Alias)
- img2fwup (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.16.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

fwup is an embedded Linux firmware update creator and runner. It packages update logic and payloads into standard ZIP-based `.fw` archives and applies them using configurable tasks such as full image writes, A/B partition swaps, recovery updates, and trial update or failback flows.

### Projektgeschichte

The public repository was created in June 2014. GitHub release metadata shows 0.x releases in 2015, and the 1.x line continued through the mid-2020s.

The README describes a design focused on minimal dependencies, streaming archive processing, careful write ordering, verification, and limited scripting so that failure modes on embedded targets are easier to reason about.

Recent changelog entries show continued work on delta updates, encrypted partitions, block cache sizing, U-Boot environment handling, and package dependencies for static builds.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

fwup is distributed through release artifacts and several package managers. The README names Homebrew for macOS, Linux packages, Chocolatey for Windows, Alpine, Buildroot, Yocto via meta-fwup, and version-manager support through asdf-fwup and mise.

The README points to the Nerves Project as a better-maintained source of examples, which reflects fwup's practical role in the Nerves embedded Elixir ecosystem and embedded Linux image update workflows.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users create firmware archives with a `fwup.conf` file, apply `.fw` archives to devices or image files, generate signing keys, verify or sign archives, and use `img2fwup` to convert raw images to `.fw` files.

The tool is deliberately not an update distribution service. Upstream documentation expects users to deliver `.fw` files through external media, network streams, Ansible, or other deployment tooling.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

fwup matters to package maintainers because it packages firmware update policy, payloads, signing, partition manipulation, metadata, progress reporting, and failure behavior into one portable artifact format.

It is also a useful counterexample to application-level update tools: its domain is block devices, boot partitions, sparse writes, and embedded recovery flows, where package-manager semantics meet physical storage constraints.

### Zeitleiste

- 2014: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2015: Early 0.x releases published.
- 2016: README notes Buildroot support included upstream since Buildroot 2016.05.
- 2024: 1.12.0 adds features such as extended MBR partitions and Raspberry Pi tryboot support.
- 2025: 1.13.x and 1.14.x improve delta updates and metadata handling.
- 2026: 1.15.x and 1.16.0 improve encrypted update performance and block-cache sizing.

### Related projects

- asdf-fwup and mise support manage fwup versions with `.tool-versions` files.
- meta-fwup supports Yocto integration, and Buildroot includes upstream support.
- The Nerves Project and nerves_system_br are related embedded Linux users and examples.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/fwup-home/fwup>
- <https://github.com/fwup-home/fwup>
- <https://github.com/fwup-home/fwup/releases>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fwup-home/fwup/main/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fwup-home/fwup/main/README.md>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - fwup: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fw/fwup/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - fwup - 1.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fwup from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Configurable embedded Linux firmware update creator and runner | https://github.com/fwup-home/fwup
- apk - fwup-bash-completion - 1.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fwup-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for fwup | https://github.com/fwup-home/fwup
- apk - fwup-doc - 1.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fwup-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Configurable embedded Linux firmware update creator and runner (documentation) | https://github.com/fwup-home/fwup
- MacPorts - fwup: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fwup/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/fwup: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fwup.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph