Installer arduino-cli avec Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

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• Page d'accueil
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Commandes et alias

• arduino-cli

Historique du projet

The official GitHub repository was created on 2018-08-08. The README describes Arduino CLI as an all-in-one command-line solution for Arduino-compatible boards and platforms, covering the core tasks that the Arduino IDE historically wrapped in a graphical workflow.

The project is written in Go and ships versioned user docs, a command reference, nightly builds, a gRPC reference, and security policy. Its release stream in the official GitHub API shows the 1.x line active through 2026.

Historique d'adoption

Arduino CLI is broadly packaged: the input package facts list Homebrew, Alpine, Chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and winget. That breadth fits its role as the scriptable substrate for Arduino workflows in CI, editors, build systems, and headless devices.

The tool matters because it decouples Arduino development from the IDE. Package users can install one binary, initialize indexes, install cores and libraries, compile sketches, upload firmware, and integrate Arduino boards into reproducible automation.

Modes d'utilisation

Typical commands include `arduino-cli config init`, board and library manager operations, `arduino-cli compile`, and `arduino-cli upload`. The README points users to installation docs, a getting-started guide, and a full command reference.

The default config file is `arduino-cli.yaml`. Official docs say the default data directory is `${HOME}/.arduino15` on Linux and other Unix-like systems, `${HOME}/Library/Arduino15` on macOS, and `${HOME}/AppData/Local/Arduino15` on Windows, so the default config paths follow from those data directories.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Arduino CLI is important package-manager infrastructure because it turns a huge embedded ecosystem into a stable command-line interface that other tools can call.

It is also a good example of an official vendor CLI that replaced ad hoc IDE automation with a documented binary, config schema, command reference, nightly builds, and multi-OS package distribution.

Chronologie

• 2018-08-08: GitHub repository created.
• 2021-09-22: Earliest release returned in the current GitHub releases API page for this batch, 0.19.1-rc1.
• 2026-06-05: Latest GitHub release observed for this batch, v1.5.1.

Related projects

• The CLI serves the Arduino boards/platforms ecosystem and Arduino-compatible board packages.
• The docs expose command and gRPC interfaces used by editors, CI systems, and other developer tools around Arduino.

Sources

• https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/arduino-cli
• https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/arduino-cli/releases
• https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/latest/
• https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/latest/configuration/
• https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli