install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mpremote

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mpremote

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mp/mpremote/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install mpremote

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · mpremote · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Tool for interacting remotely with MicroPython devices

Project links

Commands and aliases

mpremote

history

Project history and usage

mpremote is the MicroPython project's command-line remote-control tool for boards and other devices that expose a MicroPython REPL over serial. It entered the MicroPython tree as part of the v1.16 release, whose release notes list a new CLI utility to interact with a remote device. The official documentation presents it as an integrated utility for device interaction, filesystem management, and automation over a serial connection, installed with pip or pipx.

Project history

mpremote grew out of the older pyboard.py workflow. The pyboard.py documentation describes a standalone Python tool for running commands and scripts on MicroPython devices and accessing their filesystems; a MicroPython maintainer later explained that mpremote uses pyboard.py to provide a more complete command-line interface. That ancestry explains mpremote's practical shape: it keeps the quick edit-run loop of pyboard.py, but adds command sequencing, auto connection, soft reset behavior, filesystem subcommands, package installation via mip, local-directory mounting, REPL access, and shortcuts for common serial devices.

How it is used

In the MicroPython ecosystem, mpremote is the general-purpose desktop sidekick for embedded development. Users run it to open a REPL, copy main.py to a board, execute a local script directly from RAM, inspect free space, install micropython-lib packages, mount a host directory as /remote, reset a device, or automate several of those steps in one command line. Package-manager entries such as Homebrew wrap the same Python tool for developers who prefer system packages over pipx.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpremote/config.py~/.config/mpremote/config.py
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/mpremote/config.py
Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\mpremote\config.py

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mpremote`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19

manager version1.29.0

manager updated2026-08-24

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/reference/mpremote.html

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/reference/mpremote.htmlnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mpremote
Version	1.29.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mpremote
Homepage	https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/reference/mpremote.html
Upstream docs	https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/reference/mpremote.html
License	MIT
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ac/b7/8c44eb606b0e53517fd6ddda3f598b3bdb180c181f4e0bcbb9b7743f4cb5/mpremote-1.29.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-08-24T16:50:35Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	python@3.14
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mpremote
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

mpremote

nix profile install nixpkgs#mpremote

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mpremote

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

zypper95%

mpremote 1.28.0-2.3

MicroPython remote control

https://micropython.org/

sudo zypper install mpremote

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: micropython
3 dependencies
3 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Mpremote

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpremote from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mpremote.yml

Used sources

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

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