# Install platformio with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, apt

Your Gateway to Embedded Software Development Excellence. Version 6.1.19 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-14. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#platformio.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:platformio
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install platformio
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install platformio
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/platformio/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#platformio
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: platformio from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- Ubuntu apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install platformio
```

  Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: platformio from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:platformio
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 6.1.19
- **Source summary:** Your Gateway to Embedded Software Development Excellence
- **Homepage:** <https://platformio.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-14T10:34:23Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pio (alias)
- piodebuggdb (alias)
- platformio (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 6.1.19

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for platformio. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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

- Unix: platformio.ini
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - platformio: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: platformio from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - platformio - 4.3.4-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: platformio from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | open source ecosystem for IoT development | https://platformio.org
- Ubuntu apt - platformio-doc - 4.3.4-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: platformio-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | PlatformIO (common documentation) | https://platformio.org
- MacPorts - platformio: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/platformio/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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