# Install ufbt with Homebrew

Compact tool for building and debugging applications for Flipper Zero. Version 0.2.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ufbt
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ufbt
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ufbt
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.2.6
- **Source summary:** Compact tool for building and debugging applications for Flipper Zero
- **Homepage:** <https://pypi.org/project/ufbt/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ufbt (alias)
- ufbt-bootstrap (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.2.6
## Project history and usage

uFBT, the micro Flipper Build Tool, is Flipper Devices' compact build and debugging tool for Flipper Zero applications. It packages the common app-development path so developers do not have to build the full firmware tree just to compile and test a single app.

### Project history

The uFBT repository was created in 2022, and official releases began in 2023. Its README describes it as a simplified version of Flipper Build Tool, using prebuilt binaries, libraries, firmware headers, debug symbols, and a platform toolchain downloaded for the developer's machine.

The official Flipper developer documentation positions uFBT as the alternative for developers who do not need all FBT features, such as building the whole firmware, and only want to build and debug a single app.

### Adoption history

uFBT grew with the Flipper Zero external app ecosystem. Its adoption is tied to developers distributing `.fap` applications and wanting a repeatable local and CI build path without cloning and building the entire firmware source tree.

### How it is used

A typical user installs it with pip, runs `ufbt` in a directory containing an application manifest, and receives a built binary in `dist`. The tool also supports `ufbt launch`, flashing and debugging commands, VS Code integration, application template creation, SDK channel switching, and `.env` based per-project SDK state.

The README also points to an official GitHub Action for automating Flipper application builds and publishing from GitHub workflows.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, uFBT is interesting because it turns an embedded-device firmware build environment into a small installable CLI. The packaged tool is mostly a manager and bootstrapper for official SDK components, which is exactly the part developers want their package manager to make boring.

### Timeline

- 2022-10-30: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2023-04-06: uFBT 0.1.0 and 0.2.0 releases published.
- 2024-07-11: uFBT 0.2.6 release published.

### Related projects

- uFBT is a simplified companion to Flipper Build Tool in the flipperzero-firmware project.
- The official flipperzero-ufbt-action repository brings uFBT builds to GitHub Actions.

### Sources

- GitHub repository metadata records creation in 2022 and official releases in 2023-2024.
- <https://developer.flipper.net/flipperzero/doxygen/fbt.html explains FBT and links uFBT as the single-app build/debug option.>
- <https://github.com/flipperdevices/flipperzero-ufbt README describes uFBT, installation, SDK management, VS Code integration, and GitHub Action usage.>
- <https://pypi.org/project/ufbt provides the Python package description and current release metadata.>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- 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

- Unix: .env

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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