# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 orbuculum

查看 orbuculum 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:orbuculum
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install orbuculum
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#orbuculum
```

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

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:orbuculum
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 2.2.0
- **来源摘要:** Arm Cortex-M SWO/SWV Demux and Postprocess
- **主页:** <https://github.com/orbcode/orbuculum>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/orbcode/orbuculum>
- **最后更新:** 2026-06-18T02:29:00-04:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- orbcat (别名)
- orbdump (别名)
- orbfifo (别名)
- orblcd (别名)
- orbmortem (别名)
- orbprofile (别名)
- orbstat (别名)
- orbtop (别名)
- orbtrace (别名)
- orbuculum (别名)
- orbzmq (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 2.2.0
## 项目历史与用法

Orbuculum is a suite of host-side tools for decoding and presenting trace output from Arm Cortex-M CPUs. The Orbcode project describes it as software for making otherwise invisible trace flows visible, starting with SWO and expanding to 1-, 2-, and 4-bit parallel trace when paired with ORBTrace mini or other trace capture hardware.

### 项目历史

Orbuculum began around Single Wire Output and Serial Wire Viewer workflows for Cortex-M debugging. The upstream documentation says it originally supported only the SWO pin, then added support for parallel trace through ORBTrace mini and other interfaces such as JTrace.

The 2.2.0 README describes a larger internal shift from a legacy chip-like stream protocol to `orbflow`, an extensible packet-oriented protocol that represents probe data more compactly. It also notes added CPU families, improved client application handling, improved stats and timing, a simplified communications subsystem, and early ETM4 support.

### 采用历史

Orbuculum is niche but meaningful in embedded debugging. The upstream page lists support for Black Magic Debug Probe, SEGGER J-Link, generic USB TTL serial interfaces, FTDI high-speed serial interfaces, OpenOCD, PyOCD, ice40-HX8K and ECP5 parallel-trace boards, raw SWO files, and TCP sources that expose SWO.

The ORBTrace mini page links the hardware and software sides of the ecosystem: ORBTrace mini is an open-source debug and parallel trace interface for Cortex-M microcontrollers, and Orbuculum is the host suite used to exploit the captured trace stream.

### 使用方式

Embedded developers run `orbuculum` as the mux that connects to a trace probe and exposes a network interface, then attach tools such as `orbcat` for ITM channel text, `orbdump` for raw SWO capture, `orbtop` for live activity views, `orbstat` for analysis and KCacheGrind output, `orbmortem` for post-mortem analysis, and `orbtrace` for ORBTrace FPGA configuration.

The practical use case is low-intrusion insight into firmware execution: text channels, program-counter samples, performance analysis, and crash reconstruction without relying only on breakpoints or serial logging.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Orbuculum matters to package nerds because it packages a specialized embedded trace workflow as Unix-style command-line tools. The formula exposes many executables, each handling one part of trace capture, demultiplexing, viewing, statistics, or post-processing.

### 时间线

- 2023-06-30: The changelog records Orbuculum 2.1.0 with timestamping work, a move to Meson/Ninja, stream abstraction cleanup, option renames, ORBTrace SWO support, and reliability fixes.
- 2024-10-23: The release page for 2.2.0 describes orbflow protocol, ORBTrace Mini gateware 1.4.0 compatibility, FreeBSD support, and experimental ETM4 work.

### Related projects

- Orbuculum is part of the Orbcode ecosystem alongside ORBTrace mini hardware. It also interoperates with common embedded debug tools such as Black Magic Probe, OpenOCD, PyOCD, and SEGGER J-Link.

### 来源

- <https://github.com/orbcode/orbuculum>
- <https://github.com/orbcode/orbuculum/blob/main/CHANGES.md>
- <https://orbcode.org/orbtrace-mini/>
- <https://orbcode.org/orbuculum/>
- <https://pyocd.io/docs/swo_swv.html>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - orbuculum: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/or/orbuculum/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- 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