Arduino CLI
- Software
- Microcontrollers and firmware tools
- Tool
A command-line tool for working with Arduino-compatible boards, handling library and board management, building sketches, detecting boards, and uploading code.
Made by Arduino.
Source on GitHub: github.com/arduino/arduino-cli (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 1c00714 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- GPL-3.0-only (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from license_header.tpl (opens in a new tab) (GPL-3.0-only) and LICENSE.txt (opens in a new tab) (GPL-3.0-only) at commit 1c00714 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
Copyleft: Modified source must be published.
What it does
- Provides Boards and Library Managers for installing board platforms and libraries.
- Includes a sketch builder for compiling Arduino programs.
- Detects connected boards and uploads compiled sketches to them.
- Offers many other tools for using Arduino boards and platforms from the command line or machine interfaces.
- Documentation covers installation, getting started, a commands reference, and an FAQ.
- Nightly builds are available for testing.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 1c00714.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 5 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- v1.5.1 (5 Jun 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots on Robotheca that use it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.