Arduino IDE
- Software
- Microcontrollers and firmware tools
- Tool
The Arduino IDE 2.x is a desktop development environment for writing and uploading programs to Arduino boards. It is a rewrite built on the Theia framework and Electron.
Source on GitHub: github.com/arduino/arduino-ide (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 3860cb6 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- AGPL-3.0-only (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE.txt (opens in a new tab) (AGPL-3.0-only) at commit 3860cb6 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
Copyleft: Modified source must be published, also when it runs as a service.
What it does
- Preserves the interface and user experience of the previous major version, to ease upgrading.
- Compilation and uploading run in a background arduino-cli instance started in daemon mode.
- Built on the Theia IDE framework and packaged with Electron as a desktop application.
- Contributions are accepted for bug fixes, beta testing and translation, per the contributor guide.
- Releases and nightly builds are distributed through the Arduino software download page.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 3860cb6.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 16 Oct 2026 on main
- Latest release
- 2.3.10 (9 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.