platformio ☆

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Description:
Your Gateway to Embedded Software Development Excellence

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 6.1.18@4 | Tracked Since: Dec 23, 2025

Links: Homepage | @PlatformIO_Org | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: iot embedded firmware c++ arduino development

Install: brew install platformio

About:
PlatformIO is an open-source ecosystem for IoT development providing a cross-platform build system and library manager. It supports embedded development on over 2000 boards and integrates with popular IDEs like VSCode and CLion. It simplifies the process of writing, testing, and debugging code for microcontrollers.

Key Features:

Multi-platform build system with advanced library manager
Support for 2000+ embedded boards and 20+ development frameworks
Unit testing and remote debugging capabilities
IDE integration (VSCode, CLion, Eclipse, Vim)

Use Cases:

Developing firmware for Arduino, ESP32, and other microcontrollers
Managing C/C++ dependencies in embedded projects
Automated unit testing for hardware-dependent code

Alternatives:

arduino-cli – Arduino CLI is specific to the Arduino platform, whereas PlatformIO is hardware-agnostic and supports many more vendors.
make – Make requires manual configuration of toolchains and paths, while PlatformIO automates dependency management and toolchain setup.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 23, 2025 8:14am	6.1.18	4	VERSION_BUMP	27165d47
Oct 28, 2025 2:07am		3	VERSION_BUMP	b5385d7c
Oct 13, 2024 5:47am		0	VERSION_BUMP	f91edc4b
Sep 26, 2024 1:21pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	f6349a0e
Sep 26, 2024 12:49pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	528029a2