sigrok-cli ☆

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Description:
Sigrok command-line interface to use logic analyzers and more

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: electronics hardware logic-analyzer protocol-decoding cli

Install: brew install sigrok-cli

About:
Sigrok-cli is the official command-line interface for the sigrok suite of logic analysis software. It enables users to capture, decode, and analyze signals from a wide range of hardware logic analyzers directly from the terminal. This tool is essential for hardware engineers and hobbyists for debugging digital circuits and serial protocols without a GUI.

Key Features:

Supports a wide variety of logic analyzers and oscilloscopes via libsigrok drivers
Powerful protocol decoding for common interfaces like I2C, SPI, UART, and CAN
Scriptable and automatable for integration into CI/CD or custom analysis pipelines
Lightweight and fast, designed for headless and embedded environments

Use Cases:

Debugging digital communication protocols between microcontrollers and peripherals
Automated signal acquisition and analysis in headless server environments
Capturing high-speed digital signals for reverse engineering hardware

Alternatives:

PulseView – PulseView is the GUI counterpart to sigrok-cli, offering a visual interface for the same underlying libsigrok drivers.
Logic – Logic is a commercial, polished GUI application for Saleae hardware, offering a more user-friendly but less flexible experience than the open-source sigrok suite.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 10:05am		0	VERSION_BUMP	bfa98f2a
Sep 14, 2024 5:17am		0	VERSION_BUMP	127e2e42