ufbt mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository
• Upstream-Dokumentation
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• ufbt
• ufbt-bootstrap

Projektgeschichte

The uFBT repository was created in 2022, and official releases began in 2023. Its README describes it as a simplified version of Flipper Build Tool, using prebuilt binaries, libraries, firmware headers, debug symbols, and a platform toolchain downloaded for the developer's machine.

The official Flipper developer documentation positions uFBT as the alternative for developers who do not need all FBT features, such as building the whole firmware, and only want to build and debug a single app.

Adoptionsgeschichte

uFBT grew with the Flipper Zero external app ecosystem. Its adoption is tied to developers distributing `.fap` applications and wanting a repeatable local and CI build path without cloning and building the entire firmware source tree.

Wie es verwendet wird

A typical user installs it with pip, runs `ufbt` in a directory containing an application manifest, and receives a built binary in `dist`. The tool also supports `ufbt launch`, flashing and debugging commands, VS Code integration, application template creation, SDK channel switching, and `.env` based per-project SDK state.

The README also points to an official GitHub Action for automating Flipper application builds and publishing from GitHub workflows.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, uFBT is interesting because it turns an embedded-device firmware build environment into a small installable CLI. The packaged tool is mostly a manager and bootstrapper for official SDK components, which is exactly the part developers want their package manager to make boring.

Zeitleiste

• 2022-10-30: Official GitHub repository created.
• 2023-04-06: uFBT 0.1.0 and 0.2.0 releases published.
• 2024-07-11: uFBT 0.2.6 release published.

Related projects

• uFBT is a simplified companion to Flipper Build Tool in the flipperzero-firmware project.
• The official flipperzero-ufbt-action repository brings uFBT builds to GitHub Actions.

Quellen

• GitHub repository metadata records creation in 2022 and official releases in 2023-2024.
• https://developer.flipper.net/flipperzero/doxygen/fbt.html explains FBT and links uFBT as the single-app build/debug option.
• https://github.com/flipperdevices/flipperzero-ufbt README describes uFBT, installation, SDK management, VS Code integration, and GitHub Action usage.
• https://pypi.org/project/ufbt provides the Python package description and current release metadata.