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Install avrdude with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper

Atmel AVR MCU programmer. Version 8.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install avrdude

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install avrdude

MacPorts ports tree · cross/avrdude/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add avrdude

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · avrdude · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install avrdude

Debian stable package indexes · avrdude · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install avrdude

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · avrdude · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#avrdude

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/av/avrdude/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S avrdude

Arch Linux sync databases · avrdude · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install avrdude

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · avrdude · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/avrdude

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/avrdude.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id AVRDudes.AVRDUDE -e

Windows Package Manager source index · AVRDudes.AVRDUDE · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Atmel AVR MCU programmer

Commands and aliases

  • avrdude
  • elf2tag

history

Project history and usage

AVRDUDE, the AVR Downloader/Uploader, is the standard command-line utility for programming Microchip AVR microcontrollers. It writes and reads flash, EEPROM, fuse bits, lock bits, and other device memories through a large set of supported programmers and bootloaders.

Project history

AVRDUDE was originally written in 2003 by Brian S. Dean under the name AVRPROG for FreeBSD. The official manual says it was renamed AVRDUDE when interest grew in a Windows port, avoiding a naming conflict with Atmel's AVRPROG.EXE.

For many years the project lived in public repositories on Savannah at nongnu.org, where it was ported beyond FreeBSD to Linux, macOS, and Windows. The manual names Ted Roth, Eric Weddington, and Jorg Wunsch among the developers behind the porting effort, and the README says Jorg Wunsch has maintained it since 2006 with help from contributors.

In 2022, AVRDUDE moved to GitHub under the `avrdudes` organization. Current documentation is published through GitHub Pages, with older release manuals kept online, and the active repository continues to add programmer support, device database updates, CI packaging, Python bindings, and a GUI demonstrator for libavrdude.

Adoption history

AVRDUDE is widely packaged because it sits in the critical path between compiled AVR firmware and physical chips. The official README tells Linux users to install the `avrdude` package through their distribution and macOS users to use MacPorts or Homebrew; the batch input additionally lists Alpine, Debian, Fedora, Nix, pacman, Scoop, Ubuntu, winget, and openSUSE.

Its adoption expanded with AVR hobbyist and Arduino-era workflows. The README's example programs an Arduino Uno using the `arduino` programmer protocol, and package managers keep AVRDUDE close to avr-gcc, bootloaders, USB programmer rules, and embedded build systems.

How it is used

A typical invocation selects a part with `-p`, a programmer with `-c`, a port with `-P`, and a memory operation with `-U`, for example writing an Intel HEX file to flash. The manual also documents direct instruction mode, terminal mode, programmer-specific extended parameters, and configuration entries for new parts or programmers.

AVRDUDE's configuration file is central to its package behavior because part and programmer definitions live there. The manual documents system config lookup near the executable and `/usr/local/etc/avrdude.conf`, plus user config in `~/.config/avrdude/avrdude.rc` or `~/.avrduderc`.

Why package nerds care

AVRDUDE is one of those unglamorous packages that makes embedded development feel like Unix: compile a HEX file, call one command, program a board. It is scriptable, cross-platform, and has enough programmer backends to outlive generations of hardware adapters.

It is also a packaging coordination point. Distributions have to ship the binary, the evolving `avrdude.conf`, docs, udev or USB access guidance, and sometimes Windows/macOS release artifacts. The result is a small CLI with a surprisingly large hardware compatibility surface.

Timeline

  • 2003: Brian S. Dean originally wrote AVRDUDE as AVRPROG for FreeBSD.
  • 2006: Jorg Wunsch became maintainer according to the current README.
  • Savannah era: Project source lived on savannah.nongnu.org and was ported to Linux, macOS, and Windows.
  • 2022: Project moved to GitHub at avrdudes/avrdude.
  • 2025: Online manual for version 8.1 generated and published on GitHub Pages.
  • 2025: Version 8.1 added new AVR parts and PICkit/SNAP programmer support updates.
  • 2026: Repository activity continues with device, programmer, build, and USB behavior fixes.

Related projects

  • Atmel/Microchip AVR toolchains and device packs feed the device definitions AVRDUDE uses.
  • Arduino bootloader workflows commonly invoke AVRDUDE for board programming.
  • libavrdude and the version 8 GUI demonstrator expose AVRDUDE functionality beyond the traditional CLI.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
  • Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
<directory from which application loaded>/../etc/avrdude.conf<directory from which application loaded>/avrdude.conf/usr/local/etc/avrdude.conf${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/avrdude/avrdude.rc${HOME}/.config/avrdude/avrdude.rc${HOME}/.avrduderc
Windows
<directory from which avrdude.exe loaded>/avrdude.conf<directory from which avrdude.exe loaded>/avrdude.rc

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
avrdudecliglobal executable
elf2tagcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version8.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv8.1

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:avrdude
Version8.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/avrdude
Homepagehttps://www.nongnu.org/avrdude/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude
Upstream docshttps://avrdudes.github.io/avrdude
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/archive/refs/tags/v8.1.tar.gz
Dependencieshidapi, libftdi, libusb, libusb-compat
Build dependenciescmake, libelf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameavrdude
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

avrdude 7.1+dfsg-3+b2

software for programming Atmel AVR microcontrollers

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/

sudo apt install avrdude
  • Section: electronics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 6 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: avrdude from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

avrdude-doc 7.1+dfsg-3

documentation for avrdude

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/

sudo apt install avrdude-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: avrdude-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

avrdude

nix profile install nixpkgs#avrdude
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/av/avrdude/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

avrdude 7.1+dfsg-3build2

software for programming Atmel AVR microcontrollers

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/

sudo apt install avrdude
  • Section: universe/electronics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 6 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: avrdude from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

avrdude-doc 7.1+dfsg-3build2

documentation for avrdude

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/

sudo apt install avrdude-doc
  • Section: universe/doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: avrdude-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

avrdude 8.1-r0

Download/upload/manipulate the ROM and EEPROM contents of AVR microcontrollers

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude

sudo apk add avrdude
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: avrdude from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

avrdude-dev 8.1-r0

Download/upload/manipulate the ROM and EEPROM contents of AVR microcontrollers (development files)

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude

sudo apk add avrdude-dev
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: avrdude-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

avrdude-doc 8.1-r0

Download/upload/manipulate the ROM and EEPROM contents of AVR microcontrollers (documentation)

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude

sudo apk add avrdude-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: avrdude-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

avrdude-libs 8.1-r0

Download/upload/manipulate the ROM and EEPROM contents of AVR microcontrollers (libraries)

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude

sudo apk add avrdude-libs
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: avrdude-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

avrdude 8.0-9.fc44

Software for programming Atmel AVR Microcontroller

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude

sudo dnf install avrdude
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-only AND (WTFPL OR MIT)
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 12 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: avrdude from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

avrdude 1:8.1-1

Download/upload/manipulate the ROM and EEPROM contents of AVR microcontrollers

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/

sudo pacman -S avrdude
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: avrdude from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

avrdude 8.0-2.4

Upload tool for AVR microcontrollers

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude

sudo zypper install avrdude
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 6 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: avrdude from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

avrdude-devel 8.0-2.4

Development files for avrdude

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude

sudo zypper install avrdude-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: avrdude-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libavrdude2 8.0-2.4

Shared library of avrdude

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude

sudo zypper install libavrdude2
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: avrdude
  • 10 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libavrdude2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

avrdude

sudo port install avrdude
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: cross/avrdude/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/avrdude

scoop install main/avrdude
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Avrdude
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/avrdude.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • hidapiRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libftdiRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libusb-compatRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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  • arm-none-eabi-gccShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded.
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  • avraShares av.db curated category or tags: avr, cli, developer-tools.
  • bossaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded.

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Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
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