# Install mpremote with Homebrew, Nix, zypper Tool for interacting remotely with MicroPython devices. Version 1.28.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-10. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mpremote ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mpremote ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mpremote ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpremote/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install mpremote ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpremote from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mpremote - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.28.0 - **Source summary:** Tool for interacting remotely with MicroPython devices - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-10T10:08:53Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - mpremote (cli) - mpremote (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.28.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-10 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/reference/mpremote.html - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage mpremote is the MicroPython project's command-line remote-control tool for boards and other devices that expose a MicroPython REPL over serial. It entered the MicroPython tree as part of the v1.16 release, whose release notes list a new CLI utility to interact with a remote device. The official documentation presents it as an integrated utility for device interaction, filesystem management, and automation over a serial connection, installed with pip or pipx. ### Project history mpremote grew out of the older pyboard.py workflow. The pyboard.py documentation describes a standalone Python tool for running commands and scripts on MicroPython devices and accessing their filesystems; a MicroPython maintainer later explained that mpremote uses pyboard.py to provide a more complete command-line interface. That ancestry explains mpremote's practical shape: it keeps the quick edit-run loop of pyboard.py, but adds command sequencing, auto connection, soft reset behavior, filesystem subcommands, package installation via mip, local-directory mounting, REPL access, and shortcuts for common serial devices. ### How it is used In the MicroPython ecosystem, mpremote is the general-purpose desktop sidekick for embedded development. Users run it to open a REPL, copy main.py to a board, execute a local script directly from RAM, inspect free space, install micropython-lib packages, mount a host directory as /remote, reset a device, or automate several of those steps in one command line. Package-manager entries such as Homebrew wrap the same Python tool for developers who prefer system packages over pipx. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mpremote - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - mpremote: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpremote/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - mpremote - 1.28.0-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpremote from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | MicroPython remote control | https://micropython.org/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bossa](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bossa/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded. - [elf2uf2-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/elf2uf2-rs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded. - [espflash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/espflash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded. - [esptool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/esptool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, serial. - [gpsim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gpsim/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded. - [gputils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gputils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded. - [jaguar](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jaguar/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded. - [lm4tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lm4tools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded. - [ufbt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ufbt/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. 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