# Install uuu with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Universal Update Utility, mfgtools 3.0. NXP I.MX Chip image deploy tools. Version 1.5.243 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:uuu
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install uuu
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install uuu
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: uuu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#uuu
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/uu/uuu/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:uuu
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/uuu>
- **Version:** 1.5.243
- **Source summary:** Universal Update Utility, mfgtools 3.0. NXP I.MX Chip image deploy tools
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools#readme>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools/releases/download/uuu_1.5.243/uuu_source-uuu_1.5.243.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- uuu (cli)
- uuu (alias)

## Dependencies

- libusb
- libzip
- openssl@3
- tinyxml2
- zstd

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- pkgconf

## Uses from macOS

- bzip2

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.5.243
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Project history and usage

uuu, the Universal Update Utility, is NXP's command-line image deployment tool for Freescale/NXP i.MX chips and the successor evolution of MFGTools v3.

### Project history

The mfgtools repository was created in 2016. Its README identifies uuu as Universal Update Utility, mfgtools 3.0, and describes the project as Freescale/NXP i.MX chip image deploy tools.

The official wiki frames UUU as the next evolution of MFGTools, also known as MFGTools v3. It was created to answer the need for a cross-platform update utility with the same scripts and usage on Linux and Windows, later documented with macOS build support in the README.

### Adoption history

UUU's adoption is tied to NXP i.MX board bring-up, manufacturing, and firmware flashing workflows. The README points users to prebuilt release artifacts and notes that Ubuntu 22.04 users can install it with apt-get install uuu; the batch package facts also show Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix packages.

### How it is used

The README examples show using uuu to download a U-Boot image over HID, run a list.uu command script, enter shell mode, wait for a known USB device before downloading, and write images to eMMC or full storage images. The wiki command help documents command-line modes, built-in scripts, and device/port filtering notes.

### Why package nerds care

uuu is notable in the package-manager niche because it is vendor-adjacent hardware tooling that developers still want from normal package managers. It bridges embedded board flashing, USB device detection, bootloader handoff, release-bundled documentation, and Homebrew/Linux packaging rather than living only as a vendor SDK download.

### Timeline

- 2016: nxp-imx/mfgtools repository created on GitHub.
- 2017: Early v0.02 pre-release appears in the official GitHub releases feed.
- 2018: Wiki history records UUU as the evolution of MFGTools v3 for portable Linux and Windows usage.
- 2025: Repository release list shows uuu_1.5.243 as the latest release in December 2025.

### Related projects

- Related technologies include Freescale/NXP MFGTools, i.MX boot ROM protocols such as SDP/SDPS, U-Boot, fastboot, libusb, and vendor board manufacturing or image-flashing workflows.

### Sources

- GitHub API for repository creation date and releases.
- <https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools#readme for description, features, examples, build instructions, package note, and release/document pointers.>
- <https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools/wiki for MFGTools v3 evolution and cross-platform rationale.>
- <https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools/wiki/cmdhelp for command usage surface.>
- source_facts.package-manager for package-manager availability.


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** uuu
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - uuu - 1.5.201-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: uuu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Freescale/NXP I.MX Chip image deploy tools | https://github.com/NXPmicro/mfgtools
- Nix - uuu: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/uu/uuu/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - uuu - 1.5.141-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: uuu from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Freescale/NXP I.MX Chip image deploy tools | https://github.com/NXPmicro/mfgtools


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [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.
- [libzip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libzip/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [zstd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zstd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [wb32-dfu-updater_cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wb32-dfu-updater-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, firmware, usb.
- [lpc21isp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lpc21isp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, firmware.
- [mspdebug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mspdebug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, firmware.
- [srecord](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/srecord/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, firmware.
- [teensy_loader_cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/teensy-loader-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, firmware.
- [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.
- [stlink](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stlink/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, embedded, firmware.
- [lm4tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lm4tools/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, embedded, libusb.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/uuu.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/uuu.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph