# Install wb32-dfu-updater_cli with Homebrew

USB programmer for downloading and uploading firmware to/from USB devices. Version 1.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:wb32-dfu-updater_cli
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install wb32-dfu-updater_cli
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:wb32-dfu-updater_cli
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wb32-dfu-updater_cli>
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Source summary:** USB programmer for downloading and uploading firmware to/from USB devices
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/WestberryTech/wb32-dfu-updater>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/WestberryTech/wb32-dfu-updater>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/WestberryTech/wb32-dfu-updater/blob/master/README.md>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/WestberryTech/wb32-dfu-updater/archive/refs/tags/1.0.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- wb32-dfu-updater_cli (cli)
- wb32-dfu-updater_cli (alias)

## Dependencies

- libusb

## Build dependencies

- cmake

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.0.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/WestberryTech/wb32-dfu-updater
- Upstream latest detected: 1.0.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

wb32-dfu-updater_cli is the command-line host utility for downloading and uploading firmware to WB32 microcontrollers over USB DFU. Its history is narrow but sourceable from the upstream repository and releases.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in October 2021. Upstream released v0.0.1 on 2021-10-12, followed by v0.0.2 and v0.0.3 later that year, then 1.0.0 on 2022-03-25.

The README distinguishes the project as `wb32-dfu-updater`, with `wb32-dfu-updater_cli` as the command-line version, and documents Windows driver support plus build/install steps around CMake, libusb, and a bootstrap script.

### Adoption history

Public adoption appears limited to embedded and keyboard/firmware packaging circles. The upstream README lists pre-built package routes for Windows/MSYS2, macOS/Homebrew, Fedora Copr, and other Linux via Homebrew, while the repository remains small and hardware-specific.

### How it is used

Typical use is flashing or reading firmware on WB32 MCU devices over USB DFU from a host machine. The command-line tool is packaged for users who need a scriptable firmware update path rather than a vendor GUI.

### Why package nerds care

Its package-nerd significance is practical rather than broad: it puts a vendor-specific DFU workflow into package managers, so firmware builders and device maintainers can script updates with a named CLI instead of carrying local build instructions.

### Timeline

- 2021-10-11: GitHub repository created.
- 2021-10-12: v0.0.1 released.
- 2021-12-12: v0.0.2 released.
- 2021-12-31: v0.0.3 released.
- 2022-03-25: 1.0.0 released.

### Related projects

- Related projects and technologies include WB32 MCUs, USB DFU, libusb, CMake, MSYS2 packaging, Homebrew, and Fedora Copr packaging.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/WestberryTech/wb32-dfu-updater>
- <https://github.com/WestberryTech/wb32-dfu-updater/releases>
- input source_facts.description
- input source_facts.package-manager


## 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:** wb32-dfu-updater_cli
- **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


## Related links

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- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [uuu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/uuu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, firmware, usb.
- [esphome](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/esphome/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, firmware.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/wb32-dfu-updater_cli.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/wb32-dfu-updater_cli.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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
