Downloadable Tools

ESP-IDF build process relies on a number of tools: cross-compiler toolchains, CMake build system, and others.

Installing the tools using an OS-specific package manager (like apt, yum, brew, etc.) is the preferred method when the required version of the tool is available. This recommendation is reflected in the Getting Started guide. For example, on Linux and macOS it is recommended to install CMake using an OS package manager.

However, some of the tools are IDF-specific and are not available in OS package repositories. Furthermore, different versions of ESP-IDF require different versions of the tools to operate correctly. To solve these two problems, ESP-IDF provides a set of scripts for downloading and installing the correct versions of tools, and exposing them in the environment.

The rest of the document refers to these downloadable tools simply as “tools”. Other kinds of tools used in ESP-IDF are:

• Python scripts bundled with ESP-IDF (such as idf.py)

• Python packages installed from PyPI.

The following sections explain the installation method, and provide the list of tools installed on each platform.

Note

This document is provided for advanced users who need to customize their installation, users who wish to understand the installation process, and ESP-IDF developers.

If you are looking for instructions on how to install the tools, see the Getting Started Guide.

Tools metadata file

The list of tools and tool versions required for each platform is located in tools/tools.json. The schema of this file is defined by tools/tools_schema.json.

This file is used by tools/idf_tools.py script when installing the tools or setting up the environment variables.

Tools installation directory

IDF_TOOLS_PATH environment variable specifies the location where the tools are to be downloaded and installed. If not set, IDF_TOOLS_PATH defaults to HOME/.espressif on Linux and macOS, and %USER_PROFILE%\.espressif on Windows.

Inside IDF_TOOLS_PATH, the scripts performing tools installation create the following directories and files:

• dist — where the archives of the tools are downloaded.

• tools — where the tools are extracted. The tools are extracted into subdirectories: tools/TOOL_NAME/VERSION/. This arrangement allows different versions of tools to be installed side by side.

• idf-env.json — user install options (targets, features) are stored in this file. Targets are selected chip targets for which tools are installed and kept up-to-date. Features determine the Python package set which should be installed. These options will be discussed later.

• python_env — not tools related; virtual Python environments are installed in the sub-directories. Note that the Python environment directory can be placed elsewhere by setting the IDF_PYTHON_ENV_PATH environment variable.

• espidf.constraints.*.txt — one constraint file for each ESP-IDF release containing Python package version requirements.

GitHub Assets Mirror

Most of the tools downloaded by the tools installer are GitHub Release Assets, which are files attached to a software release on GitHub.

If GitHub downloads are inaccessible or slow to access, it’s possible to configure a GitHub assets mirror.

To use Espressif’s download server, set the environment variable IDF_GITHUB_ASSETS to dl.espressif.com/github_assets. When the install process is downloading a tool from github.com, the URL will be rewritten to use this server instead.

Any mirror server can be used provided the URL matches the github.com download URL format: the install process will replace https://github.com with https://${IDF_GITHUB_ASSETS} for any GitHub asset URL that it downloads.

Note

The Espressif download server doesn’t currently mirror everything from GitHub, it only mirrors files attached as Assets to some releases as well as source archives for some releases.

idf_tools.py script

tools/idf_tools.py script bundled with ESP-IDF performs several functions:

• install: Download the tool into ${IDF_TOOLS_PATH}/dist directory, extract it into ${IDF_TOOLS_PATH}/tools/TOOL_NAME/VERSION.

  install command accepts the list of tools to install, in TOOL_NAME or TOOL_NAME@VERSION format. If all is given, all the tools (required and optional ones) are installed. If no argument or required is given, only the required tools are installed.

• download: Similar to install but doesn’t extract the tools. An optional --platform argument may be used to download the tools for the specific platform.

• export: Lists the environment variables which need to be set to use the installed tools. For most of the tools, setting PATH environment variable is sufficient, but some tools require extra environment variables.

  The environment variables can be listed in either of shell or key-value formats, set by --format parameter:

  • export optional parameters:

    • --unset Creates statement that unset some global variables, so the environment gets to the state it was before calling export.{sh/fish}.

    • --add_paths_extras Adds extra ESP-IDF-related paths of $PATH to ${IDF_TOOLS_PATH}/esp-idf.json, which is used to remove global variables when the active ESP-IDF environment is deactivated. Example: While processing export.{sh/fish} script, new paths are added to global variable $PATH. This option is used to save these new paths to the ${IDF_TOOLS_PATH}/esp-idf.json.

  • shell produces output suitable for evaluation in the shell. For example,

    export PATH="/home/user/.espressif/tools/tool/v1.0.0/bin:$PATH"
    

    on Linux and macOS, and

    set "PATH=C:\Users\user\.espressif\tools\v1.0.0\bin;%PATH%"
    

    on Windows.

    Note

    Exporting environment variables in Powershell format is not supported at the moment. key-value format may be used instead.

    The output of this command may be used to update the environment variables, if the shell supports this. For example:

    eval $($IDF_PATH/tools/idf_tools.py export)
    

  • key-value produces output in VARIABLE=VALUE format, suitable for parsing by other scripts:

    PATH=/home/user/.espressif/tools/tool/v1.0.0:$PATH
    

    Note that the script consuming this output has to perform expansion of $VAR or %VAR% patterns found in the output.

• list: Lists the known versions of the tools, and indicates which ones are installed.

  Following options are available to customize the output.

  • --outdated: List only outdated versions of tools installed in IDF_TOOLS_PATH.

• check: For each tool, checks whether the tool is available in the system path and in IDF_TOOLS_PATH.

• install-python-env: Create a Python virtual environment in the ${IDF_TOOLS_PATH}/python_env directory (or directly in the directory set by the IDF_PYTHON_ENV_PATH environment variable) and install there the required Python packages. An optional --features argument allows one to specify a comma-separated list of features to be added or removed. Feature that begins with - will be removed and features with + or without any sign will be added. Example syntax for removing feature XY is --features=-XY and for adding --features=+XY or --features=XY. If both removing and adding options are provided with the same feature, no operation is performed. For each feature a requirements file must exist. For example, feature XY is a valid feature if ${IDF_PATH}/tools/requirements/requirements.XY.txt is an existing file with a list of Python packages to be installed. There is one mandatory core feature ensuring core functionality of ESP-IDF (build, flash, monitor, debug in console). There can be an arbitrary number of optional features. The selected list of features is stored in idf-env.json. The requirement files contain a list of the desired Python packages to be installed and espidf.constraints.*.txt downloaded from https://dl.espressif.com and stored in ${IDF_TOOLS_PATH} the package version requirements for a given ESP-IDF version. Althought it is not recommended, the download and use of constraint files can be disabled with the --no-constraints argument or setting the IDF_PYTHON_CHECK_CONSTRAINTS environment variable to no.

• check-python-dependencies: Checks if all required Python packages are installed. Packages from ${IDF_PATH}/tools/requirements/requirements.*.txt files selected by the feature list of idf-env.json are checked with the package versions specified in the espidf.constraints.*.txt file. The constraint file is downloaded with install-python-env command. The use of constraints files can be disabled similarly to the install-python-env command.

• uninstall: Print and remove tools, that are currently not used by active ESP-IDF version.

  • --dry-run Print installed unused tools.

  • --remove-archives Additionally remove all older versions of previously downloaded installation packages.

Install scripts

Shell-specific user-facing scripts are provided in the root of ESP-IDF repository to facilitate tools installation. These are:

• install.bat for Windows Command Prompt

• install.ps1 for Powershell

• install.sh for Bash

• install.fish for Fish

Aside from downloading and installing the tools into IDF_TOOLS_PATH, these scripts prepare a Python virtual environment, and install the required packages into that environment.

These scripts accept optionally a comma separated list of chip targets and --enable-* arguments for enabling features. These arguments are passed to the idf_tools.py script which stores them in idf-env.json. Therefore, chip targets and features can be enabled incrementally.

Running the scripts without any optional arguments will install tools for all chip targets (by running idf_tools.py install --targets=all) and Python packages for core ESP-IDF functionality (by running idf_tools.py install-python-env --features=core).

Or for example, install.sh esp32 will install tools only for ESP32. See the Getting Started Guide for more examples.

install.sh --enable-XY will enable feature XY (by running idf_tools.py install-python-env --features=core,XY).

Export scripts

Since the installed tools are not permanently added into the user or system PATH environment variable, an extra step is required to use them in the command line. The following scripts modify the environment variables in the current shell to make the correct versions of the tools available:

• export.bat for Windows Command Prompt

• export.ps1 for Powershell

• export.sh for Bash

• export.fish for Fish

Note

To modify the shell environment in Bash, export.sh must be “sourced”: . ./export.sh (note the leading dot and space).

export.sh may be used with shells other than Bash (such as zsh). However in this case the IDF_PATH environment variable must be set before running the script. When used in Bash, the script will guess the IDF_PATH value from its own location.

In addition to calling idf_tools.py, these scripts list the directories which have been added to the PATH.

Other installation methods

Depending on the environment, more user-friendly wrappers for idf_tools.py are provided:

• IDF Tools installer for Windows can download and install the tools. Internally the installer uses idf_tools.py.

• Eclipse Plugin includes a menu item to set up the tools. Internally the plugin calls idf_tools.py.

• VSCode Extension for ESP-IDF includes an onboarding flow. This flow helps setting up the tools. Although the extension does not rely on idf_tools.py, the same installation method is used.

Custom installation

Although the methods above are recommended for ESP-IDF users, they are not a must for building ESP-IDF applications. ESP-IDF build system expects that all the necessary tools are installed somewhere, and made available in the PATH.

List of IDF Tools

xtensa-esp-elf-gdb

GDB for Xtensa

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

More info: https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz SHA256: d056f2435ef05cccadac5d8fcefa3efd8f8c456c3d853f5eba1edb501acfe4f7
linux-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.gz SHA256: 7fc9674cc4f4c5e7bc94ca05bc5deaaa4c4bbcc972a9caee6fcd6a872c804c02
linux-armel	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-arm-linux-gnueabi.tar.gz SHA256: 68118ff36e9dd2284d92a7a529d0e2a8d20f6426036a0736fa1147935614ece2
linux-armhf	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz SHA256: 72d75d9bb9a09d0696aa86628b2dd1851755216b1b315743189ea37228e5c72f
linux-i686	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-i586-linux-gnu.tar.gz SHA256: cf6cac8ed70726d390d30713d537754544872715e1b70a8a4a28b5dc616193b9
macos	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-x86_64-apple-darwin14.tar.gz SHA256: 417fcf8d1b596b9481603d6987def1d6cfcebdb9739f53940887334a7de855fa
macos-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-aarch64-apple-darwin21.1.tar.gz SHA256: 95d6ed2311d6a72bf349e152d096aeeb151f9c5989bfa3120facb1c99e879196
win32	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-i686-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 642b6a135c38ff1d5e54ad2c29469b769f8e1b101dab363d06101b02284bb979
win64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-x86_64-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 2d958570ff6aa69ed32cbb076cbaf303349a26b3301a7c4628be8d7ad39cf9f1

riscv32-esp-elf-gdb

GDB for RISC-V

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

More info: https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz SHA256: f0cf0821eaac7e8cf2c63b14f2b69d612f4f8c266b29d02d5547b7d7cbbd0e11
linux-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.gz SHA256: 6812344dfb5c50a81d2fd8354463516f0aa5f582e8ab406cbaeca8722b45fa94
linux-armel	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-arm-linux-gnueabi.tar.gz SHA256: b73042b8e1df5a3fc8008ec3cd000ef579f155d72a66c6ade1d48906d843e738
linux-armhf	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz SHA256: 9dc5334042a169606d32ee454d35d93d216a24df027e4b0830ab268a8999db2d
linux-i686	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-i586-linux-gnu.tar.gz SHA256: 3f07a1b8dc87127a1a6bec6fbace4f8daca44755356f0692e9a5d4c8c4bfd81d
macos	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-x86_64-apple-darwin14.tar.gz SHA256: bb139229f9a4998cab9cfb617d3ecb05b77cbfa9a3a59c54969035f1b4007487
macos-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-aarch64-apple-darwin21.1.tar.gz SHA256: f6513b57f28245497f9c39a201f3f6444d4180e16b39765c629e01036286c0e6
win32	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-i686-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 8287fa2891e8d032e8283210048d653705791cda31504369418288d3e4753dd6
win64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp-gdb-v12.1_20221002/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb-12.1_20221002-x86_64-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 9debae1135df8f5868a9d945468f0480cdaab25f77ead6a55cc85142c4487abd

xtensa-esp32-elf

Toolchain for Xtensa (ESP32) based on GCC

License: GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception

More info: https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: 4d2e02ef47f1a93a4dcfdbaecd486adfaab4c0e26deea2c18d6385527f39f864
linux-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf-12.2.0_20230208-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: 9e211a182b6ea0396a41c78f52f51d964e7875fe274ea9c81111bf0dbc90c516
linux-armel	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf-12.2.0_20230208-arm-linux-gnueabi.tar.xz SHA256: 2ddd91fb98b79b30042b7918eef60cf10c7bd5b1da853e83b65f293b96dec800
linux-armhf	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf-12.2.0_20230208-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz SHA256: a683a468555dcbcb6ce32a190842110d6f853d4d6104d61cf0bc9dd50c6be1e6
linux-i686	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf-12.2.0_20230208-i686-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: 292b19ea6186508a923fb6fd0103977e001d4eb8e77836c7e3d6ce6e5fa7d305
macos	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz SHA256: b09d87fdb1dc32cd1d718935065ef931b101a14df6b17be56748e52640955bff
macos-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf-12.2.0_20230208-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz SHA256: f50acab2b216e9475dc5313b3e4b424cbc70d0abd23ba1818aff4a019165da8e
win32	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf-12.2.0_20230208-i686-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 62bb6428d107ed3f44c212c77ecf24804b74c97327b0f0ad2029c656c6dbd6ee
win64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 8febfe4a6476efc69012390106c8c660a14418f025137b0513670c72124339cf

xtensa-esp32s2-elf

Toolchain for Xtensa (ESP32-S2) based on GCC

License: GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception

More info: https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s2-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: a1bd8f0252aae02cff2c289f742fbdbaa2c24644cc30e883d118253ea4df1799
linux-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s2-elf-12.2.0_20230208-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: 48e88053e92bab1bf8d6dbad7ddb4d140c537159d607a36e73e74e1f5f23c892
linux-armel	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s2-elf-12.2.0_20230208-arm-linux-gnueabi.tar.xz SHA256: 37cdd619fa56ce884570cedd00dd2f4a5eb9a1fce3755a2f4b9279d1136e47c1
linux-armhf	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s2-elf-12.2.0_20230208-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz SHA256: 99a7b34e8826d0c0b5703e5a4e7db8716b9738fa4f03eed759f383a10617e788
linux-i686	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s2-elf-12.2.0_20230208-i686-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: d9b79e9e3204fa8e40f9942ea1197a83ae1527e3711a45bc17171ff5fec43e54
macos	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s2-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz SHA256: e7b2fbacd8186b24d1b1264ad6cf639f476d51f5d908fb79504abfe6281d3c8c
macos-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s2-elf-12.2.0_20230208-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz SHA256: d2c997ce5f43a93c3787c224aa8742b0cd87443794514ab2153cd629665506f0
win32	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s2-elf-12.2.0_20230208-i686-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 1e6dac5162ab75f94b88c47ebeabb6600c652fb4f615ed07c1724d037c02fd19
win64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s2-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 8a785cc4e0838cebe404f82c0ead7a0f9ac5fabc660a742e33a41ddac6326cc1

xtensa-esp32s3-elf

Toolchain for Xtensa (ESP32-S3) based on GCC

License: GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception

More info: https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: 29b5ea6b30d98231f0c17f2327404109e0abf59b48d0f2890d9d9899678a89a3
linux-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-12.2.0_20230208-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: 30a1fed3ab6341feb1ae986ee55f227df6a594293ced13c65a0136eb4681087d
linux-armel	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-12.2.0_20230208-arm-linux-gnueabi.tar.xz SHA256: c180836bf43b90b4b7c24166a3bd4156c74c8e58bb85761aa58da98d076e6f48
linux-armhf	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-12.2.0_20230208-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz SHA256: 4cc1adee141de67ffb7e94e53d30bf4e120ef07d4063fecc2153c69ad4b54f7f
linux-i686	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-12.2.0_20230208-i686-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: 9a968f58085c66b41ca13af8d652e5250df0f8d8e17988e34846be9c76672cab
macos	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz SHA256: 30375231847a9070e4e0acb3102b7d35a60448a55536bfa113c677c449da3eef
macos-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-12.2.0_20230208-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz SHA256: ae9a1a3e12c0b6f6f28a3878f5964e91a410350248586c90db94f8bdaeef7695
win32	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-12.2.0_20230208-i686-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 3ddf51774817e815e5d41c312a90c1159226978fb45fd0d4f7085c567f8b73ab
win64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 1d15ca65e3508388a86d8bed3048c46d07538f5bc88d3e4296f9c03152087cd1

esp-clang

Toolchain for all Espressif chips based on clang

License: Apache-2.0

More info: https://github.com/espressif/llvm-project

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	optional	https://github.com/espressif/llvm-project/releases/download/esp-15.0.0-20221201/llvm-esp-15.0.0-20221201-linux-amd64.tar.xz SHA256: 839e5adfa7f44982e8a2d828680f6e4aa435dcd3d1df765e02f015b04286056f
linux-arm64	optional	https://github.com/espressif/llvm-project/releases/download/esp-15.0.0-20221201/llvm-esp-15.0.0-20221201-linux-arm64.tar.xz SHA256: 614c44ab7305d65dde54a884c5614516777038027dc61bcc125d02171c248c53
linux-armhf	optional	https://github.com/espressif/llvm-project/releases/download/esp-15.0.0-20221201/llvm-esp-15.0.0-20221201-linux-armhf.tar.xz SHA256: 158076696e4fc608e6e2b54bf739223b78949e0492ad4aa5119632ebfbea0499
macos	optional	https://github.com/espressif/llvm-project/releases/download/esp-15.0.0-20221201/llvm-esp-15.0.0-20221201-macos.tar.xz SHA256: 46f0f0368b5aa8d7e81558796c3acd67d943c9071b9619f2b487136c8e59c97c
macos-arm64	optional	https://github.com/espressif/llvm-project/releases/download/esp-15.0.0-20221201/llvm-esp-15.0.0-20221201-macos-arm64.tar.xz SHA256: dc5a99186f9f532a5076d6900828310e4673cf01e8071a3d041456e8aab2cc4a
win64	optional	https://github.com/espressif/llvm-project/releases/download/esp-15.0.0-20221201/llvm-esp-15.0.0-20221201-win64.tar.xz SHA256: 87c9b2c2b8837535f102ae3fd5789defecbffa80b317f86055f3e9d6292aaa05

riscv32-esp-elf

Toolchain for 32-bit RISC-V based on GCC

License: GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception

More info: https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/riscv32-esp-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: 21694e5ee506f5e52908b12c6b5be7044d87cf34bb4dfcd151d0a10ea09dedc1
linux-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/riscv32-esp-elf-12.2.0_20230208-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: aefbf1e6f2c91a10e8995399d2003502e167e8c95e77f40957309e843700906a
linux-armel	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/riscv32-esp-elf-12.2.0_20230208-arm-linux-gnueabi.tar.xz SHA256: 9740cbddb4cb5e05382991c83d8c96a5fb7d87046449e77791b3b0de29a3ddd8
linux-armhf	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/riscv32-esp-elf-12.2.0_20230208-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz SHA256: ee6210b1068802ed8486543c1f313cb8ac64571c20d51bf50fdb34ad4c457018
linux-i686	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/riscv32-esp-elf-12.2.0_20230208-i686-linux-gnu.tar.xz SHA256: 9207fe3d1413cf29fad6dc4bdc9a35f538b0b2c48a70e9a89d2f0e930c346aed
macos	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/riscv32-esp-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz SHA256: 78cd1afe458fceb7c2657fe346edb0ecfde3b8743ccf7a7a7509c456cad9de9a
macos-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/riscv32-esp-elf-12.2.0_20230208-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz SHA256: 6c0a4151afb258766911fc7bcfe5f4fee6ee2cd9a5ff25542bc1228c1203a3f9
win32	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/riscv32-esp-elf-12.2.0_20230208-i686-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: a5dfbb6dbf6fc6c6ea9beb2723af059ba3c5b2c86c2f0dc3b21afdc7bb229bf5
win64	required	https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-12.2.0_20230208/riscv32-esp-elf-12.2.0_20230208-x86_64-w64-mingw32.zip SHA256: 9deae9e0013b2f7bbf017f9c8135755bfa89522f337c7dca35872bf12ec08176

esp32ulp-elf

Toolchain for ESP32 ULP coprocessor

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

More info: https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp32ulp-elf-v2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf-2.35_20220830-linux-amd64.tar.gz SHA256: b1f7801c3a16162e72393ebb772c0cbfe4d22d907be7c2c2dac168736e9195fd
linux-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp32ulp-elf-v2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf-2.35_20220830-linux-arm64.tar.gz SHA256: d6671b31bab31b9b13aea25bb7d60f15484cb8bf961ddbf67a62867e5563eae5
linux-armel	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp32ulp-elf-v2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf-2.35_20220830-linux-armel.tar.gz SHA256: e107e7a9cd50d630b034f435a16a52db5a57388dc639a99c4c393c5e429711e9
linux-armhf	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp32ulp-elf-v2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf-2.35_20220830-linux-armhf.tar.gz SHA256: 6c6dd25477b2e758d4669da3774bf664d1f012442c880f17dfdf0339e9c3dae9
macos	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp32ulp-elf-v2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf-2.35_20220830-macos.tar.gz SHA256: 5a952087b621ced16af1e375feac1371a61cb51ab7e7b44cbefb5afda2d573de
macos-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp32ulp-elf-v2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf-2.35_20220830-macos-arm64.tar.gz SHA256: 73bda8476ef92d4f4abee96519abbba40e5ee32f368427469447b83cc7bb9b42
win32	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp32ulp-elf-v2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf-2.35_20220830-win32.zip SHA256: 77344715ea7d7a7a9fd0b27653f880efaf3bcc1ac843f61492d8a0365d91f731
win64	required	https://github.com/espressif/binutils-gdb/releases/download/esp32ulp-elf-v2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf-2.35_20220830-win64.zip SHA256: 525e5b4c8299869a3fdddb51baad76612c5c104bd96952ae6460ad7e5b5a4e21

cmake

CMake build system

On Linux and macOS, it is recommended to install CMake using the OS-specific package manager (like apt, yum, brew, etc.). However, for convenience it is possible to install CMake using idf_tools.py along with the other tools.

License: BSD-3-Clause

More info: https://github.com/Kitware/CMake

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	optional	https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.24.0/cmake-3.24.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz SHA256: 726f88e6598523911e4bce9b059dc20b851aa77f97e4cc5573f4e42775a5c16f
linux-arm64	optional	https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.24.0/cmake-3.24.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz SHA256: 50c3b8e9d3a3cde850dd1ea143df9d1ae546cbc5e74dc6d223eefc1979189651
linux-armel	optional	https://dl.espressif.com/dl/cmake/cmake-3.24.0-Linux-armv7l.tar.gz SHA256: 7dc787ef968dfef92491a4f191b8739ff70f8a649608b811c7a737b52481beb0
linux-armhf	optional	https://dl.espressif.com/dl/cmake/cmake-3.24.0-Linux-armv7l.tar.gz SHA256: 7dc787ef968dfef92491a4f191b8739ff70f8a649608b811c7a737b52481beb0
macos	optional	https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.24.0/cmake-3.24.0-macos-universal.tar.gz SHA256: 3e0cca74a56d9027dabb845a5a26e42ef8e8b33beb1655d6a724187a345145e4
macos-arm64	optional	https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.24.0/cmake-3.24.0-macos-universal.tar.gz SHA256: 3e0cca74a56d9027dabb845a5a26e42ef8e8b33beb1655d6a724187a345145e4
win32	required	https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.24.0/cmake-3.24.0-windows-x86_64.zip SHA256: b1ad8c2dbf0778e3efcc9fd61cd4a962e5c1af40aabdebee3d5074bcff2e103c
win64	required	https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.24.0/cmake-3.24.0-windows-x86_64.zip SHA256: b1ad8c2dbf0778e3efcc9fd61cd4a962e5c1af40aabdebee3d5074bcff2e103c

openocd-esp32

OpenOCD for ESP32

License: GPL-2.0-only

More info: https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	required	https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32/releases/download/v0.12.0-esp32-20230419/openocd-esp32-linux-amd64-0.12.0-esp32-20230419.tar.gz SHA256: 5144e7516cd75a2152b35ecae0a400f7d3d4424c2488fbacc49433564f54c70d
linux-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32/releases/download/v0.12.0-esp32-20230419/openocd-esp32-linux-arm64-0.12.0-esp32-20230419.tar.gz SHA256: 1c4d900c738fe00730c6033abb6cf1cc6587717dbeee291d5908272d153d329a
linux-armel	required	https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32/releases/download/v0.12.0-esp32-20230419/openocd-esp32-linux-armel-0.12.0-esp32-20230419.tar.gz SHA256: 293258fd67618dd352e1096137ad9f2b801926eaf74ffcd570540ae94ad8ee5c
linux-armhf	required	https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32/releases/download/v0.12.0-esp32-20230419/openocd-esp32-linux-armhf-0.12.0-esp32-20230419.tar.gz SHA256: b87cfb291476fc2e34468ea9175a9e195c6f1fce88e643c955c87ccc58bfb1f8
macos	required	https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32/releases/download/v0.12.0-esp32-20230419/openocd-esp32-macos-0.12.0-esp32-20230419.tar.gz SHA256: 621aad7d011c6817cde9570dfea42c7bcc699458bf43c37706cb4c2f6475a247
macos-arm64	required	https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32/releases/download/v0.12.0-esp32-20230419/openocd-esp32-macos-arm64-0.12.0-esp32-20230419.tar.gz SHA256: 3af7eac3a7de3939731ec4c13fb5d72a8e6ce5e5d274bb9697f5d93039561e42
win32	required	https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32/releases/download/v0.12.0-esp32-20230419/openocd-esp32-win32-0.12.0-esp32-20230419.zip SHA256: f2cb3d9cacfe789c20d3272af846d726a062ce8f2e4ee142bddb27501d7dd7a7
win64	required	https://github.com/espressif/openocd-esp32/releases/download/v0.12.0-esp32-20230419/openocd-esp32-win32-0.12.0-esp32-20230419.zip SHA256: f2cb3d9cacfe789c20d3272af846d726a062ce8f2e4ee142bddb27501d7dd7a7

ninja

Ninja build system

On Linux and macOS, it is recommended to install ninja using the OS-specific package manager (like apt, yum, brew, etc.). However, for convenience it is possible to install ninja using idf_tools.py along with the other tools.

License: Apache-2.0

More info: https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja

Platform	Required	Download
linux-amd64	optional	https://dl.espressif.com/dl/ninja-1.10.2-linux64.tar.gz SHA256: 32bb769de4d57aa7ee0e292cfcb7553e7cc8ea0961f7aa2b3aee60aa407c4033
macos	optional	https://dl.espressif.com/dl/ninja-1.10.2-osx.tar.gz SHA256: 847bb1ca4bc16d8dba6aeed3ecb5055498b86bc68c364c37583eb5738bb440f1
macos-arm64	optional	https://dl.espressif.com/dl/ninja-1.10.2-osx.tar.gz SHA256: 847bb1ca4bc16d8dba6aeed3ecb5055498b86bc68c364c37583eb5738bb440f1
win64	required	https://dl.espressif.com/dl/ninja-1.10.2-win64.zip SHA256: bbde850d247d2737c5764c927d1071cbb1f1957dcabda4a130fa8547c12c695f

idf-exe

IDF wrapper tool for Windows

License: Apache-2.0

More info: https://github.com/espressif/idf_py_exe_tool

Platform	Required	Download
win32	required	https://github.com/espressif/idf_py_exe_tool/releases/download/v1.0.3/idf-exe-v1.0.3.zip SHA256: 7c81ef534c562354a5402ab6b90a6eb1cc8473a9f4a7b7a7f93ebbd23b4a2755
win64	required	https://github.com/espressif/idf_py_exe_tool/releases/download/v1.0.3/idf-exe-v1.0.3.zip SHA256: 7c81ef534c562354a5402ab6b90a6eb1cc8473a9f4a7b7a7f93ebbd23b4a2755

ccache

Ccache (compiler cache)

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

More info: https://github.com/ccache/ccache

Platform	Required	Download
win64	required	https://github.com/ccache/ccache/releases/download/v4.8/ccache-4.8-windows-x86_64.zip SHA256: a2b3bab4bb8318ffc5b3e4074dc25636258bc7e4b51261f7d9bef8127fda8309

dfu-util

dfu-util (Device Firmware Upgrade Utilities)

License: GPL-2.0-only

More info: http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/

Platform	Required	Download
win64	required	https://dl.espressif.com/dl/dfu-util-0.11-win64.zip SHA256: 652eb94cb1c074c6dbead9e47adb628922aeb198a4d440a346ab32e7a0e9bf64

esp-rom-elfs

ESP ROM ELFs

License: Apache-2.0

More info: https://github.com/espressif/esp-rom-elfs

Platform	Required	Download
any	required	https://github.com/espressif/esp-rom-elfs/releases/download/20230320/esp-rom-elfs-20230320.tar.gz SHA256: 24bcc8cb3287175d4a0bfd65e04bf7ef592a10f022acffca0d5e87eee05996d4

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