After Installing

Windows

On Windows, the installer creates a desktop icon labeled IDF_PowerShell. Clicking this icon will launch PowerShell with the environment set up, allowing you to start using ESP-IDF immediately. If you’ve installed multiple versions, you will have multiple icons, one for each version.

macOS & Linux

In the installation directory you selected, there will be activation scripts for both Bash and Fish shells:

• Bash: activate_idf_{version}.sh - works in Sh, Bash, Dash and Zsh
• Fish: activate_idf_{version}.fish - for Fish shell users

If you’ve installed multiple versions of ESP-IDF, there will be separate scripts for each version.

Note The script must be sourced and not executed!