esptool (espressif-esptool) Package name

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Package name

  • espressif-esptool

License

  • MIT

Last updated

  • 31 May 2026 - latest/stable
  • 24 July 2026 - latest/candidate

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Serial utility for flashing, provisioning, and interacting with Espressif SoCs

A Python-based, open-source, platform-independent serial utility for flashing, provisioning, and interacting with Espressif SoCs (ESP32, ESP8266, etc.).

Features:

  • Flash firmware to ESP32, ESP8266, and other Espressif chips
  • Read, write, erase, and verify binary data stored in flash
  • Read chip features and MAC address information
  • Read and write one-time-programmable eFuses
  • Support for various firmware formats and bootloaders
  • Complete toolset including esptool, espefuse, and espsecure
  • Work with ROM bootloader and flasher stub

Usage: The following top level commands are exported as part of the snap.

  • espressif-esptool.esptool
  • espressif-esptool.espefuse
  • espressif-esptool.espsecure

These can be aliased to more friendly names using the following alias commands:

  • snap alias espressif-esptool.esptool esptool
  • snap alias espressif-esptool.espefuse espefuse
  • snap alias espressif-esptool.espsecure espsecure

You will need to manually connect raw-usb and serial access before you can work with your esp devices.

  • sudo snap connect espressif-esptool:raw-usb
  • sudo snap connect espressif-esptool:serial
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Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 26.04
Zorin OS 18
Debian 13
Ubuntu 22.04
Debian 12
Ubuntu 25.10
Fedora 44
Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu 20.04
Linux Mint 22.3
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Linux Mint 22.2
Ubuntu 25.04
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