Arduino Package Manager

apm (Arduino Package Manager)

A package manager for Arduino projects to make them portable (no more manual download etc...).

This tool fully includes the official arduino-cli (it won't be installed nor need to be installed) so it is automatically compatible with any kind of Arduino projects/sketches.

Features

A package manager for Arduino projects.
The official arduino-cli packages are used to perform actions.

Usage:
  apm [command]

Available Commands:
  add         Adding new libraries to the project
  help        Help about any command
  init        Init APM project
  install     Install dependencies of project
  remove      Remove library from the project

Flags:
  -h, --help                 help for apm
  -p, --project-dir string   Project directory to use (default "/Users/klavorar/Documents/Arduino/temp_sensor")

Use "apm [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Demo

https://asciinema.org/a/6L1JlVsEZMZdvUC8in2b4mjqc

Installation

Install on Linux/MacOS

Run the following in your terminal to install the latest version of apm

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ksrichard/apm/master/install.sh | sh

Install on Windows

Download the latest version of apm from https://github.com/ksrichard/apm/releases/latest for Windows (apm_windows_amd64.exe), rename it to apm.exe and put it on path.

How it works

Every apm based project must have a file called apm.json in the project root (it can be create by running apm init) This configuration file is containing all the information that an Arduino project needs.

NOTE on versioning - if you would like to use always the latest version, please use latest in any package version and always latest will be used!

apm.json structure:

• board - (Optional) you can select here the package/architecture of the board you will use, it will be automatically installed
  • package - Arduino core package name
  • architecture - Architecture of Arduino core package
  • version - Version of core package (latest for always latest version)
  • board_manager_url - (Optional) Additional Board Manager URL if needed for the board core package to be installed
• dependencies - (Optional, if empty, no dependencies will be installed of course) contains all Arduino Library dependencies that the actual project needs (if any Version mismatch will be in place, process will be stopped)
  • library - Arduino Library name
  • version - Arduino Library version
  • git - (Optional - if it's set, do not set library and version) install library from git repository
  • zip - (Optional - if it's set, do not set library and version) install library from local zip file

Example apm.json:

{
    "board": {
        "package": "esp8266",
        "architecture": "esp8266",
        "version": "latest",
        "board_manager_url": "https://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json"
    },
    "dependencies": [
        {
            "library": "HomeKit-ESP8266",
            "version": "1.2.0"
        },
        {
            "library": "OneWire",
            "version": "latest"
        },
        {
            "library": "DallasTemperature",
            "version": "latest"
        },
        {
            "git": "https://github.com/jandrassy/ArduinoOTA"
        },
        {
            "zip": "ESP8266NetBIOS.zip"
        }
    ]
}