Command-line tool

minicom

brew/minicom

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Menu-driven communications program

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install minicom

Linux

brew install minicom

Open a given serial port

sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyXYZ

Open a given serial port with a given baud rate

sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyXYZ -b 115200

Enter the configuration menu before communicating with a given serial port

sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyXYZ -s

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