Command-line tool

picotool

brew/picotool

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Tool for interacting with RP2040/RP2350 devices and binaries

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install picotool

Linux

brew install picotool

Display information about the currently loaded program on a Pico

picotool info

Load a binary onto a Pico

picotool load path/to/binary

Convert an ELF or BIN file to UF2

picotool uf2 convert path/to/elf_or_bin path/to/output

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