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PlatformIO

Your gateway to embedded software development.

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PlatformIO is an ecosystem for embedded software development that uses declarative configuration and test-driven workflows. It brings together tooling for building, debugging, testing and analyzing firmware projects, covering work from local development through to continuous integration.

Its components include PlatformIO IDE and PlatformIO Core (CLI), along with debugging, unit testing, static code analysis, remote development and library management. It integrates with desktop and cloud IDEs, and supports continuous integration, with a registry for packages and libraries.

PlatformIO is aimed at developers working on embedded and IoT projects across a range of hardware platforms. The pricing page does not set out specific plans or packaging details.

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