# fwupd/fwupd

A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware

Repository: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fwupd
Language: C
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Topics: firmware, update, c, linux
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:59:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4206, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 37, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 39}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4130, forks 625 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:36.060245+00:00)

## What it is
fwupd is a system daemon for Linux that enables session software to safely and automatically update device firmware. It provides a D-Bus interface and CLI tooling used by desktop environments like GNOME Software to manage firmware updates.

## Use cases
- update device firmware on linux
- install uefi capsule firmware updates
- check for firmware updates from the command line
- keep ssd and peripheral firmware up to date
- integrate firmware updates into a desktop software center
- verify firmware metadata and signatures before flashing

## When to choose
- you run Linux and want safe, distro-managed firmware updates
- you build desktop software that should expose firmware updates to users
- you administer Linux fleets and need scripted firmware updates via fwupdmgr

## When to avoid
- you need firmware updates on Windows or macOS
- you want to flash custom or vendor-specific firmware outside the LVFS ecosystem
- you need a cross-platform update framework

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: deployment, security, cli, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, hardware, developer-tools, security
- platform: cli, self-hosted
- tags: firmware-updates, system-daemon, dbus, uefi-capsule, device-management, linux

## Member repositories
- fwupd/fwupd (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:36.060245+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:23:03.386991+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:36.060245+00:00, sha c01abe6f8aa4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.