# amperka/ino

Command line toolkit for working with Arduino hardware

Repository: https://github.com/amperka/ino
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ino
Homepage: http://inotool.org
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-11-23T14:48:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5420, "days_push": 2840, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1076, forks 230 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:29.383155+00:00)

## What it is
Ino is a Python-based command line toolkit for building and uploading Arduino firmware without the Arduino IDE. It auto-generates Makefiles, supports project scaffolding, firmware upload, and serial communication with devices.

## Use cases
- build arduino sketches from the command line
- upload firmware to arduino without the ide
- create new arduino projects quickly
- use arduino with vim or another editor
- integrate arduino builds into ci or a third-party ide
- monitor serial output from an arduino board

## When to choose
- you prefer command line and your own editor over the Arduino IDE
- you want to automate Arduino builds in scripts or CI
- you work on Linux or macOS with Arduino 0.x/1.x

## When to avoid
- you need Windows support
- you need actively maintained tooling or modern Arduino CLI features
- your project uses Arduino IDE 2.x or newer board toolchains

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, cli, developer-tools
- domain: embedded-systems, hardware, developer-tools
- platform: cli, python
- tags: arduino, firmware, embedded, serial-monitor, makefile-generation, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- amperka/ino (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.383155+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 2026-08-30T06:53:20.474145+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/amperka/ino (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.383155+00:00, sha e155f098e28d)
  - homepage: http://inotool.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:54:59.739558+00:00, sha a5b7bb976718)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.