trabucayre/openFPGALoader

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

openFPGALoader is a universal open-source command-line utility for programming FPGAs. It supports loading bitstreams into SRAM or writing them to flash across many boards, cables, and FPGA families from major manufacturers such as Xilinx, Intel/Altera, Lattice, Gowin, Efinix, Anlogic, and Cologne Chip.

Use cases

• load a bitstream onto an FPGA board from the command line
• write a bitstream to FPGA configuration flash memory
• program Xilinx, Lattice, Gowin, or Intel FPGAs without vendor tools
• flash an Arty board or other supported dev board
• configure FPGAs on Linux, macOS, Windows, or OpenBSD
• automate FPGA programming in CI or build scripts

When to choose

• you want a single open-source tool instead of multiple vendor programming utilities
• your board, cable, or FPGA is on its compatibility lists
• you need cross-platform FPGA programming from the terminal or in automation

When to avoid

• your specific FPGA, board, or debug cable is not supported
• you require vendor-specific features only available in proprietary tools like Vivado Hardware Manager

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools embedded embedded-systems hardware developer-tools windows bsd cli cross-platform fpga bitstream jtag xilinx lattice gowin intel-altera efinix anlogic cologne-chip flash-programming command-line linux macos

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