ARDUINO-CLI-BOARD-LIST(1)

💖 ARDUINO-CLI-BOARD-LIST(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Arduino Command Line Manual ✨ this one's the page for arduino-cli-board-list, and no cap, it's a good one.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

arduino-cli-board-list — literally just lists the boards you've got plugged in. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

arduino-cli board list [flags]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the way this works: it detects and displays a list of boards connected to the current computer. that's it. it goes out, it finds your boards, it tells you who's there. main character energy fr fr 💅

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --board-options=[] — a list of board options separated by commas. OR you can use it multiple times for multiple options, whichever vibe you prefer 💜
• --discovery-timeout=1s — the max time to wait for port discovery. like, e.g.: 30s, 1m. give it a little patience window 🫶
• -b, --fqbn="" — Fully Qualified Board Name. e.g.: arduino:avr:uno. yes it stands for that, yes it's a lot of words 🎀
• -h, --help[=false] — help for list. lowkey the most-used flag in existence 🙈
• -w, --watch[=false] — the command keeps running and prints the list of connected boards whenever there is a change. it's giving surveillance but make it wholesome 👑

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these ones come from the parent command, so you get them for free, no extra charge bestie 💖

• --additional-urls=[] — comma-separated list of additional URLs for the Boards Manager.
• --config-dir="" — sets the default data directory (Arduino CLI will look for the configuration file in this directory).
• --config-file="" — the custom config file (if you don't specify it, the default will be used).
• --json[=false] — prints the output in JSON format. for when you need it machine-readable ✨
• --log[=false] — prints the logs on the standard output.
• --log-file="" — path to the file where logs will be written.
• --log-format="text" — the output format for the logs, and it can be: text, json.
• --log-level="info" — messages with this level and above will be logged. valid levels are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic. that's the whole ladder, bestie 🪜
• --no-color[=false] — disables colored output. (sad, but sometimes you gotta 🥲)

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💅 EXAMPLE 💅

debian/build/bin/arduino-cli board list --discovery-timeout 10s

look at that. a whole command. ate and left no crumbs 🔥

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• arduino-cli-board(1) — the parent command, go say hi to it 🫶

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📜 HISTORY 📜

15-Aug-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra. not a human, a whole robot, doing its thing 🤖✨

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aaaand that's the page, bestie!! 🎀 this whole thing was auto generated by spf13/cobra, and it's dated Aug 2026, from the Arduino Command Line Manual — go forth and list some boards, you absolute legend 👑💖