ARDUINO-CLI-CORE-DOWNLOAD(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL 💖 this page is all about arduino-cli-core-download — it downloads one or more cores and corresponding tool dependencies. that's the whole vibe. download, not install. you're just grabbing the goods 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

arduino-cli core download [PACKAGER:ARCH[@VERSION]]... [flags]

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

literally what it says on the tin, bestie: it downloads one or more cores and corresponding tool dependencies. no cap. it's giving "get the files, do nothing else" energy ✨

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -h, --help[=false] — the help for download, periodt. shows you the tea on this exact subcommand.

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🦋 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🦋

these ones are the family heirlooms, passed down from the parent command 💜

• --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 to use (if you don't specify one, the default gets used).
• --json[=false] — print the output in JSON format.
• --log[=false] — print 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, 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.
• --no-color[=false] — disable colored output 🎨🚫.

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

copy these exactly bestie, they're iconic 🔥

debian/build/bin/arduino-cli core download arduino:samd       # download the latest version of Arduino SAMD core.
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli core download arduino:samd@1.6.9 # download a specific version (in this case 1.6.9).

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• arduino-cli-core(1) — the main character, obvs 💖

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📜 HISTORY 📜

• 15-Aug-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra

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ok that's the whole page bestie, slay 💅 this little gift came from ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL(1), auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Aug 2026. mwah 🫶✨