Environment variables¶

Environment variables are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer.

PlatformIO handles variables which start with PLATFORMIO_ prefix. They have the HIGHEST PRIORITY.

How to set environment variable?

# Windows
set VARIABLE_NAME=VALUE

# Unix (bash, zsh)
export VARIABLE_NAME=VALUE

# Unix (fish)
set -x VARIABLE_NAME VALUE

General ¶

PlatformIO uses General environment variables for the common operations/commands.

CI¶

PlatformIO handles CI variable which is setup by Continuous Integration (Travis, Circle and etc.) systems. PlatformIO uses it to disable prompts and progress bars. In other words, CI=true automatically setup PLATFORMIO_DISABLE_PROGRESSBAR to true.

PLATFORMIO_AUTH_TOKEN¶

Allows to specify Personal Authentication Token that could be used for automatic login in to PIO Account. It is very useful for Continuous Integration systems and PIO Remote™ operations where you are not able manually authorize.

You can get own Personal Authentication Token using platformio account token command.

PLATFORMIO_FORCE_COLOR¶

Force to output color ANSI-codes even if the output is a pipe (not a tty). The possible values are true and false. Default is PLATFORMIO_FORCE_COLOR=false.

PLATFORMIO_DISABLE_PROGRESSBAR¶

Disable progress bar for package/library downloader and uploader. This is useful when calling PlatformIO from subprocess and output is a pipe (not a tty). The possible values are true and false. Default is PLATFORMIO_DISABLE_PROGRESSBAR=false.

PLATFORMIO_HOME_DIR¶

Allows to override Project Configuration File platformio.ini option home_dir.

PLATFORMIO_INCLUDE_DIR¶

Allows to override Project Configuration File platformio.ini option include_dir.

PLATFORMIO_SRC_DIR¶

Allows to override Project Configuration File platformio.ini option src_dir.

PLATFORMIO_LIB_DIR¶

Allows to override Project Configuration File platformio.ini option lib_dir.

PLATFORMIO_LIBDEPS_DIR¶

Allows to override Project Configuration File platformio.ini option libdeps_dir.

PLATFORMIO_BUILD_DIR¶

Allows to override Project Configuration File platformio.ini option build_dir.

PLATFORMIO_DATA_DIR¶

Allows to override Project Configuration File platformio.ini option data_dir.

PLATFORMIO_TEST_DIR¶

Allows to override Project Configuration File platformio.ini option test_dir.

PLATFORMIO_BOARDS_DIR¶

Allows to override Project Configuration File platformio.ini option boards_dir.

PLATFORMIO_REMOTE_AGENT_DIR¶

Allows to override platformio remote agent start --working-dir.

Building ¶

PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS¶

Allows to set Project Configuration File platformio.ini option build_flags.

Examples:

# Unix:
export PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS=-DFOO
export PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS=-DFOO -DBAR=1 -DFLOAT_VALUE=1.23457e+07
export PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS='-DWIFI_PASS=\"My password\"' '-DWIFI_SSID=\"My ssid name\"'

# Windows:
SET PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS=-DFOO
SET PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS=-DFOO -DBAR=1 -DFLOAT_VALUE=1.23457e+07
SET PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS='-DWIFI_PASS="My password"' '-DWIFI_SSID="My ssid name"'