New in version 6.0.
pio pkg search [OPTIONS] [QUERY]
Search the PlatformIO Registry for packages matching the search query. You can use Search Qualifiers or perform a full-text search over the following package metadata:
Name
Description
Authors
Keywords
README file
Development platform boards.
Multiple Search Qualifiers and full-text search words are allowed if split with space. See also Search Operators for the advanced search.
Number of items to skip before starting to collect the result set.
Sort method. Available methods are relevance, popularity, trending, added, and updated.
You can search for packages on the PlatformIO Registry and narrow the results using these search qualifiers in any combination.
You can search packages by type (see Package Types)
or tier qualifier.
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type:library matches only library packages |
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Search for packages by their metadata.
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name:”Adafruit BusIO” matches Adafruit BusIO library |
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keyword:json matches packages by “json” keyword |
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category:”AI & ML” matches AI and ML compatible packages |
Search for packages owned by the owner or maintained by the author.
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owner:espressif matches packages owned by Espressif Systems |
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author:”Paul Stoffregen” matches packages with Paul Stoffregen’s contribution |
You can filter packages by compatibility using framework or platform qualifier.
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framework:arduino json matches JSON related packages compatible with Arduino framework |
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platform:espressif32 matches packages compatible with Espressif32 development platform |
You can search for libraries that contain header file.
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header:”Adafruit_Sensor.h”
matches packages that contain |
You can search for packages that depend on the specified package or for package dependencies.
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dependent:”bblanchon/ArduinoJson” matches packages that depend on ArduinoJson library |
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dependency:”painlessmesh/painlessMesh” matches painlessMesh dependencies |
PlatformIO Registry supports the following operators:
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A leading or trailing plus sign indicates that this word must be present in the search result that is returned. |
json +arduino matches JSON-related packages that contain the “arduino” word in the package metadata |
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A leading or trailing minus sign indicates that this word must not be present in the search result that is returned. |
json -mbed matches JSON-related packages that do not contain the “mbed” word in the package metadata |
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The asterisk serves as the truncation (or wildcard) operator. Unlike the
other operators, it is appended to the word to be affected. Words match if
they begin with the word preceding the |
DHT* matches packages that contain a word that starts with “DHT” |
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A phrase that is enclosed within double quote ( |
“humidity sensor” matches packages that contain the “humidity sensor” phrase. |
List trending libraries
> pio pkg search "type:library" --sort trending
Found 12374 packages (page 1 of 1238)
adafruit/Adafruit Unified Sensor
Library • 1.1.5 • Published on Mon Mar 7 21:09:03 2022
Required for all Adafruit Unified Sensor based libraries. A unified sensor abstraction layer used by many Adafruit sensor libraries.
stm32duino/STM32duino FreeRTOS
Library • 10.3.1 • Published on Mon Feb 28 15:46:45 2022
Real Time Operating System implemented for STM32
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List trending libraries
> pio pkg search "type:library" --sort trending
Found 12374 packages (page 1 of 1238)
adafruit/Adafruit Unified Sensor
Library • 1.1.5 • Published on Mon Mar 7 21:09:03 2022
Required for all Adafruit Unified Sensor based libraries. A unified sensor abstraction layer used by many Adafruit sensor libraries.
stm32duino/STM32duino FreeRTOS
Library • 10.3.1 • Published on Mon Feb 28 15:46:45 2022
Real Time Operating System implemented for STM32
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Search for packages that match words that start with “DHT”
> pio pkg search "DHT*"
Found 163 packages (page 1 of 17)
0nism/ESP32-DHT11
Library • 1.0.1 • Published on Tue Oct 16 19:30:42 2018
Full featured driver to use DHT11 sensor on esp32 with esp-idf
adafruit/Adafruit DHT Unified
Library • 1.0.0 • Published on Fri May 27 20:45:19 2016
Unified sensor library version of the DHT humidity ...
robtillaart/DHT20
Library • 0.1.0 • Published on Tue Jan 11 20:35:46 2022
Arduino library for I2C DHT20 temperature and humidity sensor.
...
Search for packages that support STM32F405RG MCU
> pio pkg search "STM32F405RG"
Found 4 packages (page 1 of 1)
aceinna/aceinna_imu
Official Platform • 1.3.8 • Published on Mon Oct 25 16:39:27 2021
Open-source, embedded development ...
twilio/Breakout Arduino Library
Library • 0.1.0 • Published on Tue Oct 23 16:22:19 2018
Arduino library for the Twilio ...
platformio/ststm32
Platform • 15.2.0 • Published on Fri Jan 28 13:21:03 2022
The STM32 family of 32-bit Flash MCUs ...
platformio/framework-arduinoststm32
Tool • 4.20200.220204 • Published on Mon Feb 7 09:47:31 2022
Arduino Wiring-based Framework for ST STM32 microcontrollers
Search for official development platforms that support STM32F405RG MCU
> pio pkg search "type:platform tier:official STM32F405RG"
Found 1 packages (page 1 of 1)
aceinna/aceinna_imu
Official Platform • 1.3.8 • Published on Mon Oct 25 16:39:27 2021
Open-source, embedded development platform for Aceinna IMU hardware. Run custom algorithms and navigation code on Aceinna IMU/INS hardware.