fwupd
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fwupd is a simple daemon to allow session software to update device firmware on your local machine. It's designed for desktops, but also usable on phones and headless servers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (LGPL-2.1)
Platforms
- Linux
- Linux Mobile
Features
- Command line interface
- No registration required
- Ad-free
Tags
- daemon
- system-utilities
- system-firmware
- firmware
- firmware-updates
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- Maoholguin published news article about fwupd
Fwupd 2.0 released: Drops legacy signing, adds Darwin & expands hardware compatibilityFwupd 2.0 has been released, marking a significant update for the Linux firmware management tool. T...
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Richard Hughes Licensing
Open Source (LGPL-2.1) and Free product.Written in
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What is fwupd?
fwupd is a simple daemon to allow session software to update device firmware on your local machine. It's designed for desktops, but also usable on phones and headless servers.
Certain desktop environments front-end solutions have built-in fwupd support:
Discover — Software center used with Plasma. With the release of KDE Plasma 5.14, a new fwupd backend has been implemented in KDE Discover for firmware updates. These firmware updates are shown with other system updates. Part of plasma.
Gnome Firmware — Application to upgrade, downgrade and reinstall firmware on devices supported by fwupd. It can unlock locked fwupd devices, verify firmware on supported devices and display all releases for a fwupd device.
GNOME Software — Will check for updates periodically and automatically download firmwares in the background on GNOME. After a firmware has been downloaded a popup will be displayed in Gnome Software to perform the update.