⚡ Archduino
A full TUI-based Arduino development environment — one script, zero friction.

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Archduino bootstraps a complete terminal-based Arduino IDE on Arch Linux or Ubuntu (including WSL2). It installs, configures, and wires together a curated set of modern CLI tools — with a unified colorscheme of your choice — so you can go from a bare system to compiling and uploading sketches in minutes.

The Idea was a Development Environment runnable by almost everything. No GUI needed! This is tested on a minimal Arch install without a Desktop Environment!

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  ║       ⚡ Archduino Bootstrap ⚡      ║
  ║  TUI Arduino Dev Environment Setup    ║
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✨ What You Get

Layer	Tool	Purpose
Editor	Neovim + NvChad	Fully configured IDE with LSP, Treesitter, and fuzzy finding
Arduino	arduino-cli + vim-arduino	Compile, upload, and monitor directly from Neovim
Multiplexer	Zellij	Tiled workspace with a custom Arduino layout
Shell	Zsh + Oh My Zsh	Autosuggestions, syntax highlighting, smart completions
Prompt	Starship	Fast, minimal, git-aware prompt
Git	Lazygit	Beautiful terminal UI for git
File Manager	Yazi	Blazing fast terminal file manager with image preview
Serial	tio	Simple serial device I/O
Font	JetBrainsMono Nerd Font	Icons and ligatures for all TUI tools
Theme	5 colorschemes	Consistent look across every tool (see below)

Colorschemes

The installer lets you pick a theme that is applied consistently across Neovim, Starship, Zellij, Lazygit, and Yazi:

#	Theme	Style
1	Gruvbox Dark	Warm retro browns and yellows
2	Catppuccin Mocha	Soft pastel on dark base
3	Tokyo Night	Cool blues and purples
4	Nord	Arctic, muted blue-grey
5	Dracula	High-contrast purple and green

You can switch themes at any time after installation:

archduino-theme    # or just: theme

This updates Starship, Zellij, Lazygit, Yazi, and NvChad in one step.

Supported Boards (out of the box)

Board	FQBN
Arduino Uno	arduino:avr:uno
Arduino Mega	arduino:avr:mega
Arduino Nano	arduino:avr:nano
ESP32	esp32:esp32:esp32
ESP32-S3	esp32:esp32:esp32s3
ESP8266 (NodeMCU)	esp8266:esp8266:nodemcuv2

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🚀 Quickstart

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/<your-username>/ArduinoArch.git
cd ArduinoArch
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

The installer will:

1. Show a banner with detected OS and package manager
2. Let you pick your colorscheme (applied to all tools)
3. Let you choose between progress bar or verbose output
4. Ask for your sudo password once (cached for the entire install)
5. Run through all 11 setup steps automatically

After it finishes, start a new shell or run source ~/.zshrc.

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📁 Project Structure

ArduinoArch/
├── install.sh              # Main entry point
└── lib/
    ├── common.sh           # Colors, helpers, environment detection, progress bar
    ├── themes.sh           # Colorscheme selection menu
    ├── themes/
    │   ├── gruvbox.sh      # Gruvbox Dark configs
    │   ├── catppuccin.sh   # Catppuccin Mocha configs
    │   ├── tokyonight.sh   # Tokyo Night configs
    │   ├── nord.sh         # Nord configs
    │   └── dracula.sh      # Dracula configs
    ├── packages.sh         # Base packages (build tools, ripgrep, fd, bat, etc.)
    ├── fonts.sh            # JetBrainsMono Nerd Font installation
    ├── zsh.sh              # Oh My Zsh + plugins
    ├── starship.sh         # Starship prompt config
    ├── zellij.sh           # Zellij + config + Arduino workspace layout
    ├── neovim.sh           # Neovim + NvChad + plugin configs (Arduino, LSP)
    ├── yazi.sh             # Yazi file manager + themed config
    ├── arduino.sh          # Arduino CLI + AVR/ESP32/ESP8266 cores + common libraries
    ├── git.sh              # Lazygit config
    ├── scaffold.sh         # `arduino-new` scaffolding tool + board templates
    └── shell-config.sh     # .zshrc aliases/config + WSL2 extras

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🔧 Usage

Creating a New Project

arduino-new my-project uno
cd my-project
nvim my-project.ino

This scaffolds a ready-to-go project with:

• Board-specific .ino template (WiFi-enabled for ESP boards)
• sketch.yaml with your board's FQBN
• .clangd config for C++17 intellisense
• .gitignore for build artifacts
• Initialized git repo

Launching the Arduino Workspace

adev

Opens Zellij with the custom Arduino layout:

┌──────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│                      │                 │
│    Neovim (65%)      │   Terminal      │
│                      │                 │
│                      ├─────────────────┤
│                      │   Serial Mon    │
│                      │                 │
├──────────────────────┴─────────────────┤
│  Tab: code (focused) │   Tab: git      │
└────────────────────────────────────────┘

Neovim Keybindings (Arduino)

All keybindings are under <leader>a:

Key	Action
<leader>ac	Choose board
<leader>ap	Choose port
<leader>av	Verify (compile)
<leader>au	Upload
<leader>as	Serial monitor
<leader>ai	Board info

Zellij Keybindings

Key	Action
Alt h/l	Move focus left/right (or switch tabs)
Alt j/k	Move focus down/up
Alt n	New pane below
Alt v	New pane to the right
Alt f	Toggle floating panes
Alt t	New tab

Shell Aliases

Alias	Command
adev	zellij --layout arduino
ac	arduino-cli
acc	arduino-cli compile
acu	arduino-cli upload
acm	arduino-cli monitor
acb	arduino-cli board list
lg	lazygit
v	nvim
y	yazi (file manager)
theme	archduino-theme (switch colorscheme)

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🖥️ WSL2 Notes

Archduino fully supports WSL2 (both Arch and Ubuntu). The installer automatically:

• Detects the WSL2 environment
• Adds your user to the dialout and uucp groups for serial access

To connect your Arduino over USB you need usbipd-win on the Windows side:

# On Windows (PowerShell as Admin)
winget install usbipd

# List USB devices
usbipd list

# Attach your Arduino to WSL
usbipd attach --wsl --busid <BUSID>

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Each installer step lives in its own file under lib/, making it straightforward to modify or extend individual components without touching the rest.

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📄 License

This project is open source. Feel free to use, modify, and distribute.