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QMK Toolbox

Flashes QMK and other firmware onto custom keyboards, detecting boards in bootloader mode and showing their debug console.

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brew install --cask qmk-toolbox

MIT · Free download · Downloads from github.com

License
MIT
Open source
Category
Utilities
Source
GitHub
qmk
Verified
2026

About QMK Toolbox

QMK Toolbox is the companion app of the QMK keyboard firmware project. You pick a compiled firmware file, put the keyboard into bootloader mode, and the Toolbox recognises the board and writes the firmware, optionally doing so automatically as soon as a board appears.

It bundles the usual command-line flashers for DFU, Caterina, HalfKay, BootloadHID, Atmel SAM-BA and other bootloaders, along with a few ISP programmers, so you do not have to install them separately. It also shows text that a keyboard prints over its HID debug console, which helps when testing your own firmware.

The macOS build requires macOS 12 or later and is offered as an installer package or a zipped app.

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Source code
qmk/qmk_toolbox
License
MIT
Website
qmk.fm
Download
github.com
Homebrew
qmk-toolbox
Category
Utilities
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