Tools

Two tools for installing and inspecting builds on Board hardware. Board Connect is the recommended developer workflow. bdb is the legacy command-line tool.

A web app plus HTTP API for working with a Board device from your computer. Pair once, then install builds, stream logs, and drive the device from your dev workflow without USB cables or platform-specific tooling. Works the same regardless of which SDK you build with.

This is the forward path. New workflows, scripts, and integrations should be built on Board Connect.

Get started with Board Connect

bdb (legacy)

The original USB-based command-line tool: bdb install, bdb launch, bdb logs. Still functional and documented, but it is being phased out in favor of Board Connect and may be deprecated in a future release. Don’t build new workflows on bdb — use Board Connect for anything you’d otherwise script around.

If you have an existing bdb-based workflow, it will keep working for the foreseeable future, and migrating to Board Connect is straightforward whenever you’re ready.

bdb reference