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minicom

brew install minicom v2.11.1 GPL-2.0-or-later

Menu-driven terminal emulator and serial port communication tool for connecting to modems and serial devices.

Why you might care

Essential for debugging embedded systems, serial consoles, and legacy hardware that require direct serial port access. Provides a lightweight, interactive interface for serial communication with features like script automation and capture logging. Drop-in standard for development workflows involving microcontrollers, routers, and serial consoles.

Categories

terminal-utility sysadmin

Alternatives

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Build dependencies

pkgconf

Links

Caveats

Terminal Compatibility
======================
If minicom doesn't see the LANG variable, it will try to fallback to
make the layout more compatible, but uglier. Certain unsupported
encodings will completely render the UI useless, so if the UI looks
strange, try setting the following environment variable:

  LANG="en_US.UTF-8"

Text Input Not Working
======================
Most development boards require Serial port setup -> Hardware Flow
Control to be set to "No" to input text.

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