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nextpnr-ice40 for Mac

Portable FPGA place and route tool for Lattice iCE40

Quick answer: nextpnr-ice40 is a command-line tool for macOS. Install it with brew install nextpnr-ice40. It is distributed under the ISC licence. It has 55 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What nextpnr-ice40 is

nextpnr-ice40 is a command-line tool for macOS: portable FPGA place and route tool for Lattice iCE40.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr.

How to install nextpnr-ice40

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install nextpnr-ice40.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install nextpnr-ice40 on Mac?

Run brew install nextpnr-ice40 in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is nextpnr-ice40 open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the ISC licence.

Does nextpnr-ice40 run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is nextpnr-ice40?

It was installed 55 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #4431 in this catalogue.

What version of nextpnr-ice40 is current?

The latest packaged version is 0.11.1.