The Arduino IDE 2.0 beta

The Arduino IDE is the well-known software we all use to program our boards. During these years, countless hours of development by the Arduino team with the help of a vibrant community made the Arduino IDE the de facto standard for electronics prototyping. First off, a big thank you to the Arduino community that makes development possible with donations and - even more important - by buying original Arduino boards: we use your money to pay the developers that work daily on the Arduino open source software for the benefit of everyone. The path from a simple IDE to an advanced IDE. While the Arduino IDE provides a simple and clear interface that is ideal for the novice users, the more advanced users often report that the editing capabilities are a bit limited compared to modern editors. In 2018, we started to refactor the toolchain by announcing a big game changer: arduino-cli, the Arduino command line tool written in Golang that exposes all the core functionalities of the IDE, providing advanced users with a flexible tool they can integrate into their professional IDE of choice. The time has come: please welcome the Arduino IDE 2.0. We're pleased to announce that as of today the Arduino IDE 2.0 beta is available for download and its code repositories become open source.