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fwupd is a simple daemon to allow session software to update device firmware on your local machine. It's designed for desktops, but also usable on phones and headless servers.

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  • Free • Open Source

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  • Linux
  • Linux Mobile
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  • daemon
  • system-utilities
  • system-firmware
  • firmware
  • firmware-updates

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  • Developed by

    Richard Hughes

  • Licensing

    Open Source (LGPL-2.1) and Free product.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  3,469 Stars
  •  495 Forks
  •  80 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jul 7, 2025 
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What is fwupd?

fwupd is a simple daemon to allow session software to update device firmware on your local machine. It's designed for desktops, but also usable on phones and headless servers.

Certain desktop environments front-end solutions have built-in fwupd support:

  • Discover icon Discover — Software center used with Plasma. With the release of KDE Plasma 5.14, a new fwupd backend has been implemented in KDE Discover for firmware updates. These firmware updates are shown with other system updates. Part of plasma.
  • Gnome Firmware icon Gnome Firmware — Application to upgrade, downgrade and reinstall firmware on devices supported by fwupd. It can unlock locked fwupd devices, verify firmware on supported devices and display all releases for a fwupd device.
  • GNOME Software icon GNOME Software — Will check for updates periodically and automatically download firmwares in the background on GNOME. After a firmware has been downloaded a popup will be displayed in Gnome Software to perform the update.

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