homebrew-rkdeveloptool

🧰 Homebrew Tap for Rockchip flashing and debugging tools.

📦 Included Formulae

🔧 rkdeveloptool

Tool for flashing and debugging Rockchip devices over USB.

• Version: 1.32
• Source: rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool
• Note: Version 1.32 corresponds to commit 304f073752fd25c854e1bcf05d8e7f925b1f4e14, as the upstream project does not use Git tags or releases.

💻 Installation

brew tap IgorKha/rkdeveloptool
brew trust --formula IgorKha/rkdeveloptool/rkdeveloptool
brew install rkdeveloptool

Homebrew Trust Warning

Recent versions of Homebrew require explicit trust for third-party taps.

If you see a message like:

Error: Refusing to load formula igorkha/rkdeveloptool/rkdeveloptool from untrusted tap igorkha/rkdeveloptool.

run:

brew trust --formula IgorKha/rkdeveloptool/rkdeveloptool

Or to trust the entire tap:

brew trust IgorKha/rkdeveloptool

and then retry the installation/upgrade.

📖 Documentation

• 📘 Official Rockchip Wiki
• 📘 Radxa Docs – rkdeveloptool usage

These guides include examples of flashing, reading device info, writing images, and more.

🛠️ Basic Usage

Important

If your rockchip device is not detected, try connecting it via usb 2.0 adapter or usb hub.

# List connected Maskrom devices
rkdeveloptool ld

# Download loader (loader must be appropriate for your device)
rkdeveloptool db <loader>

# Write image to device at offset 0
rkdeveloptool wl 0 <image>

Note

• Compressed files must be extracted before flashing.
• Only one device/storage medium should be connected; multiple targets are not supported.
• To flash multiple devices simultaneously, use upgrade_tool.

📦 Loader & Image Downloads:

• rkbin repo: rockchip-linux/rkbin
• Radxa: https://dl.radxa.com
• Rockchip BSP: https://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Boot_option#Download