install windows 2026

winget install Espressif.EIM

custom installation path set to d:\esp

offline installer == better

https://dl.espressif.com/dl/idf-installer/esp-idf-tools-setup-offline-5.5.4.exe

https://dl.espressif.com/dl/idf-installer/esp-idf-tools-setup-espressif-ide-3.1.0-with-esp-idf-5.3.1.exe

https://dl.espressif.cn/dl/esp-idf/

install

windows installation

Standard Toolchain Setup for Linux and macOS

examples

project tamplate

vscode

ESP32-C3

Download an archive with submodules included Attached to this release is an esp-idf-v5.0.zip archive. It includes .git directory and all the submodules, so can be used out of the box. This archive is provided for users who have connectivity issues preventing them from cloning from GitHub.

This archive can also be downloaded from Espressif's download server: https://dl.espressif.com/github_assets/espressif/esp-idf/releases/download/v5.0/esp-idf-v5.0.zip

  • idf install python 3.11
  • idf-vs install python 3.8.7

installer

Espressif-IDE

ESP-IDF

install.bat Selected targets are: esp32c3, esp32c2, esp32, esp32s3, esp32h2, esp32s2 Installing tools: xtensa-esp-elf-gdb, riscv32-esp-elf-gdb, xtensa-esp32-elf, xtensa-esp32s2-elf, xtensa-esp32s3-elf, riscv32-esp-elf, esp32ulp-elf, cmake, openocd-esp32, ninja, idf-exe, ccache, dfu-util

C:\Users\Administrator.espressif

Setting up Python environment Creating a new Python environment in C:\Users\Administrator.espressif\python_env\idf5.0_py3.10_env

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