Ferqon is a self-hosted test system for embedded boards. You install the CLI and server on one machine, then connect target boards over USB, JTAG, or SWD to run automated hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) tests.

Ferqon is especially useful for teams that want a shared board shelf, scheduled test runs, and CI/CD integration without sending hardware data to a cloud service.

Run the one-line installer for your platform.

# Add the Ferqon apt repository (one-time setup)
curl -fsSL https://ferqon-apt.revyrlabs.workers.dev/install.sh | sudo bash

# Install the CLI and server
sudo apt install ferqon-cli ferqon-server

# Verify the CLI works
ferqon --version
ferqon --help

# Install from the release directory
.\install_windows.ps1

# Verify the CLI works
ferqon --version
ferqon --help

# Start the server
ferqon server start --detach

The setup wizard creates the data directory and default configuration.

ferqon setup

The wizard writes ~/.config/ferqon/config.yml and creates ~/.ferqon_server/data.

If you have a paid or free license file, activate it now.

ferqon auth activate /path/to/license.json

Then confirm the license is active:

ferqon auth status

Start the local server. By default it runs on http://localhost:8000.

ferqon server start

Check that the server is healthy:

ferqon server status

Plug in a board, then discover it.

ferqon devices scan

List the available profiles for the board:

ferqon devices list

Start the flash job (use COM3, COM4, etc. on Windows):

ferqon flash build/firmware.bin --device /dev/ttyACM0 --family rp2040 --board pico

ferqon flash --device COM3 --family rp2040 --board Pico build/firmware.bin

Watch the status and logs:

ferqon flash status

ferqon flash logs