Hello everyone, I found that it seems no longer necessary to manually add the URL in "Preferences" to directly search and install ESP32 in the "Board Manager." I checked Arduino's official package_index.json and found that it indeed already contains information about ESP32. <a href="https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json#:~:text=MCU%2522%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%257D%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%255D%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2522toolsDependencies%2522%253A%2520%255B%255D%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%257D%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%255D%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2522tools%2522%253A%2520%255B%255D%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%257D%252C%250A%2520%2520%2520%2520%257B-,%2522name%2522%253A%2520%2522esp32%2522%252C,-%2522maintainer%2522%253A%2520%2522Espressif%2520Systems">https://downloads.ardu…

Hi @wulu . [image] wulu: May I ask if this is an officially confirmed permanent change? I can't "confirm" this, but the "esp32" platform was added to the primary package index two years ago so this is well established. [image] wulu: I'm making a tutorial and hope to provide the most accu…

[Discussion] Does Arduino IDE already support ESP32 by default?

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ptillisch July 24, 2025, 8:19am 6

You are welcome. I'm glad if I was able to be of assistance.

Regards, Per

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[Discussion] Does Arduino IDE already support ESP32 by default?

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