generated: '2026-09-06'
method: searched
source: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-cli, https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-linux-cli,
  https://www.npmjs.com/package/edge-impulse-cli
provider: Edge Impulse
providerId: edge-impulse
description: 'Edge Impulse ships a first-party CLI as an npm bundle of six separate binaries rather than
  one command with subcommands. It is device-facing: it configures boards over serial, proxies devices
  that have no IP connection, forwards sensor data, runs a deployed impulse, and packages custom blocks.
  A second bundle, edge-impulse-linux, covers Linux-class devices.'
packages:
- name: edge-impulse-cli
  registry: npm
  version: 1.39.3
  published: '2026-08-27'
  install: npm install -g edge-impulse-cli
  requires: Node.js; Python 3 and a build toolchain for some serial dependencies
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-cli/installation
- name: edge-impulse-linux
  registry: npm
  version: 1.25.2
  published: '2026-08-04'
  install: npm install -g edge-impulse-linux
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-linux-cli
binaries:
- command: edge-impulse-daemon
  purpose: Configure a device over serial and act as a proxy for devices with no IP connection. Speaks
    the Remote Management WebSocket protocol on the device's behalf.
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-cli/serial-daemon
- command: edge-impulse-uploader
  purpose: Upload and sign local files into a project dataset.
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-cli/uploader
- command: edge-impulse-data-forwarder
  purpose: Collect data from any supported device over a serial connection and forward it to Edge Impulse.
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-cli/data-forwarder
- command: edge-impulse-run-impulse
  purpose: Run and inspect the impulse currently deployed on a device.
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-cli/impulse-runner
- command: edge-impulse-blocks
  purpose: Create and push organizational transformation, custom DSP, custom deployment and custom transfer-learning
    blocks.
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-cli/blocks
- command: himax-flash-tool
  purpose: Flash Himax boards and microcontrollers.
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-cli/himax-flash-tool
- command: edge-impulse-linux
  purpose: Connect a Linux device (Raspberry Pi, Jetson, Dragonwing) to a project for data collection.
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-linux-cli
- command: edge-impulse-linux-runner
  purpose: Download and run a built .eim model on a Linux device, with a local inference web view.
  docs: https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/tools/clis/edge-impulse-linux-cli
authentication: Interactive login prompts for Edge Impulse credentials, or --api-key with a project ei_
  key. The daemon writes device config back to the board.
agent_cli:
  note: 'Separately from the device CLI, the MCP packages install an agent-facing CLI: ei-agentic-claude
    installs an edge-impulse-cli binary of its own that shadows the device CLI name. They are different
    programs — see mcp/edge-impulse-mcp.yml.'
browser_alternative: Chrome and Edge can connect to fully-supported development boards directly over WebSerial,
  with no CLI installed.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com