Skip to main content

Host Tools Manager

The Host Tools Manager page shows the status of the host tools installed by Workbench for Zephyr and provides actions to verify or reinstall them. It also lets you manage environment variables and register custom tool paths.

Host Tools Manager

Zinstaller​

At the top of the page you can find the Zinstaller status:

  • Installed: the Zinstaller version currently installed.
  • Minimum Required: the minimum Zinstaller version required by the extension.
  • Status: whether your installation is up to date.

Actions​

  • Reinstall host tools: reinstalls the bundled host tools.
  • Verify host tools: checks if the installed tools are present and match expected versions.
  • Reinstall global venv: recreates the global Python virtual environment used by Workbench.

Host Tools​

This section lists the host tools installed by Workbench (for example Python, CMake, DTC, Ninja, Git, etc.) and their versions.

Use this list to confirm prerequisites when building, flashing, or debugging.

Environment Variables​

This section lets you view and edit global environment variables .

  • Click Edit to change an existing variable.
  • Click Add variable to create a new one.

Extra Tools​

Extra Tools allows you to configure custom locations to the system PATH.

  • Add a custom tool entry and set its Current Path to point to your local installation.
  • Use Edit to update the path or Remove to delete the custom entry.
note

Uninstalling host tools from this page is not supported yet.