# Tools

Two tools for installing and inspecting builds on Board hardware. **Board Connect** is the recommended developer workflow. **`bdb`** is the legacy command-line tool.

## [Board Connect](https://docs.dev.board.fun/tools/board-connect) _(recommended)_

A web app plus HTTP API for working with a Board device from your computer. Pair once, then install builds, stream logs, and drive the device from your dev workflow without USB cables or platform-specific tooling. Works the same regardless of which SDK you build with.

This is the forward path. New workflows, scripts, and integrations should be built on Board Connect.

→ [Get started with Board Connect](https://docs.dev.board.fun/tools/board-connect)

## [`bdb`](https://docs.dev.board.fun/tools/bdb) _(legacy)_

The original USB-based command-line tool: `bdb install`, `bdb launch`, `bdb logs`. Still functional and documented, but it is being phased out in favor of Board Connect and may be deprecated in a future release. **Don’t build new workflows on `bdb`** — use Board Connect for anything you’d otherwise script around.

If you have an existing `bdb`-based workflow, it will keep working for the foreseeable future, and migrating to Board Connect is straightforward whenever you’re ready.

→ [`bdb` reference](https://docs.dev.board.fun/tools/bdb)