---
name: "nfc-dep-initiator"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnfc"
version: "1.8.0-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nfc-dep-initiator"
---

# nfc-dep-initiator(1)

Demonstration tool to send/received data as D.E.P. initiator

## NAME

nfc-dep-initiator - Demonstration tool to send/received data as D.E.P. initiator

## SYNOPSIS

**nfc-dep-initiator**

## DESCRIPTION

**nfc-dep-initiator** is a demonstration tool for putting NFC device in D.E.P. initiator mode.

This example will attempt to select a passive D.E.P. target and exchange a simple "Hello" data with target.

Note: this example is designed to work with a D.E.P. target driven by **nfc-dep-target**

## BUGS

Please report any bugs on the **libnfc** issue tracker at:\
 **https://github.com/nfc-tools/libnfc/issues**

## LICENCE

**libnfc** is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 3.\
 **libnfc-utils** and **libnfc-examples** are covered by the the BSD 2-Clause license.

## AUTHORS

Roel Verdult \<roel@libnfc.org\>, \
 Romuald Conty \<romuald@libnfc.org\>.

This manual page was written by Romuald Conty \<romuald@libnfc.org\>. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2 or later).