Jenkins CLI

Installation

Install the prebuilt Jenkins CLI binary or build it from source.

Installs the latest prebuilt binary for your OS and architecture. No Go toolchain required:

curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/piyush-gambhir/jenkins-cli/main/install.sh | sh

Pin a version or change the install directory:

curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/piyush-gambhir/jenkins-cli/main/install.sh | VERSION=0.2.1 sh
curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/piyush-gambhir/jenkins-cli/main/install.sh | INSTALL_DIR=~/.local/bin sh

The install script supports macOS and Linux on amd64 and arm64. It installs to /usr/local/bin by default and uses sudo only when that directory is not writable.

Download a release manually

Prebuilt archives are attached to each GitHub Release. Download the archive for your platform, extract it, and put jenkins on your PATH.

The install script expects assets named jenkins-cli_<os>_<arch>.tar.gz, where <os> is darwin or linux and <arch> is amd64 or arm64.

Build from source

The Go module lives in cli-go/ and declares Go 1.25 with a Go 1.26.5 toolchain:

git clone https://github.com/piyush-gambhir/jenkins-cli.git
cd jenkins-cli/cli-go && make install

make install installs the jenkins binary to your Go binary directory.

Verify

jenkins version

Introduction

A fast, scriptable command-line interface for Jenkins CI/CD servers.

Authentication

Connect to Jenkins with a username, API token, profiles, or environment variables.

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