Introduction
A fast, scriptable command-line interface for Jira Cloud and Server/Data Center.
Jira CLI is a fast, scriptable command-line interface for Jira Cloud and Server/Data Center over the REST API. Manage issues, JQL search, transitions, comments, worklogs, attachments, links, boards, and sprints from your terminal.
It is designed for both human operators and coding agents. Every list/get command
supports -o json and -o yaml for machine-readable output.
Independent open-source wrapper over the Jira REST API. Not affiliated with
Atlassian and unrelated to Atlassian's official acli.
Features
- Every auth method: Cloud API token, scoped API token, OAuth 2.0 (3LO) browser login with auto-refresh, Server/DC personal access token, and username/password.
- Issues: JQL search, list, get, create, edit, delete, assign, transition.
- Around issues: comments, worklogs, attachments (upload/download), links, watchers, votes.
- Projects, users, fields and Agile boards / sprints / epics.
- ADF-aware: descriptions and comments are sent as Atlassian Document Format;
--markdownsupported. - Agent-friendly:
-o json|yaml,--read-onlysafety mode,--no-input, env-var config, clean stdout/stderr separation, automatic rate-limit (429) backoff. - Cross-platform: macOS, Linux, Windows (amd64 and arm64). Multiple named profiles.