install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install jenkins-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install jenkins-cli

MacPorts ports tree · devel/jenkins-cli/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#jcli

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/jc/jcli/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/jcli

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/jcli.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

CLI for jenkins

Project links

Commands and aliases

jcli

history

Project history and usage

jenkins-cli in Homebrew is jcli, a Go command-line client from the Jenkins Chinese community for managing Jenkins servers without using the Java jenkins-cli.jar workflow for every command.

Project history

A Jenkins project blog post in 2019 explains the motivation: Jenkins already had a built-in CLI, but the Java invocation was wordy, required a JRE, and was awkward for users expecting a native command. jcli was created as a Go-based CLI that runs natively on common desktop and server platforms.

The GitHub repository was created in June 2019 and its early release stream began with v0.0.5 that same month. The README presents the tool as useful for plugin developers, administrators, and regular Jenkins users.

Adoption history

jcli's adoption niche is convenience packaging. The project documentation advertises Homebrew, MacPorts, Linux tarballs, Scoop, and Chocolatey-style installation paths, which turns Jenkins administration into a normal package-manager install instead of a controller-provided jar download.

How it is used

The tool focuses on multiple Jenkins server profiles, plugin listing and installation, job search/build/log operations, Configuration as Code support, browser opening, restart commands, and proxy-aware connections. Its config file stores server URL, username, token, and proxy settings so users can switch between Jenkins instances.

Why package nerds care

This formula matters because it packages a third-party Jenkins client under a name that can be confused with Jenkins' built-in CLI. Package users get a native `jcli` binary, not the upstream Jenkins `jenkins-cli.jar`, so the history helps distinguish the Go client from the automation server's own command interface.

Timeline

2019: the jenkins-zh/jenkins-cli repository was created in June.
2019: v0.0.5 was published on June 22 as an early GitHub release.
2019: the Jenkins project blog described jcli as a Go-native alternative for managing Jenkins from the command line.

Related projects

Jenkins' built-in CLI is the direct comparison point and remains distributed by Jenkins controllers as jenkins-cli.jar.
Configuration as Code is a related Jenkins administration workflow supported by jcli commands.
The jenkins-zh documentation and plugin repositories form the surrounding project family for jcli.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.jenkins-cli.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.jenkins-cli.yaml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`jcli`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.0.47

manager updated2026-06-13

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.0.47

https://github.com/jenkins-zh/jenkins-cli

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:jenkins-cli
Version	0.0.47
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jenkins-cli
Homepage	https://github.com/jenkins-zh/jenkins-cli
Repository	https://github.com/jenkins-zh/jenkins-cli
Upstream docs	https://github.com/jenkins-zh/jenkins-cli#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/jenkins-zh/jenkins-cli/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.47.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-13T23:35:00+02:00
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	jenkins-cli
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

MacPorts95%

jenkins-cli

sudo port install jenkins-cli

normalized package name match
Matched by: Jenkins Cli

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/jenkins-cli/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Nix92%

jcli

nix profile install nixpkgs#jcli

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Jcli

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jc/jcli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop92%

main/jcli

scoop install main/jcli

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Jcli

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jcli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/jenkins-cli.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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