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Install linode-cli with Homebrew, Nix, zypper

CLI for the Linode API. Version 5.68.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install linode-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#linode-cli

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/linode-cli/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install linode-cli-bash-completion

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · linode-cli-bash-completion · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

CLI for the Linode API

Commands and aliases

  • lin
  • linode
  • linode-cli

history

Project history and usage

Linode CLI is the official command-line interface for the Linode API, later documented under Akamai Cloud Computing. It lets users manage cloud resources from a terminal and is generated from Linode's OpenAPI specification.

Project history

Linode had an older Perl-based CLI in the linode/cli repository. That repository now describes itself as deprecated and points users to linode/linode-cli, the newer CLI built for the Linode API v4 line.

The modern linode-cli repository describes the tool as the official Linode command-line interface and says it provides access to Linode API endpoints with organized, configurable table output. Its README also states that the project is automatically generated from the Linode OpenAPI spec using the openapi3 Python package.

Adoption history

The old CLI was packaged for Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, NixOS, and Homebrew, showing that Linode users wanted cloud operations available outside the web manager before API v4. The current Akamai TechDocs page positions the CLI as a wrapper around the Linode API for managing an Akamai Cloud Computing account, with almost any Cloud Manager task also available through the CLI.

How it is used

Typical use covers provisioning and managing Linodes, NodeBalancers, volumes, object storage, domains, and account resources from scripts or terminals. Because credentials and configuration live under ~/.config/linode-cli, the package is a developer-operations tool rather than a daemon.

Why package nerds care

Linode CLI is interesting because it is generated from an API description instead of being purely handwritten. For package maintainers, that means CLI behavior follows the provider's API surface, while users get a stable local command for automating cloud resources.

Timeline

  • 2013: Linode community posts described early developer releases of a Linode command-line tool.
  • 2018-10-31: The older linode/cli repository was archived.
  • API v4 era: linode/cli pointed users to linode/linode-cli for the newer Linode API v4 tool.
  • 2026-05-27: The linode-api-openapi repository release panel listed a 2026-05-27 OpenAPI package release.

Related projects

  • Related projects include the deprecated linode/cli tool, the Linode API, the linode-api-openapi specification repository, Cloud Manager, and Akamai Cloud Computing documentation.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for linode-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 3 runtime 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
~/.config/linode-cli

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.config/linode-cli

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
lincliglobal executable
linodecliglobal executable
linode-clicliglobal 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 version5.68.0
manager updated2026-05-29
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/linode/linode-cli

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:linode-cli
Version5.68.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/linode-cli
Homepagehttps://github.com/linode/linode-cli
Repositoryhttps://github.com/linode/linode-cli
Upstream docshttps://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/cli
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f4/53/a924ab651cffe044575bfd114a9c39f58b27974356ffcf2e52c2d54bfd98/linode_cli-5.68.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-29T21:41:28Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciescertifi, libyaml, python@3.14
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelinode-cli
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Nix95%

linode-cli

nix profile install nixpkgs#linode-cli
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Linode Cli
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/linode-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
zypper95%

linode-cli-bash-completion 5.65.0-1.2

Bash completion for linode-cli

https://github.com/linode/linode-cli

sudo zypper install linode-cli-bash-completion
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: linode-cli
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Linode Cli
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: linode-cli-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

python311-linode-cli 5.65.0-1.2

The Linode command-line interface

https://github.com/linode/linode-cli

sudo zypper install python311-linode-cli
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: linode-cli
  • 11 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Linode Cli
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python311-linode-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

python313-linode-cli 5.65.0-1.2

The Linode command-line interface

https://github.com/linode/linode-cli

sudo zypper install python313-linode-cli
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: linode-cli
  • 11 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Linode Cli
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python313-linode-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

python314-linode-cli 5.65.0-1.2

The Linode command-line interface

https://github.com/linode/linode-cli

sudo zypper install python314-linode-cli
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: linode-cli
  • 11 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Linode Cli
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python314-linode-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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