# Install zabbix-cli with Homebrew, apt, Nix CLI tool for interacting with Zabbix monitoring system. Version 3.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:zabbix-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install zabbix-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install zabbix-cli ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: zabbix-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#zabbix-cli ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/za/zabbix-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:zabbix-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.7.0 - **Source summary:** CLI tool for interacting with Zabbix monitoring system - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-18T17:28:06Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - zabbix-cli (cli) - zabbix-cli-bulk-execution (cli) - zabbix-cli-init (cli) - zabbix-cli (alias) - zabbix-cli-bulk-execution (alias) - zabbix-cli-init (alias) ## Dependencies - certifi - pydantic - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.7.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://unioslo.github.io/zabbix-cli/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Zabbix CLI is a Python terminal client for administering Zabbix through the Zabbix API, with interactive, single-command, and batch modes. ### Project history The project is developed and tested by the University Center for Information Technology at the University of Oslo. Its README describes it as a command-line interface for common Zabbix administrative tasks over the Zabbix API. Version 3 was rewritten from the ground up, leaving the older 2.3.2 implementation available on a branch. The newer CLI emphasizes a richer terminal interface, JSON output, configuration files, authentication helpers, and cross-platform binaries built with PyInstaller. ### Adoption history zabbix-cli fills a gap around Zabbix administration: Zabbix exposes a JSON-RPC API, but many operators want a packaged terminal client for host, group, proxy, and inventory workflows instead of writing one-off curl or Python snippets. The README documents installation through the `zabbix-cli-uio` PyPI mirror, Homebrew, and release binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows. That adoption pattern is practical rather than glamorous: it is a workstation/sysadmin helper around an existing monitoring installation. ### How it is used Users start `zabbix-cli` as a REPL, run `zabbix-cli COMMAND` for a single operation, or pass a file for batch execution. It prompts for the Zabbix frontend URL and credentials, stores a session token, and can render either terminal tables or machine-readable JSON. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, zabbix-cli is interesting as a third-party operational companion to a major monitoring stack: it packages API administration into a normal CLI with completions, config files, auth state, JSON output, and distro-friendly release artifacts. It also demonstrates a common ecosystem pattern around large server products: the core project ships an API, while site operators and universities build smaller command tools to make daily administration scriptable. ### Timeline - 2.3.2: Last old-line version kept as the historical branch referenced by the README. - 2024-10-01: zabbix-cli-uio 3.1.1 appeared on PyPI, early in the rewritten v3 line. - 2026-06-17: zabbix-cli-uio 3.7.0 was uploaded to PyPI. ### Related projects - Related projects include Zabbix itself, the Zabbix API, PyZabbix, zabbix_sender, zabbix_get, and other site-local automation around monitoring inventories. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Linux: ./zabbix-cli.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zabbix-cli/zabbix-cli.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/zabbix-cli/zabbix-cli.toml - macOS: ./zabbix-cli.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/zabbix-cli/zabbix-cli.toml, ~/Library/Preferences/zabbix-cli/zabbix-cli.toml - Windows: .\zabbix-cli.toml, %LOCALAPPDATA%\zabbix-cli\zabbix-cli.toml, %APPDATA%\zabbix-cli\zabbix-cli.toml ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.zabbix-cli_auth ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** zabbix-cli - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - zabbix-cli - 3.5.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: zabbix-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Command-line interface for Zabbix | https://github.com/unioslo/zabbix-cli - Nix - zabbix-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/za/zabbix-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [zabbix](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zabbix/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [asitop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/asitop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [collectd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/collectd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [ctop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ctop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [duf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/duf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [dwatch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dwatch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [gotop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gotop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [htop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [hwatch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hwatch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system. - [sysaidmin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sysaidmin/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: automation, certifi, cli, pydantic, python. - [glances](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glances/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: certifi, cli, monitoring, pydantic, python. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/zabbix-cli.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/zabbix-cli.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph