# aliyun/aliyun-cli

Alibaba Cloud CLI

Repository: https://github.com/aliyun/aliyun-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aliyun-cli
Homepage: https://help.aliyun.com/zh/cli/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: alibaba, alibabacloud, alibaba-cloud-cli, cloud-api, cli, alibaba-cloud-openapi, rpc-api, sdk, client, aliyun, openapi
Last push: 2026-09-03T01:04:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4082, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 35, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 144}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1097, forks 235 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:08.973694+00:00)

## What it is
The Alibaba Cloud CLI is an open-source, cross-platform command-line tool written in Go for managing Alibaba Cloud resources via its OpenAPI. It lets users perform nearly all console operations from the terminal and combine commands into scripts for automated operations.

## Use cases
- manage alibaba cloud resources from the terminal
- script automated aliyun operations
- call alibaba cloud openapi endpoints from cli
- configure credentials for aliyun api access
- filter and format api results in tables
- migrate ecs instances across regions via script

## When to choose
- you administer Alibaba Cloud and prefer terminal workflows over the web console
- you need to automate Alibaba Cloud resource management in shell scripts or CI pipelines
- you want a single tool to call any Alibaba Cloud OpenAPI

## When to avoid
- you use AWS, Azure, or GCP rather than Alibaba Cloud
- you need a graphical interface for cloud management
- you require SDK bindings embedded in application code rather than a command-line tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, configuration-management, sdk
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, apis
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: alibaba-cloud, openapi, cloud-management, go, infrastructure-automation, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- aliyun/aliyun-cli (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:08.973694+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:49:06.537620+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aliyun/aliyun-cli (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:08.973694+00:00, sha 07c67a2e0778)
  - homepage: https://help.aliyun.com/zh/cli/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.139886+00:00, sha 8e14ff53dce1)
  - site_page: https://www.aliyun.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.142463+00:00, sha 2a1549f39cca)
  - site_page: https://www.aliyun.com/about/what-is-cloud-computing (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.146314+00:00, sha e5f37aa83b38)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.