# Azure/azure-cli

Azure Command-Line Interface

Repository: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/azure-cli
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: azure, azure-cli, cloud
Last push: 2026-08-26T09:05:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3864, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 27, "n_releases_24m": 28}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4612, forks 3466 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:55.047729+00:00)

## What it is
Azure CLI is Microsoft's official cross-platform command-line interface for managing Azure resources. It provides the `az` command with tab completion, JMESPath query support, and scriptable exit codes for automating cloud infrastructure tasks.

## Use cases
- create and manage azure virtual machines from the terminal
- script azure resource provisioning and deployment
- query azure resource state with jmespath filters
- manage azure storage accounts and blobs via cli
- automate azure cloud operations in ci/cd pipelines

## When to choose
- you manage Azure resources and want a scriptable, cross-platform CLI
- you need automation-friendly exit codes and output formats for shell scripts
- you want tab completion and query support for cloud resource management

## When to avoid
- you primarily use AWS or GCP rather than Azure
- you need a GUI-based cloud management experience
- you need infrastructure-as-code state management like Terraform provides

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, cloud, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, windows, python, cli
- tags: azure, cloud-management, scripting, microsoft, devops, command-line, automation, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- Azure/azure-cli (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.047729+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 2026-08-29T18:19:42.219047+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.047729+00:00, sha a1288d7e468f)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/azure-cli/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:04:42.182486+00:00, sha e0a5d3bbecb1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.