# digitalocean/doctl

The official command line interface for the DigitalOcean API.

Repository: https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/doctl
Homepage: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: command-line, digitalocean, infrastructure, hacktoberfest, cloud
Last push: 2026-08-26T08:23:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4114, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 9.0, "n_releases_24m": 57}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3451, forks 492 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.285027+00:00)

## What it is
doctl is the official command-line interface for the DigitalOcean API, written in Go. It lets users manage droplets, Kubernetes clusters, databases, load balancers, registries, and billing from the terminal.

## Use cases
- manage digitalocean droplets from the command line
- create kubernetes clusters on digitalocean
- script provisioning of cloud infrastructure
- manage digitalocean databases and load balancers via cli
- check digitalocean account balance and invoices
- authenticate and automate digitalocean api tasks

## When to choose
- you use DigitalOcean and want terminal or scripted control of resources
- you need to automate DigitalOcean infrastructure in CI/CD
- you prefer CLI over the web control panel

## When to avoid
- you use a different cloud provider
- you need a GUI for managing cloud resources

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, cloud, infrastructure-as-code, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: cli, windows, go
- tags: digitalocean, api-client, droplets, kubernetes, serverless, devops, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- digitalocean/doctl (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.285027+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 2026-08-29T18:37:34.036037+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.285027+00:00, sha 89bf5df4354a)
  - homepage: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:30.499353+00:00, sha 7c8199e7366e)
  - site_page: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/maintenance-window/install (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:30.514532+00:00, sha 93c74a9a91be)
  - site_page: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/kubernetes/1-click/install (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:30.516203+00:00, sha a9dc942e829b)
  - site_page: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/serverless/install (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:30.517731+00:00, sha c8e89a39bf1f)
  - site_page: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/serverless/uninstall (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:30.519379+00:00, sha a082d6692f78)
  - site_page: https://docs.digitalocean.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:30.508660+00:00, sha 316aa419dfb7)
  - site_page: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/how-to/install (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:30.512580+00:00, sha 21534730d851)
  - site_page: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/load-balancers/getting-started/with-doctl (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:30.521019+00:00, sha 41c32d3bec9f)
  - site_page: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/metadata/features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:30.522803+00:00, sha 1e0d3cc4aade)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.