# exercism/cli

A Go based command line tool for exercism.org.

Repository: https://github.com/exercism/cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/exercism-cli
Homepage: https://exercism.org/docs/using/solving-exercises/working-locally
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: community-contributions-paused
Last push: 2026-08-22T02:57:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 37, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4778, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 343, "gap_med": 37, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1441, forks 363 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.349239+00:00)

## What it is
A Go-based command-line client for exercism.org that links the website with your local environment. It lets users download coding exercises and submit solutions back to the site, shipping as a standalone binary with no runtime dependencies.

## Use cases
- download exercism exercises to my local machine
- submit my solution to exercism from the terminal
- practice coding exercises offline
- sync my exercism progress via command line
- set up a local workspace for coding katas
- fetch and solve programming challenges without a browser

## When to choose
- you use exercism.org and prefer working in your local editor and terminal
- you want a dependency-free binary for downloading and submitting exercises
- you script or automate your exercism workflow

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose coding practice platform beyond exercism.org
- you want an in-browser or GUI learning experience
- you need active feature development, as community contributions are paused

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, education
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: exercism, go, coding-practice, exercises, learning, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- exercism/cli (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.349239+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 2026-08-30T04:36:27.946188+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/exercism/cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.349239+00:00, sha 60f5b4abec4d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.