# firebase/firebase-tools

The Firebase Command Line Tools

Repository: https://github.com/firebase/firebase-tools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/firebase-tools
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:40:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4636, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 6.0, "n_releases_24m": 115}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4461, forks 1243 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:50.732349+00:00)

## What it is
The official Firebase Command Line Interface for testing, managing, and deploying Firebase projects from the terminal. It also ships the official Firebase MCP Server for AI-assisted workflows.

## Use cases
- deploy a website to firebase hosting from the terminal
- run firebase emulators locally while developing
- import and export users from firebase auth
- manage firestore data from the command line
- set up firebase deployments in CI pipelines
- connect firebase to an AI coding assistant via MCP

## When to choose
- you build apps on Firebase and want to deploy, test, or manage projects from the CLI
- you need local emulation of Firebase services during development
- you want to automate Firebase deployments in CI/CD
- you want an MCP server exposing Firebase to AI tools

## When to avoid
- your infrastructure is not on Firebase or Google Cloud
- you need a GUI console rather than command-line tooling
- you only consume Firebase from a client SDK and never administer projects

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, deployment, developer-tools, auth, mcp, http-server
- domain: developer-tools, backend, web-development, cloud-computing
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: firebase, google-cloud, hosting, mcp-server, emulators, ci-cd, command-line, nodejs, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- firebase/firebase-tools (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.732349+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 2026-08-29T18:20:42.009263+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/firebase/firebase-tools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.732349+00:00, sha 34530bdec701)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.