# hetznercloud/cli

A command-line interface for Hetzner Cloud

Repository: https://github.com/hetznercloud/cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hetznercloud-cli
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hetzner, hetzner-cloud, hcloud, cli, command-line, command-line-tool, commandline-interface
Last push: 2026-08-26T07:46:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 94, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3199, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 40, "gap_med": 17.0, "n_releases_24m": 23}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1784, forks 103 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:35.987666+00:00)

## What it is
hcloud is the official command-line interface for managing Hetzner Cloud resources such as servers, networks, and volumes. It is written in Go and distributed under the MIT license.

## Use cases
- manage hetzner cloud servers from the terminal
- create and delete cloud VMs via CLI
- script hetzner cloud infrastructure tasks
- list and manage hcloud networks and volumes
- automate hetzner cloud resource provisioning
- query hetzner cloud API from shell scripts

## When to choose
- you use Hetzner Cloud and want terminal-based management
- you need to script or automate Hetzner Cloud operations
- you prefer a CLI over the web console for cloud tasks

## When to avoid
- you use a different cloud provider
- you need a graphical dashboard for Hetzner Cloud
- you need multi-cloud management across providers

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, cloud, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: cli, windows, go
- tags: hetzner-cloud, hcloud, cloud-management, server-management, devops, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- hetznercloud/cli (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.987666+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 2026-08-30T03:24:15.296382+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hetznercloud/cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.987666+00:00, sha 246c8eec8cda)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.