# ionic-team/ionic-cli

The Ionic command-line interface

Repository: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ionic-cli
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ionic, cli
Last push: 2026-07-10T17:09:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4669, "days_push": 54, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2003, forks 684 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:04.480644+00:00)

## What it is
The official command-line interface for the Ionic Framework, used to create, build, serve, and deploy Ionic mobile and web apps. It integrates with Cordova and Capacitor for native builds and provides project scaffolding and a live-reload dev server.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new ionic app
- run a local dev server with live reload for my mobile app
- build and deploy an app to android or ios via capacitor
- generate ionic pages and components from the terminal
- manage cordova plugins for my hybrid app
- create a pwa from an ionic project

## When to choose
- you are developing an Ionic Framework app and need project scaffolding, serving, and native builds
- you want a unified CLI wrapping Cordova or Capacitor workflows
- you need integrated live-reload development for hybrid mobile apps

## When to avoid
- you are building a native app with Swift, Kotlin, or React Native without Ionic
- you need a general-purpose JavaScript build tool unrelated to Ionic
- you want a GUI-based app builder rather than a terminal tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, build-tool, deployment, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: ionic, cordova, capacitor, hybrid-apps, npm-package, typescript, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ionic-team/ionic-cli (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.480644+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 2026-08-30T03:01:55.353246+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.480644+00:00, sha 8e157d15503e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.