generated: '2026-09-12'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/aeternity/aepp-cli-js (README `$ aecli` help output, captured verbatim)
also:
- https://docs.aeternity.com/aeternity-developer-tools/development-infrastructure/clis
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aeternity/aepp-cli
- https://docs.aeternity.com/developer-documentation/aepp-cli-js/changelog
name: aecli
package: '@aeternity/aepp-cli'
version: 7.0.0
published: '2025-01-30'
official: true
repository: https://github.com/aeternity/aepp-cli-js
install:
- method: npm
  command: npm install --global @aeternity/aepp-cli
binary: aecli
commands:
- name: account
  summary: handle wallet operations
- name: spend
  usage: spend [options] <wallet> <receiver> <amount>
  summary: send coins to another account or contract
- name: name
  summary: manage AENS names
- name: contract
  summary: contract interactions
- name: oracle
  summary: interact with oracles
- name: chain
  summary: make a request to the node
- name: inspect
  usage: inspect [options] <identifier>
  summary: get details of a node entity
- name: tx
  summary: generate transactions to sign and submit manually
- name: config
  summary: print the current sdk configuration
- name: select-node
  usage: select-node [nodeUrl]
  summary: specify node to use in other commands
- name: select-compiler
  usage: select-compiler [compilerUrl]
  summary: specify compiler to use in other commands
key_flows:
- name: create a wallet
  command: aecli account create ./wallet.json
- name: fund a testnet wallet
  command: aecli select-node
  detail: 'Switch to testnet, then top the address up at https://faucet.aepps.com/'
- name: inspect an entity
  command: aecli inspect <identifier>
  detail: Accepts any prefixed æternity identifier and prints balance, nonce and pending transactions for an account.
note: >-
  Command list is the verbatim root help output published in the CLI README, not a reconstruction. The npm
  release is 19 months older than the SDK it wraps (SDK 15.0.0 on 2026-09-07 vs CLI 7.0.0 on 2025-01-30) —
  see packages/aeternity-packages.yml.
other_clis:
- name: aesophia_cli
  purpose: Stand-alone Sophia compiler.
  repository: https://github.com/aeternity/aesophia_cli
- name: aerepl
  purpose: Interactive Sophia REPL.
  repository: https://github.com/aeternity/aerepl
- name: aeproject
  purpose: Project scaffolding, local environment and contract testing framework for æpps.
  docs: https://docs.aeternity.com/developer-documentation/aeproject