generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/airbytehq/abctl + https://docs.airbyte.com
clis:
- name: abctl
  title: Airbyte CLI
  repo: https://github.com/airbytehq/abctl
  purpose: Deploy and manage a local / self-managed Airbyte instance (Kind-based Kubernetes).
  install:
  - brew install airbytehq/tap/abctl
  - curl -LsfS https://get.airbyte.com | bash -
  command_groups:
  - group: local
    description: Manage a local Airbyte install.
    commands: [install, uninstall, status, credentials, deployments]
  - group: version
    description: Print the abctl version.
  - group: images
    description: Manage the container images abctl uses.
- name: pyairbyte
  title: PyAirbyte (Python library / runner)
  repo: https://github.com/airbytehq/PyAirbyte
  package: airbyte (PyPI)
  purpose: Run Airbyte connectors and read source data directly from Python; also ships the PyAirbyte MCP server (airbyte-mcp).
notes: >-
  abctl is the operator CLI for standing up self-managed Airbyte. Cloud/API
  automation is done via the Terraform provider (airbytehq/airbyte) and the
  public API SDKs rather than a dedicated cloud CLI.