generated: '2026-08-06'
method: searched
source:
- https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI
- https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/2049769822/Quick+start+guide
- https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/60562515/Atlassian+CLI+General+Documentation
- https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/1930002457/Installation+and+configuration
- https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/10886/atlassian-command-line-interface-cli
name: Appfire Command Line Interface (ACLI)
also_known_as:
- Atlassian Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Bob Swift Atlassian CLI
product_page: https://appfire.com/products/acli
docs: https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI
summary: >-
  ACLI is Appfire's first-party, cross-product command line client — an integrated family of CLIs for
  Atlassian and adjacent systems, originally the Bob Swift Atlassian CLI and now maintained by Appfire.
  One distribution ships several clients, one per target product, each exposing that product's actions
  through the same `--action` interface. It is a distinct product from Atlassian's own `acli`; this
  entry describes the Appfire one.
disambiguation: >-
  Atlassian shipped its own CLI also named `acli` in 2024. The Appfire product predates it, is sold on
  the Atlassian Marketplace, and is documented in the ACLI Confluence space referenced above.
clients:
- name: jira
  target: Jira (Cloud, Server, Data Center)
- name: confluence
  target: Confluence (Cloud, Server, Data Center)
- name: bitbucket
  target: Bitbucket
- name: bamboo
  target: Bamboo
  note: Named in the general documentation page (marked archived); verify against the current Action Reference.
additional_targets:
- monday.com
- Oracle
- MySQL
install:
- method: marketplace-app
  detail: Install as an app on your Atlassian instance (requires instance administrator access).
  url: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/10886/atlassian-command-line-interface-cli
- method: platform-installer
  detail: Windows, macOS and Linux platform installers.
  docs: https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/60556507/Installing+on+Windows,+MacOS,+and+Linux+-+10.x
- method: zip-distribution
  detail: Download the distribution zip, extract locally, run the bundled startup scripts.
- method: docker
  detail: Docker images are published for ACLI.
- method: npm
  detail: Not applicable — ACLI is not distributed on npm.
interface:
  form: "<client> --action <actionName> [action parameters]"
  help: "<client> --help"
  examples:
  - command: jira --action getProject --project TEST
    description: Retrieve a Jira project.
  - command: 'jira --action runFromList --list PROJECTA,PROJECTB --common "--action getProject --project @entry@"'
    description: Run one action across a list, substituting @entry@ per item — the batch/looping idiom.
  action_reference: https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI
  note: >-
    ACLI is action-oriented rather than resource-subcommand oriented: the verb is a value passed to
    `--action`, not a subcommand. Hundreds of actions exist per client; the authoritative list is the
    per-client Action Reference in the ACLI space.
key_flows:
- Bulk create, update and transition Jira issues from a list or file.
- Import and export data between Atlassian apps, databases (Oracle, MySQL) and flat files.
- Instance administration and user management from scripts.
- Cross-application automation bridging Jira, Confluence and monday.com.
shell:
  name: ACLI Shell
  docs: https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/60565771
release_notes: https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/60555910
version_archive: https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/60560274/Atlassian+CLI+Version+Archive
binary_catalogued_in: packages/appfire-packages.yml
limits:
- Authentication parameters were not captured — the quick start guide defers them to the CLI Client Installation and Use guide, which was not transcribed here.
- No complete machine-readable action list is published; the reference is HTML per client.