generated: '2026-07-31'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-cli
docs: https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-cli/
clis:
- name: vip
  product: WordPress VIP
  description: >-
    First-party CLI for interacting with and managing WordPress VIP applications — environments,
    databases, imports/exports, deploy tokens, logs, and a local development environment.
  repository: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-cli
  package: '@automattic/vip'
  registry: npm
  changelog: https://docs.wpvip.com/changelogs/vip-cli/
  install:
  - method: npm
    command: npm install -g @automattic/vip
  - method: sea
    command: vip sea
    note: single-executable-application build published by the project
  auth:
    command: vip login
    note: browser-based authentication against WordPress VIP; `vip whoami` reports the active identity
  command_groups:
  - group: app
    commands: [vip app, vip app list, vip app deploy, vip app deploy validate, vip app deploy token,
      vip app deploy token generate]
  - group: backup
    commands: [vip backup, vip backup db]
  - group: cache
    commands: [vip cache, vip cache purge url]
  - group: config
    commands: [vip config, vip config envvar, vip config envvar get, vip config envvar get-all,
      vip config envvar list, vip config envvar set, vip config envvar delete,
      vip config software, vip config software get, vip config software update]
  - group: db
    commands: [vip db, vip db phpmyadmin]
  - group: defensive-mode
    commands: [vip defensive-mode, vip defensive-mode enable, vip defensive-mode disable,
      vip defensive-mode configure]
  - group: dev-env
    commands: [vip dev-env, vip dev-env create, vip dev-env start, vip dev-env stop,
      vip dev-env destroy, vip dev-env update, vip dev-env info, vip dev-env list,
      vip dev-env logs, vip dev-env purge, vip dev-env shell, vip dev-env exec,
      vip dev-env import, vip dev-env import sql, vip dev-env import media,
      vip dev-env sync, vip dev-env sync sql, vip dev-env envvar, vip dev-env envvar get,
      vip dev-env envvar get-all, vip dev-env envvar list, vip dev-env envvar set,
      vip dev-env envvar delete]
  - group: export
    commands: [vip export, vip export sql]
  - group: import
    commands: [vip import, vip import sql, vip import sql status, vip import media,
      vip import media status, vip import media abort, vip import validate sql,
      vip import validate files]
  - group: logs
    commands: [vip logs, vip slowlogs]
  - group: wp
    commands: [vip wp]
    note: runs WP-CLI commands against a VIP environment
  - group: misc
    commands: [vip whoami, vip logout, vip sync, vip search-replace, vip sea]
  source_of_command_list: https://github.com/Automattic/vip-cli/tree/trunk/src/bin
related:
- name: wp-cli
  note: >-
    WP-CLI is the WordPress core command line interface and is catalogued in the WordPress repo,
    not here; `vip wp` proxies it against a VIP environment.
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-07-31'
  method: >-
    GitHub contents API listing of Automattic/vip-cli src/bin (75 command entry points) plus the
    published docs at docs.wpvip.com/vip-cli/