generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://bacalhau.org/docs/cli-api/
description: >-
  First-party command-line interfaces. `bacalhau` is the open-source
  distributed compute CLI that talks to the Bacalhau Orchestrator API; the
  managed Expanso platform ships `expanso-edge` for edge pipeline nodes.
clis:
  - name: bacalhau
    docs: https://bacalhau.org/docs/cli-api/
    source: https://github.com/bacalhau-project/bacalhau
    install:
      - method: script
        command: curl -sL https://get.bacalhau.org/install.sh | bash
      - method: go
        command: go install github.com/bacalhau-project/bacalhau@latest
    talks_to_api: openapi/bacalhau-openapi-original.json
    command_groups:
      - group: job
        description: Submit, inspect, stop, rerun, and list distributed compute jobs
        commands: [run, list, describe, logs, stop, rerun, executions, history]
      - group: node
        description: List and inspect orchestrator/compute nodes
        commands: [list, describe]
      - group: agent
        description: Introspect the local agent (version, node info, config)
        commands: [version, node, config, alive]
      - group: config
        description: View and set client/node configuration
        commands: [list, set, default]
      - group: version
        description: Show the Bacalhau client and server version
  - name: expanso-edge
    docs: https://docs.expanso.io/getting-started/installation
    install:
      - method: script
        command: curl -fsSL https://get.expanso.io/edge/install.sh | bash
    key_flows:
      - name: run
        command: expanso-edge run
        description: Start an edge node and connect to Expanso Cloud
      - name: run-standalone
        command: expanso-edge run --config pipeline.yaml
        description: Run standalone with a local pipeline config file
      - name: version
        command: expanso-edge version