generated: '2026-08-16'
method: searched
source: https://docs.foxglove.dev/docs/cli, https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli
name: foxglove
binary: foxglove
language: go
repository: https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli
version: v1.0.33
released: '2026-07-31'
package: packages/foxglove-technologies-packages.yml
install:
- method: homebrew
  command: brew install foxglove-cli
  platforms: [macos]
- method: go
  command: go install github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli/foxglove@latest
- method: binary-download
  url: https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli/releases
  platforms: [linux/amd64, linux/arm64, darwin/amd64, darwin/arm64, windows/amd64,
    windows/arm64]
authentication:
  command: foxglove auth login
  note: Signs in against the Foxglove account at app.foxglove.dev; the CLI then calls
    the same api.foxglove.dev/v1 surface documented in openapi/.
commands:
- group: auth
  subcommands: [login]
  purpose: Authenticate the CLI against a Foxglove account
- group: projects
  subcommands: [list]
  backing_rest: [GET /projects]
- group: devices
  subcommands: [add, list, delete]
  backing_rest: [POST /devices, GET /devices, 'DELETE /devices/{nameOrId}']
- group: data
  subcommands: [import]
  purpose: Upload a recording to the Foxglove data platform
  example: foxglove data import <path> --device-id <id>
  backing_rest: [POST /data/upload]
- group: recordings
  subcommands: [list]
  backing_rest: [GET /recordings]
- group: events
  subcommands: [add, list]
  backing_rest: [POST /events, GET /events]
- group: extensions
  subcommands: [publish, list, unpublish]
  backing_rest: [POST /extension-upload, GET /extensions, 'DELETE /extensions/{id}']
- group: completion
  subcommands: [bash, zsh, fish, powershell]
  purpose: Shell autocompletion
help: foxglove -h
note: >-
  The command surface above is what the CLI documentation publishes. `backing_rest`
  entries are our mapping onto the OpenAPI, expressed as METHOD /path because the
  specification declares no operationIds.
related:
- https://docs.foxglove.dev/docs/visualization/open-via-cli