generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/libraries/ + npm/PyPI registry probes
description: >-
  Atlassian does not ship a language-specific SDK for the plain Jira Cloud REST API; instead it
  publishes app-development frameworks (Forge, Atlassian Connect Express) and a first-party CLI.
  The most complete REST client libraries are community-maintained. official:true is set only for
  Atlassian-published packages.
packages:
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: "@forge/cli"
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@forge/cli
  install: npm install -g @forge/cli
  official: true
  role: Forge app-development CLI/framework for Atlassian-hosted apps (build/deploy/tunnel).
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: atlassian-connect-express
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/atlassian-connect-express
  install: npm install atlassian-connect-express
  official: true
  role: Atlassian Connect for Node.js/Express (ACE) toolkit for building Connect apps.
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: jira.js
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jira.js
  install: npm install jira.js
  official: false
  role: >-
    Community REST client covering Jira Cloud v2/v3, Agile, and Service Desk APIs (repo
    github.com/mrrefactoring/jira.js).
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: jira-client
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jira-client
  install: npm install jira-client
  official: false
  role: Community object-oriented wrapper for the Jira REST API.
- language: python
  registry: pypi
  name: jira
  url: https://pypi.org/project/jira/
  install: pip install jira
  official: false
  role: Long-standing community Python client for the Jira REST API (repo github.com/pycontribs/jira).
- language: python
  registry: pypi
  name: atlassian-python-api
  url: https://pypi.org/project/atlassian-python-api/
  install: pip install atlassian-python-api
  official: false
  role: Community Python client spanning Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Service Desk.
notes:
- The Atlassian Command Line Interface (acli) is distributed as an OS-native binary, not a registry
  package; its command surface is catalogued in cli/jira-cli.yml.
- Atlassian Connect for Spring Boot is the official Java framework for Connect apps (Maven).