generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.sui.io/references/cli
name: sui
description: >-
  The `sui` command-line interface — the first-party CLI for interacting with the
  Sui network, managing keys and environments, building/testing/publishing Move
  packages, and running a local network. Distributed from the MystenLabs/sui repo.
install:
- method: homebrew
  command: brew install sui
- method: cargo
  command: cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui.git --branch mainnet sui
- method: binary
  command: Download prebuilt binaries from the MystenLabs/sui GitHub releases.
- method: suiup
  command: Install and manage sui versions via the suiup toolchain installer.
command_groups:
- name: sui client
  description: Interact with the network — objects, gas, transactions, transfers, calls, publish.
  docs: https://docs.sui.io/references/cli/client
- name: sui keytool
  description: Key management — generate, import, list, and sign with keypairs.
  docs: https://docs.sui.io/references/cli/keytool
- name: sui move
  description: Build, test, and manage Move packages.
  docs: https://docs.sui.io/references/cli/move
- name: sui client ptb
  description: Construct and execute Programmable Transaction Blocks from the CLI.
  docs: https://docs.sui.io/references/cli/ptb
- name: sui validator
  description: Validator operations and staking management.
  docs: https://docs.sui.io/references/cli/validator
- name: sui console
  description: Interactive REPL console against a network environment.
- name: sui start / sui-test-validator
  description: Run a local Sui network for development and testing.
key_flows:
- Create/switch environments (sui client new-env / switch) across mainnet, testnet, devnet, localnet.
- Publish a Move package (sui client publish) and call entry functions (sui client call).
- Build a PTB and execute it (sui client ptb).
notes: >-
  The CLI binary is catalogued as a distributable in packages context; this file
  captures its command surface. Verified command groups from the Sui CLI reference.