generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.privado.ai/getting-started-with-privado/command-reference
name: Privado CLI
description: >-
  Command-line interface that runs the open-source Privado static code scanner
  to detect personal-data flows, data-security violations, and generate
  compliance reports (RoPA, Play Store Data Safety). Docker-based; runs locally
  or in CI/CD. Written in Go (Privado-Inc/privado-cli), orchestrating the
  Scala scanning engine (privado-core).
repository: https://github.com/Privado-Inc/privado-cli
requires:
- Docker (installed and running)
install:
- method: script
  command: "curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Privado-Inc/privado-cli/main/install.sh | bash"
- method: github-release
  url: https://github.com/Privado-Inc/privado-cli/releases
commands:
- name: scan
  usage: "privado scan <repository> [flags]"
  description: Scan a codebase or repository to identify privacy issues and generate compliance reports.
  flags:
  - "-c, --config"
  - "--disable-deduplication"
  - "-i, --ignore-default-rules"
  - "--overwrite"
  - "--skip-dependency-download"
  - "--upload"
  - "--skip-upload"
  - "--debug"
  - "-h, --help"
- name: upload
  usage: "privado upload <repository> [flags]"
  description: Sync the results of a scan with the Privado Dashboard.
- name: config
  usage: "privado config <list/enable/disable>"
  description: List, enable, or disable telemetry for the Privado CLI.
- name: update
  usage: "privado update [flags]"
  description: Check for the latest release and update the Privado CLI.
- name: version
  usage: "privado version [flags]"
  description: Print the current version of the Privado CLI.
- name: help
  usage: "privado help [command]"
  description: Help for any command in the application.
output: "<source directory>/.privado/privado.json"
notes:
- "No source code is sent to the cloud on upload; only scan results are synced."