generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://download.tidelift.com/cli/, https://support.tidelift.com/hc/en-us
name: tidelift
summary: >-
  First-party Tidelift CLI — a single downloadable binary that submits a project's
  resolved dependencies to the Tidelift External API for alignment (compliance/policy
  evaluation against a catalog) and SBOM workflows. Commonly run in CI (GitHub Actions
  `tidelift/alignment-action`, GitLab/Jenkins pipeline examples).
install:
- platform: linux
  method: 'curl https://download.tidelift.com/cli/linux/tidelift > tidelift && chmod +x tidelift'
- platform: macos
  method: 'curl https://download.tidelift.com/cli/mac/tidelift > tidelift && chmod +x tidelift'
- platform: windows
  method: 'download https://download.tidelift.com/cli/windows/tidelift.exe'
- platform: ci
  method: GitHub Action tidelift/alignment-action; GitLab/Jenkins pipeline examples in github.com/tidelift
auth:
  env: TIDELIFT_API_KEY
  note: A project-scoped Tidelift API key (Bearer token) authenticates the CLI to the External API.
commands:
- group: alignment
  description: Resolve the local project's dependencies and submit an alignment to Tidelift.
  examples:
  - tidelift alignment save --project <project> --organization <org> --revision <sha>
  - tidelift alignment status --project <project> --organization <org> --revision <sha>
- group: sbom
  description: Import or export SBOM data (CycloneDX) for a project.
related_actions:
- https://github.com/tidelift/alignment-action
- https://github.com/tidelift/scan-action