generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://developer.zendesk.com/documentation/apps/getting-started/using-zcli/
name: ZCLI (Zendesk CLI)
package: "@zendesk/zcli"
repository: https://github.com/zendesk/zcli
version: 1.1.4
published: '2026-07-20'
official: true
scope: >-
  ZCLI is Zendesk's platform CLI for building, validating and deploying Zendesk APPS and
  THEMES — including Sell apps, which the Sell developer docs cover ("Building your first
  Sell app"). It is NOT a Sell REST API client: there is no `zcli leads`/`zcli deals`
  command and no CLI wrapper for api.getbase.com. Zendesk ships no CLI for the Sell Core,
  Sync, Firehose or Search APIs.
successor_to: ZAT (Zendesk App Tools)
install:
- method: npm
  command: npm install @zendesk/zcli -g
  requires: Node.js v20.17.0 or higher
verify: zcli help
commands:
- group: zcli apps
  description: Manage the Zendesk apps workflow (create, package, update, validate, server).
  authenticated: true
- group: zcli themes
  description: Manage the Zendesk themes workflow.
- group: zcli profiles
  description: Manage CLI user profiles.
- group: zcli login
  description: Create and/or save an authentication token for a given Zendesk subdomain.
authentication:
  note: >-
    apps:create, apps:package, apps:update and apps:validate require authentication against
    a Zendesk subdomain; this is Zendesk account auth, distinct from the Sell OAuth 2.0
    tokens used against api.getbase.com.
x-evidence:
- url: https://registry.npmjs.org/@zendesk/zcli
  status: 200
  finding: latest 1.1.4 published 2026-07-20
- url: https://github.com/zendesk/zcli
  status: 200