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cli-anything
Generates command-line wrappers so AI agents can drive desktop and backend software
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- Stars
- 51.9k
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
- Last release
- Jun 2026
- Language
- Python
Overview
CLI-Anything runs a 7-phase generator inside a coding agent such as Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. It produces a Python (Click) CLI harness with JSON output and a SKILL.md for a target application or codebase. A companion package, cli-anything-hub, installs community-built CLIs from a registry, covering GIMP, Blender, LibreOffice, QGIS, n8n and others.
Who it is for: Engineers giving coding agents scripted control of GUI and desktop apps
Strengths
- Ready-made registry of community CLIs installable with `cli-hub install <name>`
- Generated CLIs emit structured JSON and ship a SKILL.md for agent discovery
- Works with several agent hosts: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Pi, OpenCode
- Apache-2.0 license; README reports 2,461 passing tests
Weaknesses
- Many CLIs only wrap an upstream app, which must be installed separately
- Generating a new CLI requires a supported AI coding agent, so output quality varies
- Harness quality is per-CLI and community-contributed; test depth differs between harnesses
- Windows use with Claude Code needs Git for Windows or WSL for bash and cygpath
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs Python 3.10+, A supported AI coding agent (for generating new CLIs), Upstream apps the chosen CLI wraps (e.g. GIMP, Blender, LibreOffice)
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