CLI

The Foxglove CLI tool helps you import, export, and interact with your data from the command line.

Download the latest release from your command line.

OS	architecture	command
linux
	amd64	`curl -L https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli/releases/latest/download/foxglove-linux-amd64 -o foxglove && chmod +x foxglove`
	arm64	`curl -L https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli/releases/latest/download/foxglove-linux-arm64 -o foxglove && chmod +x foxglove`
macos
	any	Using homebrew: `brew install foxglove-cli`
	amd64	`curl -L https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli/releases/latest/download/foxglove-macos-amd64 -o foxglove && chmod +x foxglove`
	arm64	`curl -L https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli/releases/latest/download/foxglove-macos-arm64 -o foxglove && chmod +x foxglove`
windows
	amd64	`curl -L https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli/releases/latest/download/foxglove-windows-amd64.exe -o foxglove.exe`
	arm64	`curl -L https://github.com/foxglove/foxglove-cli/releases/latest/download/foxglove-windows-arm64.exe -o foxglove.exe`

After downloading the file, you may want to move it to a location in your system's PATH to make it more easily executable.

To install a specific release, see the releases page.

Before interacting with your data, you must first authenticate with your Foxglove account:

foxglove auth login

For a list of all available CLI commands:

foxglove -h

Enable shell autocompletion for subcommands and parameters (bash, zsh, fish, and PowerShell are supported):

foxglove completion <shell> -h

	Create	List	Delete
Projects		`foxglove projects list`
Devices	`foxglove devices add --name "my device" --project-id prj_abcd1234`	`foxglove devices list`	`foxglove devices delete --name "my device"`
Recordings	`foxglove data import ~/data/bags/gps.bag --device-id dev_drpLqjBZYUzus3gv`	`foxglove recordings list`
Events	`foxglove events add --device-id dev_flm75pLkfzUBX2DH --timestamp 2022-01-01T12:00:00Z --duration-nanos 0 --metadata 'someKey:someValue'`	`foxglove events list`
Extensions	`foxglove extensions publish ./my-extension.1.0.0.foxe`	`foxglove extensions list`	`foxglove extensions unpublish ext_BsGXKGsZ9c4WQF1`

The Foxglove CLI tool cannot directly open data in the Foxglove app, but the app binary can accept data source parameters when opened via the command line.