cli-hub
Package manager for CLI-Anything — a framework that auto-generates stateful CLI interfaces for GUI applications, making them agent-native.
Browse, install, and manage 40+ CLI harnesses for software like GIMP, Blender, Inkscape, LibreOffice, Audacity, OBS Studio, and more — all from your terminal.
Web Hub: clianything.cc
Install
pip install cli-anything-hub
Usage
# Browse all available CLIs, grouped by category
cli-hub list
# Filter by category (image, 3d, video, audio, office, ai, ...)
cli-hub list -c image
# Search by name, description, or category
cli-hub search "3d modeling"
# Show details for a CLI
cli-hub info gimp
# Install a CLI harness
cli-hub install gimp
# Update a CLI to the latest version
cli-hub update gimp
# Uninstall a CLI
cli-hub uninstall gimp
What gets installed
Each CLI harness is a standalone Python package that wraps a real application (GIMP, Blender, etc.) with a stateful command-line interface. Every harness supports:
- REPL mode:
cli-anything-gimplaunches an interactive session - One-shot commands:
cli-anything-gimp project create --name my-project - JSON output:
cli-anything-gimp --json project listfor machine-readable output - Undo/redo: Stateful project management with full operation history
For AI agents
cli-hub is designed to be agent-friendly. AI coding agents can:
pip install cli-anything-hubto get the package managercli-hub search <keyword>orcli-hub list --jsonto discover toolscli-hub install <name>to install what they need- Use
--jsonoutput for structured data parsing
Available categories
3D, AI, Audio, Communication, Database, Design, DevOps, Diagrams, Game, GameDev, Generation, Graphics, Image, Music, Network, Office, OSINT, Project Management, Search, Streaming, Testing, Video, Web
JSON output
All listing commands support --json for machine-readable output:
cli-hub list --json
cli-hub search blender --json
Analytics
cli-hub sends anonymous install/uninstall events to help track adoption (via Umami). No personal data is collected.
Opt out:
export CLI_HUB_NO_ANALYTICS=1
Links
- Web Hub: clianything.cc
- Repository: github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything
- Live Catalog: clianything.cc/SKILL.txt