Access to the Rippling CLI is gated behind the Developer Program, which is currently in a closed beta.

Version & updates

rippling version

Shows the CLI version.

Flag	Type	Required	Description
—	—	—	No command-specific flags.

Example:

rippling version

rippling update

Updates the CLI.

Flag	Type	Required	Description
--skip-skills	boolean	no	Update the binary and skip the skills archive.

Example:

rippling update
rippling update --skip-skills

Shell completion

rippling completion

Prints a shell completion script. Add the printed line to your shell's startup file.

Flag	Type	Required	Description
<shell>	string	yes	Shell to generate a script for. This is a positional argument, not a flag. Allowed values: bash, zsh, fish.

Example:

# bash
eval "$(rippling completion bash)"

# zsh
eval "$(rippling completion zsh)"

# fish
rippling completion fish | source

Uninstall

rippling uninstall

Removes the CLI.

Flag	Type	Required	Description
--purge	boolean	no	Also remove configuration and CLI-owned credentials.

Example:

rippling uninstall
rippling uninstall --purge