Intended Audience

This tool is intended for use by:

• ArDrive power users with advanced workflows and resource efficiency in mind: bulk uploaders, those with larger storage demand, game developers, nft creators, storage/db admins, etc.
• Automation tools
• Services
• Terminal aficionados
• Extant and aspiring cypherpunks

For deeper integrations with the [ArDrive] platform, consider using the [ArDrive Core][ardrive-core] (Node) library's configurable and intuitive class interfaces directly within your application.

To simply install the latest version of the CLI to your local system and get started, follow the Quick Start instructions. To build and/or develop the CLI from source, follow the Build and Run from Source instructions. In either case, be sure to satisfy the requirements in the Prerequisites section.