---
title: CLI | micro
description: The Micro command-line interface — call the API straight from your terminal and scripts. Install instructions and source repository.
---

The `micro` CLI lets you call the [API](/api/index.md) straight from your terminal and scripts. Install a prebuilt binary from the latest release, or build it from source.

## Install

- [Download a release](#tab-panel-0)
- [Build from source](#tab-panel-1)

Grab the binary for your platform from the [latest release](https://github.com/micro-so/micro-cli/releases/latest), then make it executable and put it on your `PATH`:

Terminal window

```
chmod +x micro
sudo mv micro /usr/local/bin/
```

Terminal window

```
git clone https://github.com/micro-so/micro-cli.git
cd micro-cli
# follow the build steps in the repo's README
```

[micro-cli ](https://github.com/micro-so/micro-cli)github.com/micro-so/micro-cli — source, releases & usage.

Tip

The CLI reads your API key from the `MICRO_API_KEY` environment variable. See [Authentication](/guides/authentication/index.md) to create one.