Abacus AI CLI Installation

The Abacus AI CLI brings the full power of the AI coding agent directly into your favorite terminal.

Installation

macOS / Linux / WSL

curl -fsSL https://static.abacus.ai/cli/install.sh | bash

Works on macOS (Intel & Apple Silicon), Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, etc.), and WSL.

Windows PowerShell

irm https://static.abacus.ai/cli/install.ps1 | iex

Windows CMD

curl -fsSL https://static.abacus.ai/cli/install.cmd -o install.cmd && install.cmd && del install.cmd

npm

npm install -g @abacus-ai/cli

Requires Node.js v18 or higher.

tip

After installation, restart your terminal to ensure the abacusai command is available on your PATH.

Getting Started

Launch the Abacus AI CLI:

abacusai

Log in on first use:

/login [email]

Setting Your API Key

You can also authenticate by setting your API key as an environment variable:

macOS / Linux

export ABACUS_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE

Windows PowerShell

$env:ABACUS_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"

Windows CMD

set ABACUS_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE

Verifying the Installation

abacusai --help

For more on features and usage, see the Abacus AI Desktop introduction.