winget install --id Balena.BalenaCLIAbout balena-cli
The balena CLI is a Command Line Interface for balenaCloud or openBalena. It is a software tool available for Windows, macOS and Linux, used through a command prompt / terminal window. It can be used interactively or invoked in scripts. The balena CLI builds on the balena API and the balena SDK, and can also be directly imported in Node.js applications. The balena CLI is an open-source project on GitHub, and your contribution is also welcome!
What's new in 25.1.6
562b1e4 (Fix link in help output about FAQ and troubleshooting, 2026-05-13) 2b62874 (Deduplicate dependencies, 2026-05-15)
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 25.1.6 | Unknown | 562b1e4 (Fix link in help output about FAQ and troubleshooting, 2026-05-13) 2b62874 (Deduplicate dependencies, 2026-05-15) |
| 25.1.5 | Unknown | fb681df (Update GitHub Actions, 2026-05-13) |
| 25.1.3 | Unknown | 817d158 (Bump @balena/compose-parser to 0.2.1, @balena/compose to 8.0.2, 2026-05-01) |
| 25.1.1 | Unknown | c5988e1 (tests: Update builder dashboard link, 2026-04-30) 7105369 (Deduplicate dependencies, 2026-04-30) |
| 25.1.0 | Unknown | 039eef8 (Add organization management commands, 2026-04-24) |
| 25.0.0 | Unknown | Update @balena/compose to v8 This release adds CLI support for a number of compose fields in the latest docker compose spec. The fields are listed below, however note that balena Supervisor support needs to be added for... |
| 24.1.4 | Unknown | 6251f3c (Retry ratelimited requests that have a Retry-After less than 60 seconds, 2026-04-24) 2c343d0 (Deduplicate dependencies, 2026-04-27) |
| 24.1.3 | Unknown | a97edb0 (test(device ssh): unset proxy env vars that break stderr assertions, 2026-04-07) |
| 24.1.2 | Unknown | d0e19ed (Update @balena/lint to prepare for TS6.0, 2026-04-07) 657f56c (Deduplicate dependencies, 2026-04-07) 12a64e3 (Unblock color tests on CI after deduplicating supports-color, 2026-04-07) |
| 24.0.3 | Unknown | 3420382 (Deduplicate dependencies, 2026-02-26) cb22fb0 (Disable background auto-updates, 2026-02-26) |
| 24.0.2 | Unknown | 508a595 (Deduplicate dependencies, 2026-02-18) d184e5e (Update balena-sdk to 23.0.2, 2026-02-18) |
| 23.2.32 | Unknown | cc32211 (tests: Replace the deprecated url.parse with new URL(), 2026-02-11) f8702f5 (Remove unnecessary 'url' imports, 2026-02-11) 84edd27 (tests/build: Increase the test timeout to 1.5 minute, 2026-02-11) |
| 23.2.22 | Unknown | 2697746 (Remove unused setMaxListeners function, 2026-01-13) 9f72030 (Reduce overall usage of require, 2026-01-13) |
| 23.2.21 | Unknown | 0a43fa0 (Update balena-image-fs to 7.6.0, 2026-01-13) 2216598 (Remove no longer needed code in favor of balena-image-fs, 2026-01-13) 7c978a0 (Remove no longer needed direct dependencies file-disk and partitioninfo, 2026-... |
| 23.2.19 | Unknown | d3392a9 (README: remove david-dm link, 2026-01-12) 156af67 (Remove unused dev dependencies, 2026-01-12) 6c90666 (Add missing dependency indent-string, 2026-01-12) 7eb41c3 (Add missing dev dependency pinejs-client-core, 2... |
| 23.2.18 | Unknown | 09cea86 (Deduplicate dependencies, 2026-01-13) 2eaa5c1 (Add tests for balena config generate, 2026-01-13) |
| 23.2.17 | Unknown | 23c645a (os download: Correct img names to match devices type in examples, 2026-01-01) 59b639d (Update reconfix to 1.0.2, 2026-01-12) 15bf2d6 (Update balena-device-init to 8.2.1, 2026-01-12) d8f50d0 (Drop exit-hook patch... |
| 23.2.16 | Unknown | ff73fed (tests: Replace nock, mock-require and rewire with mockttp and sinon, 2025-10-17) 81e6537 (Unpin balena-request from v14.0.6, 2026-01-09) |
| 23.2.15 | Unknown | d0b98ad (Fix intermitent test on image-manager, 2026-01-09) |
| 23.2.14 | Unknown | 9ebf244 (Update balena-sdk to 22.4.5, 2025-12-30) df95136 (Use the device.is_connected_to_vpn field for device actions, ssh & tunnel checks, 2025-11-13) |