Install the Stellar CLI

There are a few ways to install the latest released version of Stellar CLI.

Install the latest version from source:

cargo install --locked stellar-cli --features opt

Install with cargo-binstall:

cargo install --locked cargo-binstall
cargo binstall -y stellar-cli

Install with Homebrew (macOS, Linux):

brew install stellar-cli

Installation with Experimental Features

To use the potentially unreleased bleeding edge CLI functionalities, install from git:

cargo install --locked stellar-cli --features opt --git https://github.com/stellar/stellar-cli.git

The Stellar CLI supports some autocompletion. To set up, run the following commands:

stellar completion --shell <SHELL>

Possible SHELL values are bash, elvish, fish, powershell, zsh, etc.

To enable autocomplete in the current bash shell, run:

source <(stellar completion --shell bash)

To enable autocomplete permanently, run:

echo "source <(stellar completion --shell bash)" >> ~/.bashrc