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macOS

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brew install wikibase-cli

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overview

Package summary

Command-line interface to Wikibase

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

wb
wd

history

Project history and usage

wikibase-cli is a command-line interface for Wikidata and other Wikibase installations. Its own README describes it as a CLI layer over the JavaScript wikibase-edit and wikibase-sdk modules, with extra terminal-oriented commands and a batch mechanism intended for large edit runs.

Project history

The tool was primarily developed around Wikidata, then generalized so the same command-line workflow could target arbitrary Wikibase instances. That transition mirrors the wider Wikibase ecosystem: Wikidata is the largest public deployment, while institutional and private Wikibase installations need the same read, edit, and scripting primitives.

How it is used

In practice, wikibase-cli is used as a terminal alternative to browser-based editing and as a scripting tool for repeated or bulk edits. The Wikidata tools page describes it as based on wikibase-edit and usable from scripts to run many edits, which is the niche where package users are most likely to meet it.

Why package nerds care

For package collections, wikibase-cli is notable less as a standalone data store than as a small automation surface over a knowledge-graph stack. Its `wb` and `wd` executables make Wikibase operations feel like ordinary shell commands, which is useful for data-cleaning, bot, and reconciliation workflows.

Related projects

wikibase-cli sits on top of wikibase-edit and wikibase-sdk and targets Wikidata as well as other Wikibase deployments.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for wikibase-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.config/wikibase-cli/config.json
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\wikibase-cli\config\config.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.config/wikibase-cli/config.json
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\wikibase-cli\config\config.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`wb`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`wd`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version20.3.1

manager updated2026-08-01

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:wikibase-cli
Version	20.3.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://codeberg.org/maxlath/wikibase-cli
Last updated	2026-08-01T02:49:35Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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source trail

Generated from repository data

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/wikibase-cli.yml

Used sources

cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
pkg.so package database
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Install wikibase-cli with Homebrew