Documentation is available at https://docs.databricks.com/dev-tools/cli/databricks-cli.html.

This CLI is packaged as a dependency-free binary executable and may be located in any directory. See https://github.com/databricks/cli/releases for releases and the Databricks documentation for detailed information about installing the CLI.

We maintain a Homebrew tap for installing the Databricks CLI. You can find instructions for how to install, upgrade and downgrade the CLI using Homebrew here.

You can use the CLI via a Docker image by pulling the image from ghcr.io. You can find all available versions at: https://github.com/databricks/cli/pkgs/container/cli.

docker pull ghcr.io/databricks/cli:latest

Example of how to run the CLI using the Docker image. More documentation is available at https://docs.databricks.com/dev-tools/bundles/airgapped-environment.html.

docker run -e DATABRICKS_HOST=$YOUR_HOST_URL -e DATABRICKS_TOKEN=$YOUR_TOKEN ghcr.io/databricks/cli:latest current-user me

This CLI follows the Databricks Unified Authentication principles.

You can find a detailed description at https://github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go#authentication.

Commands and flags are stable by default and will not break within a major version.

Some features are unstable and may change in any MINOR release:

• Commands and flags marked Beta or Private Preview in their --help output.
• Commands in the databricks experimental group.

The CLI follows Semantic Versioning (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH):

• MAJOR is incremented for breaking changes to stable features.
• MINOR is incremented for new features and for breaking changes to unstable features.
• PATCH is incremented for backward-compatible bug fixes, security fixes, and dependency updates.

Databricks may ship a breaking change to a stable feature without a major version bump in exceptional circumstances where waiting for the next major version would itself cause greater harm: an active security incident, a legal or compliance requirement, or a regression introduced in the current major version. Any such exceptional change is announced in the release notes.

Security patches ship on the current release, and on specific older versions listed in SECURITY.md. The CLI does not currently offer a broader long-term support commitment.

Databricks CLI use is subject to the Databricks License and Databricks Privacy Notice, including any Usage Data provisions.