# Nuvolos CLI and Python API

## What are the CLI and the Python API?

Nuvolos provides two programmatic interfaces for managing your work on the platform without using the web UI:

* **CLI (Command-Line Interface)** — a terminal tool you run from a shell. You type commands like `nuvolos app start` or `nuvolos app exec` to control applications, trigger workflows, or automate repetitive tasks. It works inside any Nuvolos application terminal or on your local machine.
* **Python API** — a Python library that wraps the same operations in Python functions and classes. You call methods like `nuvolos.app.start()` instead of typing shell commands, making it easy to integrate Nuvolos into Python scripts, notebooks, and CI/CD pipelines.

Both tools talk to the same underlying [Nuvolos REST API](https://api.nuvolos.cloud/docs), so they have identical capabilities — the choice between them is a matter of preference and context.

## Why use them?

| Use case                         | Example                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Automate repetitive work**     | Start an application, run a script, and stop the application — all in a single shell command or cron job.                                                                     |
| **Scale computation**            | Launch an application on a [credit-based size](/features/applications/application-resources.md#size-and-price-of-an-application) with high CPU, memory, or GPU from a script. |
| **Build pipelines**              | Chain data ingestion, model training, and result export into a reproducible workflow.                                                                                         |
| **Work from your local machine** | Trigger Nuvolos operations from your laptop without opening a browser.                                                                                                        |

## Getting started

* [Installing the CLI](/features/nuvolos-cli-and-python-api/installing-the-cli.md)
* [Using the CLI](/features/nuvolos-cli-and-python-api/using-the-cli.md)

## Source code

* [Nuvolos CLI](https://github.com/nuvolos-cloud/nuvolos-cli) (GitHub)
* [Nuvolos Python API](https://github.com/nuvolos-cloud/nuvolos-client-api) (GitHub)


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