@buygit/cli

Terminal client for the BuyGit Open Index — search 78,094+ curated, license-tagged Git assets from any shell. No MCP client required.

Companion to @buygit/mcp-server. Same underlying public REST API; this package is for terminal users instead of agents.

Install

# One-off
npx @buygit/cli search "image diff" --license MIT

# Or install globally
npm install -g @buygit/cli
buygit search "image diff" --license MIT

No API key. No signup. Free forever.

Examples

# Search 78k catalog, MIT-only, with risk score on every result
buygit search "react form library" --license MIT --limit 5

# Compact mode — drops ~70% of response tokens
buygit search "image diff" --compact

# Full listing detail with 4-axis signals
buygit get next-saas-starter-pro

# License compatibility verdict (exit 0 = compatible, 1 = incompatible)
buygit license-compat GPL-3.0 MIT
buygit license-compat AGPL-3.0 Apache-2.0

# Audit any external GitHub repo (no need to be in our catalog)
buygit audit https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-online

# License-filtered alternatives
buygit alt vercel/next.js --license MIT

# Catalog stats + data freshness
buygit stats

# JSON output for piping into jq
buygit search "react" --license MIT --json | jq '.results[].slug'

Why this exists

@buygit/mcp-server runs inside Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline. @buygit/cli is the same answers from your shell. Useful for:

• CI scripts: buygit license-compat GPL-3.0 MIT && build fails if the dep is incompatible
• Quick lookups without launching an agent
• Self-hosted instances (set BUYGIT_BASE_URL=https://your-instance.example.com)

Environment

| Var | Effect | |---|---| | BUYGIT_BASE_URL | Override default https://buygit.com (for self-hosted) |

Exit codes

| Code | Meaning | |---|---| | 0 | success | | 1 | generic error (incompatible license, repo not found, …) | | 2 | invalid arguments |

Pair license-compat with && in CI:

buygit license-compat $DEP_LICENSE MIT && npm install $PACKAGE

License

MIT.