release-radar-cli

Interactive CLI for downloading development tools through a Nexus proxy. Companion tool to @lvnt/release-radar.

Why?

In corporate/intranet environments with restricted internet access, downloading tools directly isn't possible. This CLI:

• Downloads tools through your Nexus proxy server
• Tracks which versions you've downloaded
• Shows available updates at a glance
• Supports both wget downloads and npm global packages

Installation

npm install -g @lvnt/release-radar-cli

Quick Start

# Run interactive mode
release-radar-cli

# First run will prompt for configuration:
# - Nexus proxy URL (e.g., https://nexus.company.com/repository/raw-proxy)
# - Download directory (e.g., ~/downloads/tools)

Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | release-radar-cli | Interactive mode - select and download tools | | release-radar-cli status | Show all tool versions and download status | | release-radar-cli config | Configure or reconfigure settings | | release-radar-cli version | Show CLI version | | release-radar-cli help | Show help message |

Options

| Option | Description | |--------|-------------| | -v, --version | Show version number | | -h, --help | Show help | | --skip-update | Skip auto-update check on startup |

Interactive Mode

When you run release-radar-cli, you'll see a table of available tools:

  Tool               Latest       Downloaded   Status   Type
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Claude Code CLI    1.0.17       1.0.16       UPDATE   wget
  Ninja              1.12.1       1.12.1       ✓        wget
  CMake              4.0.1        -            NEW      wget
  Ralphy             1.2.0        1.2.0        ✓        npm

Select tools with arrow keys and spacebar, then press Enter to download.

Status Display

release-radar-cli status

Shows versions without interactive prompts - useful for scripts or quick checks.

Configuration

Config is stored at ~/.release-radar-cli/config.json:

{
  "nexusUrl": "https://nexus.company.com/repository/raw-proxy",
  "downloadDir": "/home/user/downloads/tools"
}

To reconfigure:

release-radar-cli config

Download Types

wget (Binary Downloads)

Downloads files through Nexus proxy using wget:

• Claude Code CLI
• Ninja
• CMake
• Git
• Clangd
• Wezterm
• VS Code Extensions

npm (Global Packages)

Updates npm packages globally:

• Ralphy

Auto-Update

The CLI checks for updates on startup and automatically updates itself if a newer version is available. Skip this with --skip-update.

How It Works

1. ReleaseRadar service monitors tool versions and publishes updates to this CLI
2. This CLI reads the embedded versions.json containing latest versions and download URLs
3. You select which tools to download
4. CLI downloads through your configured Nexus proxy

Related

• @lvnt/release-radar - The monitoring service that powers this CLI

License

ISC