plist-cli

Command-line tool for parsing and building Apple plist files.

File or stdin (plist XML)
         ↓
    plist parse
         ↓
    JSON output

JSON input
         ↓
   plist build
         ↓
   plist XML output

Installation

npx cli-plist
# or global install
npm install -g cli-plist

Usage

Parse a plist file

plist parse Info.plist

Parse from stdin

cat Info.plist | plist parse

Build from JSON

plist build '{"name":"John","age":30}'

Disable pretty-printing

plist build '{"name":"John"}' --no-pretty

Commands

plist parse [file]

Parse a plist XML file or stdin and output JSON.

Arguments:

• file — Path to plist file (reads stdin if omitted)

Options:

• -p, --pretty — Pretty-print JSON output (default: true)

plist build <json>

Build a plist XML string from a JSON value.

Arguments:

• json — JSON value to encode as plist

Options:

• --no-pretty — Disable pretty-printing

License

Apache-2.0 by Ahmad Awais built with Command Code. Inspired by the plist.js, albeit completely rewritten with TypeScript, Zod validation, and comprehensive tests.