sync-ai-clis

One command to detect, install, and keep your AI coding CLIs up to date — Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Kiro, and Antigravity.

sync-ai-clis is a cross-platform (macOS · Windows · Linux) Rust CLI that reconciles your machine toward one state: every known AI CLI installed, working, and current. Installed tools get updated. Missing tools are installed after you consent. Then every tool is re-verified by actually running --version, which catches broken installs that command -v would miss.

Current status: released. list, doctor, check, audit, --dry-run, and consent-based install/update all work, verified by 150 tests plus real-channel runs on Linux containers, macOS, and Windows CI. SPEC.md holds the full design — confirmed decisions, architecture, the per-tool install/update matrix, and the test and release strategy. It is the single source of truth for this repository.

At A Glance

| Area | Current Value | | --- | --- | | Purpose | Detect · install (with consent) · update · verify AI coding CLIs | | Managed tools (v1) | claude, codex, gemini, kiro-cli, agy | | Platforms | macOS · Windows · Linux | | Stack | Rust (single binary) | | Status | Released — engine verified on all three OSes (150 offline tests + real-channel CI) | | Distribution | GitHub Releases · Homebrew tap · npm · crates.io · winget · Scoop · ghcr (Docker) | | Tests | 150 offline tests + Docker distro matrix + 3-OS CI with real-channel runs | | License | MIT | | Author | hyeonbungi |

Install

# Homebrew (macOS · Linux)
brew install hyeonbungi/tap/sync-ai-clis

# Shell installer (macOS · Linux)
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/hyeonbungi/sync-ai-clis/releases/latest/download/sync-ai-clis-installer.sh | sh

# npm
npm install -g sync-ai-clis

# cargo
cargo install sync-ai-clis

# winget (Windows)
winget install hyeonbungi.sync-ai-clis

# Scoop (Windows)
scoop bucket add hyeonbungi https://github.com/hyeonbungi/scoop-bucket
scoop install sync-ai-clis

# PowerShell installer (Windows)
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/hyeonbungi/sync-ai-clis/releases/latest/download/sync-ai-clis-installer.ps1 | iex"

# Docker / devcontainers — bake AI CLIs into your image (static musl binary, amd64+arm64)
COPY --from=ghcr.io/hyeonbungi/sync-ai-clis:latest /sync-ai-clis /usr/local/bin/sync-ai-clis
RUN sync-ai-clis --yes --only claude,gemini

Usage

The contract from SPEC.md §6, fully implemented:

sync-ai-clis                 # default: update installed tools, ask (y/N) before installing missing ones
sync-ai-clis --yes, -y       # non-interactive: install missing + update everything (CI-friendly)
sync-ai-clis --no-install    # update only, never offer to install
sync-ai-clis --only claude,gemini
sync-ai-clis --except kiro
sync-ai-clis --dry-run       # print the exact commands, execute nothing
sync-ai-clis list            # known tools + installed/current version table (alias: status)
sync-ai-clis doctor          # read-only diagnosis: broken, duplicate, or shadowed installs
sync-ai-clis check           # read-only: is an update available? signals via exit code (CI/cron/prompt badge)
sync-ai-clis audit           # read-only: did a remote install script change? unified diff, --accept to re-baseline
sync-ai-clis --json          # machine-readable summary

--only, --except, and --json are global flags, so they also work after subcommands, for example sync-ai-clis doctor --only gemini --json.

Exit codes: 0 all OK · 1 any failure · 2 usage error (check and audit add 10 = an update is available / a script changed). Configuration lives in ~/.config/sync-ai-clis/config.toml, and flags win over config.

Trust Model

This tool runs remote official installers (curl | bash, irm | iex) and package-manager commands, so its security rules are spelled out rather than left implicit (SPEC.md §5.5):

• Install/update URLs are hardcoded official HTTPS constants in the tool registry — neither config nor flags can inject arbitrary URLs.
• Installing a missing tool requires consent: an interactive prompt or an explicit --yes.
• --dry-run prints exactly the commands that would run.
• No automatic privilege escalation — the tool never runs sudo/UAC elevation on its own.

Repository Map

| Path | Purpose | | --- | --- | | SPEC.md | Design source of truth: decisions, architecture, tool matrix, test strategy | | Cargo.toml, src/ | Rust crate — engine, tool registry, CLI (see SPEC.md §5) | | tests/ | Integration tests (OS × state command-selection matrix, binary smoke) | | docker/ | Linux integration matrix — the only place real installs run locally | | .github/workflows/ | 3-OS CI, real-channel integration, release pipeline, winget publish | | dist-workspace.toml | Release and packaging configuration (dist) |

Development

cargo test                 # 150 offline tests — no network, no system changes
cargo fmt --check && cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
cargo run -- list          # read-only: detect tools and show versions
cargo run -- --dry-run     # show exactly what a sync would run, execute nothing
docker/run-matrix.sh       # real install/update integration (disposable containers only)

For the reasoning behind it — decisions, architecture, the per-tool command matrix, and the test strategy — see SPEC.md. Real installs and updates never run on a development machine; that is what the Docker matrix and CI runners are for.

Known Limitations

• Kiro on Windows: needs Windows 11. Command selection is covered offline; full desktop install verification belongs in Windows CI or a disposable VM, not on a development machine.
• Alpine/musl: the sync-ai-clis binary runs on musl, but most upstream installers do not ship musl builds yet.
• Config [channels] overrides apply to update planning only. Missing-tool installs and doctor diagnostics still use the real detected state.

Maintenance Signals

• Contribution guide: CONTRIBUTING.md
• Security policy and trust model: SECURITY.md
• Change log: CHANGELOG.md
• CI: 3-OS tests on every push, weekly real-channel integration

Origin

This tool grew out of a personal macOS-only bash script (update-ai-clis) that updated and re-verified five AI CLIs. v1 generalizes it to three OSes, with consent-based installation of missing tools and public distribution channels.

Author

• hyeonbungi (김현우)

License

MIT. See LICENSE.