![Acquia CLI demonstration](https://acquia.widen.net/content/dvtsankn7a/web/cli_demonstration.gif?animate=true&u=r1vkzh) [Acquia CLI](https://github.com/acquia/cli) is an open source command-line interface for interacting with [Cloud Platform](/acquia-cloud-platform) services. You can perform the following actions using Acquia CLI: - Run Drush commands on your applications hosted by Acquia, even if Drush is not installed locally - Download Drush aliases for your applications hosted by Acquia - Access your applications hosted by Acquia using SSH - Tail logs on your applications hosted by Acquia - Manage your [Cloud IDEs](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/ide) - Interact with more than 200 [Cloud Platform API](/acquia-cloud-platform/develop-apps/api) endpoints
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For more information on Acquia CLI commands, visit [Acquia CLI Commands](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/acquia-cli/commands).
Getting started --------------- To get started with Acquia CLI, [install Acquia CLI](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/acquia-cli/install). To view hands-on training material for Acquia CLI, sign in to [Acquia Academy](https://customers.acquiaacademy.com) and access the [e-learning material](https://www.acquiaacademy.com/pages/104/developer-experience-training). Complementing tools ------------------- - Acquia CLI is not an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). To use an IDE, visit [Cloud IDE](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/ide). It includes a pre-installed version of Acquia CLI. - Acquia CLI does not manage or integrate with Drupal directly. - Acquia CLI does not integrate with [Pipelines](/acquia-cloud-platform/features/pipelines). To manage [Pipelines](/acquia-cloud-platform/features/pipelines) jobs, use [Pipelines CLI](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/features/pipelines/cli/commands). - Acquia CLI is a standalone program. For most of the commands, it does not require external tools such as Composer or Drush. Libraries such as [ACSF tools](https://github.com/acquia/acsf-tools) offer similar but limited features using Drush. - Acquia CLI extends the [Cloud Platform API PHP SDK](https://github.com/typhonius/acquia-php-sdk-v2) to support Acquia products and services beyond the [Cloud Platform API](/acquia-cloud-platform/develop-apps/api). Operate ACLI through natural language. To scaffold environments, obtain logs, and manage databases, load the [Cloud Platform AI Skill](/node/97236) into the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) agent.