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title: "Get started with Zilliant CLI"
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description: "Learn about Zilliant CLI—Zilliant's powerful command-line interface tool designed to simplify and enhance your work with Zilliant orgs by streamlining the development and deployment experience."
updated: 2025-02-14T14:23:46Z
published: 2025-02-14T14:23:46Z
canonical: "docs.zilliant.com/get-started-with-zilliant-cli"
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# Get started with Zilliant CLI

Zilliant CLI is a powerful command-line interface tool designed to simplify and enhance your work with Zilliant orgs by streamlining the development and deployment experience.

Zilliant CLI enables you to easily move pricing configurations between environments, or configure new environments. Using your own source control and workflow, use Zilliant CLI to:

- Manage your Zilliant organizations (ZOrgs)
- Move configurations between ZOrgs
- Retrieve and deploy metadata artifacts
- Delete unwanted or outdated artifacts in ZOrgs

## System requirements

Before installing Zilliant CLI, review the system requirements to get the most from our command line interface.

#### Operating systems

Zilliant CLI supports these operating systems.

| Operating system | Recommended versions |
| --- | --- |
| Windows NT | Windows 10 or later version |
| macOS | macOS 15 Sequoia |

#### Code editor or IDE

You can use any code editor to work with scripts and manifests.

## Prerequisites

To access your ZOrg with Zilliant CLI, you must have:

- Credentials for the Salesforce org associated with your ZOrg
- Client ID and client secret of the connected authentication app
- ZOrg ID

To get this data, contact your Zilliant representative.

## How to use Zilliant CLI

To install and use Zilliant CLI, follow the steps for your operating system.

### Windows

1. Complete the [system requirements](/v1/docs/get-started-with-zilliant-cli#system-requirements) and [prerequisites](/v1/docs/get-started-with-zilliant-cli#prerequisites).
2. [Download](/v1/docs/install-and-update-zilliant-cli#download-zilliant-cli-for-windows) the installation file.
3. [Install Zilliant CLI](/v1/docs/install-and-update-zilliant-cli#install-zilliant-cli-for-windows).
4. Run [commands](/v1/docs/zilliant-cli-command-reference) to create projects, deploy artifacts, and work with Zorgs.

### macOS

1. Complete the [system requirements](/v1/docs/get-started-with-zilliant-cli#system-requirements) and [prerequisites](/v1/docs/get-started-with-zilliant-cli#prerequisites).
2. [Download](/v1/docs/zilliant-cli-for-macos#download-zilliant-cli-for-macos) the installation file.
3. [Install Zilliant CLI](/v1/docs/zilliant-cli-for-macos#install-zilliant-cli-for-macos).
4. Run [commands](/v1/docs/zilliant-cli-command-reference) to create projects, deploy artifacts, and work with Zorgs.

## What’s next?

To learn how to perform common tasks using Zilliant CLI, read [Use Zilliant CLI](/docs/use-zilliant-cli).

Read [our release notes](/docs/about-release-updates) for the latest version information.

A Zilliant org (ZOrg) is a virtual space provided to an individual Zilliant customer. It includes all customer data, applications, and customizations. Additionally, a ZOrg can include a Salesforce org and ZCloud configurations.

A Zilliant org (ZOrg) is a virtual space provided to an individual Zilliant customer. It includes all customer data, applications, and customizations. A ZOrg can include a Salesforce org and ZCloud configurations.