CLI
Google Cloud CLI (gcloud CLI)
Official Google Cloud command-line interface (part of the Cloud SDK, including gcloud, gsutil, and bq) for managing Google Cloud resources, AI/Vertex services, and applications.
- Type
- CLI
- Updated
- 2026-08-26
Install
via Positronick CLI
$positronick cli install google-cloud-cli-gcloud-cli --run
Official
$brew install --cask gcloud-cli
The primary command-line tool for Google Cloud, bundled in the Cloud SDK alongside gsutil for Cloud Storage and bq for BigQuery. After gcloud init authorizes access and sets a default configuration, you use it to manage resources, authenticate, deploy apps, and script tasks across services rather than working through the web console. Optional add-on components include kubectl, minikube, skaffold, and local emulators for Bigtable, Datastore, Firestore, Pub/Sub, and Spanner.