Crowdin CLI

Crowdin CLI is the command-line tool for managing and synchronizing localization resources with a Crowdin project. It ships as a single self-contained binary — no Java or other runtime required.

Check what's installed with crowdin --version. If it prints 4.x or a Java error, the user is on the legacy CLI — commands below still mostly apply, but see references/migrating-from-v4.md for the differences.

Full documentation: https://crowdin.github.io/crowdin-cli

Install

npm install -g @crowdin/cli

Also available via Homebrew (brew tap crowdin/crowdin && brew install crowdin@5), WinGet, Chocolatey, Docker (crowdin/cli), Linux package repositories, and as a standalone binary — see references/configuration.md for every option.

Authenticate

The CLI needs an API token and (for most commands) a project ID. On a developer's machine the quickest route is: