# The command line

> tidekeeper's documentation: https://tidekeeper.eu/docs/cli

The same figures as the dashboard, in a terminal: for scripts, and for people who live there.

## Getting it

For Linux and macOS, in one line: it fetches the build for your machine, checks it against its sum, and puts it in `~/.local/bin`:

```sh
curl -fsSL https://tidekeeper.eu/install.sh | sh
```

Or by hand: [Linux on x86-64](https://tidekeeper.eu/download/tidekeeper-linux-x86_64), [Linux on ARM](https://tidekeeper.eu/download/tidekeeper-linux-aarch64), [macOS on Intel](https://tidekeeper.eu/download/tidekeeper-macos-x86_64), [macOS on Apple silicon](https://tidekeeper.eu/download/tidekeeper-macos-aarch64), and [their sums](https://tidekeeper.eu/download/SHA256SUMS).

## Signing in

Through the browser: it opens a page here where you let the command line in.

```sh
tidekeeper login --server https://tidekeeper.eu
```

The token it gets only reads; it is kept in `~/.config/tidekeeper/token`, and listed under Settings, API tokens, where you can take it back. Over SSH, `--no-browser` prints the page to open instead. Or give it a token of your own, in `~/.config/tidekeeper/config.toml` or in the environment:

```sh
export TIDEKEEPER_SERVER=https://tidekeeper.eu
export TIDEKEEPER_TOKEN_FILE=~/.config/tidekeeper/token
```

## What it does

```sh
tidekeeper login --server https://tidekeeper.eu   # once: sign in through the browser
tidekeeper status                 # every site at a glance; exits 1 when one needs attention
tidekeeper top sources your-site.example --last 7d
tidekeeper stats your-site.example --metrics visitors,views --by day --json
tidekeeper why your-site.example views --page /install
tidekeeper changed your-site.example
tidekeeper tail your-site.example  # a line a minute, by page, never by reader
tidekeeper check https://your-site.example/
tidekeeper mcp                    # the MCP server, for an AI agent
```

Every command takes `--json` for a script, and `--help` says the rest.