What is the Wistia CLI?
The Wistia CLI is an installable command-line tool for working with the Wistia Data API from terminals, scripts, CI jobs, or AI coding-agent workflows. It gives you a scriptable way to work with Wistia accounts, upload media, manage content, and query analytics—the same API-backed capabilities available through the Wistia MCP server, in command-line form.
Tip
If you'd like an AI client like Claude or ChatGPT to talk to Wistia in natural language, use the Wistia MCP server. If you'd like people, scripts, CI jobs, or agent runtimes to run Wistia commands directly, use the CLI. They share the same underlying capabilities, but are built for different environments.
Install the Wistia CLI
The install path for the Wistia CLI differs based on if you're using macOS, Linux, or Windows. Check out our developer resources for a full breakdown on the Wistia CLI.
Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
brew install wistia/tap/wistia-cli
Quick install script (macOS/Linux)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wistia/wistia-cli/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
Quick install script (Windows PowerShell)
iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wistia/wistia-cli/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex