# pack CLI

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/pack-cli/  
**Provider:** Cloud Native Buildpacks — https://apis.io/providers/buildpacks/  
**Documentation:** https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-app-developers/how-to/build-inputs/

pack CLI is one of 10 APIs that [Cloud Native Buildpacks](https://apis.io/providers/buildpacks/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CLI and Tooling. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

pack is the reference command-line interface for Cloud Native Buildpacks. It implements the Platform API to build OCI images from source on a developer's workstation, manages builders and buildpack packages, and integrates with Docker and OCI registries.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-app-developers/how-to/build-inputs/
- **Source Code** — https://github.com/buildpacks/pack
- **CLI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buildpacks/refs/heads/main/cli/buildpacks-cli.yml

## Other Cloud Native Buildpacks APIs (9)

- [Buildpack API Specification](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/buildpack-api/)
- [Platform API Specification](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/platform-api/)
- [Distribution API Specification](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/distribution-api/)
- [CNB Lifecycle](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/lifecycle/)
- [kpack](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/kpack/)
- [Buildpack Registry](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/registry/)
- [Buildpack API](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/buildpack-api/)
- [Platform API](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/platform-api/)
- [Distribution API](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/distribution-api/)

## Tags

CLI, Tooling

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