phabfive 0.7.0

CLI for Phabricator and Phorge - built for humans and AI agents

phabfive

CLI for Phabricator and Phorge - built for humans and AI agents.

Features

A summary of the currently supported features:

• Passphrase - Get specified secret
• Diffusion - List repositories, get branches, clone URIs, add repositories, manage URIs
• Paste - List, get, and add pastes
• User - Get information about the logged-in user
• Maniphest - Add comments, show task details, create tasks from templates

For complete documentation, see Read the Docs.

Installation

uv is a fast Python package installer (10-100x faster than pip):

# Install uv if you haven't already
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Install from pypi.org
uv tool install phabfive

# Install from Github to get unreleased features and fixes
uv tool install git+https://github.com/dynamist/phabfive@master

If you prefer mise-en-place the polyglot tool version manager:

# Install mise if you haven't already
curl https://mise.run | sh

# Install from pypi.org
mise use --global --pin pipx:phabfive

Quick Start

1. Get an API token

Grab a Phabricator/Phorge token at https://<yourserver.com>/settings/panel/apitokens/

2. Configure credentials

Environment variables:

export PHAB_TOKEN=cli-ABC123
export PHAB_URL=https://yourserver.com/api/

Or use a configuration file:

# Linux/XDG
cat << 'EOF' > ~/.config/phabfive.yaml
PHAB_TOKEN: cli-ABC123
PHAB_URL: https://yourserver.com/api/
EOF

# macOS
cat << 'EOF' > ~/Library/Application\ Support/phabfive.yaml
PHAB_TOKEN: cli-ABC123
PHAB_URL: https://yourserver.com/api/
EOF

# Windows - create at: %LOCALAPPDATA%\phabfive\phabfive.yaml

Note: On macOS, you can use ~/.config by setting export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=~/.config

3. Use phabfive

phabfive passphrase K123
phabfive paste list
phabfive maniphest search "migration tasks" --tag myproject
phabfive maniphest search --tag myproject --updated-after=1w

Documentation

• Full CLI Reference - Complete command documentation
• Development Guide - Set up dev environment, run tests, local Phorge/Phabricator setup
• Release Process - How to build and publish releases

Contributing

See docs/development.md for instructions on setting up your development environment.

License

Copyright (c) 2017-2026 Dynamist AB

See the LICENSE file provided with the source distribution for full details.