vws-cli 2026.2.22

A CLI for the Vuforia Web Services (VWS) API.

vws-cli

A CLI for Vuforia Web Services.

• Installation

  • With pip

  • With Homebrew (macOS, Linux, WSL)

  • With Nix

  • With Docker

  • With winget (Windows)

  • Pre-built Linux binaries

  • Pre-built Windows binaries

  • Pre-built macOS (ARM) binaries

• Usage example

• Full documentation

Installation

With pip

Requires Python 3.13+.

$ pip install VWS-CLI

With Homebrew (macOS, Linux, WSL)

Requires Homebrew.

$ brew tap VWS-Python/vws
$ brew install vws-cli

With Nix

Requires Nix.

$ nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' run "github:VWS-Python/vws-cli" -- --help

To avoid passing --extra-experimental-features every time, enable flakes permanently.

Or add to your flake inputs:

{
  inputs.vws-cli.url = "github:VWS-Python/vws-cli";
}

With Docker

$ docker run --rm "ghcr.io/vws-python/vws-cli" --help

To use vuforia-cloud-reco:

$ docker run --rm --entrypoint vuforia-cloud-reco "ghcr.io/vws-python/vws-cli" --help

To use vumark:

$ docker run --rm --entrypoint vumark "ghcr.io/vws-python/vws-cli" --help

With winget (Windows)

Requires winget.

$ winget install --id VWSPython.vws-cli --source winget --exact
$ winget install --id VWSPython.vuforia-cloud-reco --source winget --exact

Pre-built Linux binaries

See the full documentation for details on how to install pre-built Linux binaries.

Pre-built Windows binaries

Download the Windows executables from the latest release and place them in a directory on your PATH. The filenames are:

• vws-windows.exe

• vuforia-cloud-reco-windows.exe

• vumark-windows.exe

Pre-built macOS (ARM) binaries

See the full documentation for details on how to install pre-built macOS binaries.

Usage example

$ vws add-target \
    --server-access-key "$SERVER_ACCESS_KEY" \
    --server-secret-key "$SERVER_SECRET_KEY" \
    --name my_image_name \
    --width 2 \
    --image ~/Documents/my_image.png \
    --application-metadata "$(echo 'my_metadata' | base64)" \
    --active-flag true
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$ vws --help
...
$ vuforia-cloud-reco my_image.jpg \
    --max-num-results 5 \
    --include-target-data none
- target_id: b60f60121d37418eb1de123c381b2af9
- target_id: e3a6e1a216ad4df3aaae1f6dd309c800
$

Full documentation

See the full documentation for information on:

• All available commands.

• Setting up autocompletion.

• How to contribute to this project.

• Release notes.