Codebahn CLI

Codebahn is the private GitHub alternative: fast Git and CI for developers and teams. Your code is stored and served. Not scanned, not trained on, not tracked. Swedish company, EU-only infrastructure, every sub-processor EU-incorporated. Built on Forgejo, easy to leave.

Command-line interface for Codebahn.

codebahn auth login
codebahn pr list
codebahn issue create --title "ship it"
codebahn ci dispatch --workflow ci.yml

One binary. OAuth login. No config files.

Install

Linux and macOS

curl -fsSL https://releases.codebahn.net/cli/install.sh | sh

This detects your platform, downloads the latest binary, verifies its SHA256 checksum, and installs to ~/.local/bin. Override the location with INSTALL_DIR:

curl -fsSL https://releases.codebahn.net/cli/install.sh | INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin sh

Windows

irm https://releases.codebahn.net/cli/install.ps1 | iex

This downloads the latest binary, verifies its SHA256 checksum and GPG signature (if gpg is installed), installs to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\codebahn, and adds it to your PATH. Override the install location with $env:INSTALL_DIR. Restart your terminal after install.

From source

Install from source (note: source builds skip auto-update):

go install github.com/codebahn/codebahn-cli/cmd/codebahn@latest

Updates

The CLI checks for new versions once every 24 hours and prints a notice when one is available. To update in place:

codebahn update

This downloads the new binary from releases.codebahn.net, verifies its GPG signature and SHA256 checksum, and replaces itself. No external tools required.

To check without installing: codebahn update --check. To silence the periodic check: set CODEBAHN_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1 or add "check_updates": false to the config file (~/.config/codebahn/config.json, or %APPDATA%\codebahn\config.json on Windows).

Authentication

Log in through the browser. Tokens are saved to ~/.config/codebahn/config.json (%APPDATA%\codebahn\config.json on Windows).

codebahn auth login
codebahn auth status

For CI, set CODEBAHN_TOKEN instead.

Commands

When you run inside a Git repo, --owner and --repo are detected from the remote.

codebahn pr merge --index 42 --style squash
codebahn repo cat --ref main --filePath README.md
codebahn ci logs --run_id 7

Review a pull request commit by commit:

codebahn pr commits --index 42
codebahn repo show --sha 1a2b3c4 --file_path internal/foo.go
codebahn repo compare --base main --head feat/foo
codebahn repo log --path internal/foo.go --limit 10

Every subcommand accepts --help.

MCP and AI agents

Codebahn has a built-in, hosted MCP server that connects AI coding agents to your repos, issues, pull requests, and CI:

https://codebahn.net/mcp

The tools/ package in this repo is the shared source of truth for both this CLI and the MCP endpoint. 103 tools, one set of types, zero drift.

The server authenticates over OAuth, discovered via /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource. Add the URL to your MCP client and approve the OAuth prompt in your browser on first use.

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claude mcp add --transport http codebahn https://codebahn.net/mcp

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