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title Install the DAB CLI
description Use the Data API builder (DAB) command-line interface (CLI) to create APIs for your databases by installing it on your system.
author jerrynixon
ms.author jnixon
ms.reviewer sidandrews
ms.service data-api-builder
ms.topic reference
ms.date 09/29/2025

Install the Data API builder command-line interface

In this guide, you go through the steps to install the Data API builder (DAB) command-line interface (CLI) on your local machine. You can then use the CLI to perform the most common actions with DAB. The CLI is distributed as a .NET tool.

Prerequisites

Install the CLI

[!INCLUDEInstall CLI]

Verify that the CLI is installed

Installing the .NET tool makes the dab command available on your local machine.

Use the --version argument to determine the version of your current installation.

dab --version
dab --version

Important

If you're running on Linux or macOS, you could see an error when invoking dab directly. To resolve this error, add the .NET global tools to your PATH. For more information, see Install .NET tools.

Observe the output of the previous command. Assuming the current version of the DAB CLI is 1.0.0, the command output would include the following content.

Microsoft.DataApiBuilder 1.0.0