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title Install the DAB CLI
description Get started using the Data API builder (DAB) to generate APIs by installing the command-line interface (CLI).
author seesharprun
ms.author sidandrews
ms.reviewer jerrynixon
ms.service data-api-builder
ms.topic how-to
ms.date 06/11/2025

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.

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

    dab --version

    [!IMPORTANT] If you are 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 troubleshooting Data API builder installation.

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

    Microsoft.DataApiBuilder 1.0.0

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