Install

Both CLIs ship as self-contained .NET 10 binaries — no .NET runtime install required. They’re published per-platform as single-file archives on the broker-specific dist repositories.

Pick the broker you want docs/install flow for:

Kite CLI

Zerodha Kite Connect v3 → Techriff.KiteCli → binary kite

Dhan CLI

DhanHQ API v2 → Techriff.DhanCli → binary dhan

Kite CLI

curl -fsSL https://cli.jorli.in/install/kite.sh | sh

Default install dir: $HOME/.local/bin (override via INSTALL_DIR).

irm https://cli.jorli.in/install/kite.ps1 | iex

Default install dir: $env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\kite-cli (auto-added to user PATH).

Download the matching archive from ssswagatss/kite-cli-dist, extract, and put kite / kite.exe on your PATH.

Dhan CLI

curl -fsSL https://cli.jorli.in/install/dhan.sh | sh

Default install dir: $HOME/.local/bin (override via INSTALL_DIR).

irm https://cli.jorli.in/install/dhan.ps1 | iex

Default install dir: $env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\dhan-cli (auto-added to user PATH).

Download the matching archive from ssswagatss/dhan-cli-dist, extract, and put dhan / dhan.exe on your PATH.

Verify the install

After installing either CLI, run its --help and the auth-status check:

kite --help
kite auth status --json --no-color

dhan --help
dhan auth status --json --no-color

Each command should print structured JSON without colour codes. If command not found, your PATH doesn’t include the install directory.

Supported platforms

Both CLIs ship self-contained, single-file binaries for six runtime identifiers:

OS	Architectures
Windows	`win-x64`, `win-arm64`
Linux	`linux-x64`, `linux-arm64`
macOS	`osx-x64`, `osx-arm64`

Builds are trimmed-free (-p:PublishTrimmed=false) to keep reflection-based table rendering reliable.

Updating

Both CLIs have an update command that prints the URL of the latest release — they do not auto-update.

kite update --json --no-color
# { "latestReleaseUrl": "https://github.com/ssswagatss/kite-cli-dist/releases/latest" }

dhan update --json --no-color
# { "latestReleaseUrl": "https://github.com/ssswagatss/dhan-cli-dist/releases/latest" }

Re-run the install script for your platform, or download the archive from the release URL and replace the binary manually.

Build from source

Each CLI can be built from source with the .NET SDK (10+). The solution files use the new XML .slnx format.

git clone https://github.com/ssswagatss/<cli>-cli   # source repos are currently private
cd <cli>-cli
dotnet restore <Cli>.slnx
dotnet build <Cli>.slnx --no-restore
dotnet test <Cli>.slnx --no-build

Replace <Cli> with KiteCli or DhanCli as appropriate.