sima-cli

sima-cli is a lightweight CLI tool for streamlined asset retrieval and SiMa DevKit updates. It installs on macOS, Windows, Linux, and the SiMa DevKit via pip3 install sima-cli. Users must register and be approved at the SiMa Developer Portal to access digital assets, then authenticate with sima-cli login.

Installation

python3 -m venv ~/.sima-cli-env
source ~/.sima-cli-env/bin/activate
pip3 install sima-cli

On Windows, make sure you opened the CMD window as Administrator.

python3 -m venv .sima-cli-env
.sima-cli-env\Script\activate.bat
pip3 install sima-cli

In rare cases, certain features — such as Update with Net Boot — require running sima-cli with elevated privileges using sudo. In these situations, you must install sima-cli as the superuser:

sudo pip3 install sima-cli

Authentication

To authenticate with the developer portal, run the following command:

sima-cli login

The sima-cli install command allows generic package installation cross platforms. If the package you are installing includes private assets hosted on Hugging Face, you must first authenticate using your Hugging Face user token:

huggingface-cli login

View Commands

List all commands:

sima-cli --help

View Command Help

List command options:

sima-cli <command> --help

Example: sima-cli install --help

Uninstall

Remove sima-cli:

pip3 uninstall sima-cli

Check Installed Version

Verify the installed version:

sima-cli version