Snowflake CLI

Snowflake CLI is an open-source command-line tool explicitly designed for developer-centric workloads in addition to SQL operations. It is a flexible and extensible tool that can accommodate modern development practices and technologies.

With Snowflake CLI, developers can create, manage, update, and view apps running on Snowflake across workloads such as Streamlit in Snowflake, the Snowflake Native App Framework, Snowpark Container Services, and Snowpark. It supports a range of Snowflake features, including user-defined functions, stored procedures, Streamlit in Snowflake, and SQL execution.

Docs: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-guide/snowflake-cli-v2/index.

Quick start: https://quickstarts.snowflake.com/guide/getting-started-with-snowflake-cli

Cheatsheet: https://github.com/Snowflake-Labs/sf-cheatsheets/blob/main/snowflake-cli.md

Install Snowflake CLI

Install with pipx (PyPi)

We recommend installing Snowflake CLI in isolated environment using pipx. Requires Python >= 3.10

pipx install snowflake-cli
snow --help

Install with Homebrew (Mac only)

Requires Homebrew.

brew tap snowflakedb/snowflake-cli
brew install snowflake-cli
snow --help

Install from source

Requires Python >= 3.10 and git

git clone https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-cli
cd snowflake-cli
# you can also do the below in an active virtual environment:
# python -m venv .venv
# source .venv/bin/activate
hatch build && pip install .
snow --version

You should now be able to run snow and get the CLI message.

Get involved

Have a feature idea? Running into a bug? Want to contribute? We'd love to hear from you! Please open or review issues, open pull requests, or reach out to us on [email protected]