pantheon-systems/terminus

A command line interface for Pantheon

4.3.1 2026-06-03 18:51 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.2
• ext-json: *
• composer/semver: ^3
• consolidation/comments: ^1.0.2 || ^2
• consolidation/filter-via-dot-access-data: ^2.0
• consolidation/output-formatters: ^4
• consolidation/robo: ^3 || ^5
• consolidation/self-update: ^2.0.4
• consolidation/site-alias: ^4.0
• czproject/git-php: ^4.0
• guzzlehttp/guzzle: ^7.0
• justinrainbow/json-schema: ^5.2
• league/container: ^4.2
• monolog/monolog: ^2.2
• psy/psysh: ^0.12.6
• rogervila/array-diff-multidimensional: ^2.0
• twig/twig: ^3.3

Requires (Dev)

• ext-pcov: *
• behat/behat: ^3.2.2
• erusev/parsedown: ^1.7
• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.17
• pcov/clobber: ^2.0
• phpunit/php-code-coverage: ^9.2
• phpunit/phpcov: ^8.2
• phpunit/phpunit: ^9
• squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^3.5
• wdalmut/php-deb-packager: ^0.0.14

Conflicts

• drupal/core: *
• pantheon-systems/wordpress-composer: *

MIT

• cli
• wordpress
• drupal
• pantheon
• terminus

README

Status

About

Terminus is Pantheon's Command Line Interface (CLI), providing at least equivalent functionality to the Pantheon's browser-based Dashboard and easier scripting.

If you would like to contribute, pull requests are welcome!

The Manual

Our documentation is kept in the Terminus Manual, located here: https://pantheon.io/docs/terminus

Requirements

Operating System	Version
MacOS	10.14+
Ubuntu	Latest LTS
Windows + WSL + Ubuntu	20.0+

Package Manager

• Homebrew for mac

Required Packages

These packages are required to take full advantage of Terminus.

• Composer 2 (Needed for the plugin manager component)

• PHP (v8.2+)

• Git (May be needed for the plugin manager component)

• OpenSSH 7.8 or later

Recommended Packages

• Drush (Useful to run incompatible-with-Terminus Drush commands)

• WP-CLI (Useful to run incompatible-with-Terminus WP-CLI commands)

Installation

Mac OS:

Terminus is published as a package under pantheon-systems/external. To install it, you should run:

brew install pantheon-systems/external/terminus

Standalone Terminus PHAR

The commands below will:

• Create a terminus folder in your home directory (~/)
• Get the latest release tag of Terminus
• Download and save the release as ~/terminus/terminus
• Make the file executable
• Add a symlink to your local bin directory for the Terminus executable

mkdir -p ~/terminus && cd ~/terminus
curl -L https://github.com/pantheon-systems/terminus/releases/download/3.6.1/terminus.phar --output terminus
chmod +x terminus
./terminus self:update
sudo ln -s ~/terminus/terminus /usr/local/bin/terminus