The terminal strikes back - Atlassian’s Rovo Dev CLI brings agentic AI to the command line

The developer terminal – and its command line interface (CLI) – has long been the quiet powerhouse of modern software engineering. It is lightweight, flexible, and deeply embedded in how engineers interact with code. With the launch of Rovo Dev CLI, Atlassian is betting that the next wave of AI-assisted software development will unfold not just in integrated development environments (IDEs) – the full-featured software suites where many developers write and test code – but directly at the command line.

Rovo Dev CLI introduces an enterprise-ready, AI-powered development agent that operates entirely within the terminal. While tools like GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer have captured early attention with in-IDE suggestions, Rovo Dev CLI differentiates itself through deep integration with the Atlassian ecosystem and a growing set of agentic capabilities designed specifically for enterprise environments.

Taroon Mandhana, SVP and head of engineering at Atlassian says that the vendor continues to be committed to meeting developers ...