List of VMware CLIs, SDKs & DevOps Tools

A frequent question that I get asked from customers and new developers that are looking to get started with VMware Automation is what CLIs (command-line interfaces) or SDKs (programing/scripting specific languages) are available for them to use? I know it is not always easy to find out what is available on the VMware.com website and some times I even have trouble browsing for all the right information as it is located in many different places. I figure it would be helpful not only for myself but also for others if I put together a list of the various VMware CLIs, SDKs and even some of the new DevOps Tools that VMware has been working on that are available to our customers/developers and partners. I have also included a couple of community tools that I think are pretty interesting. If there are others that you think I should add to the list, feel free and leave a comment.

Note: This is by no means a comprehensive list of every single VMware product/toolkit as there are many many more, including gated SDKs specifically for our partner eco-system. For more details on those API/SDKs, be sure to check out the VMware Developer Center.

UPDATE (4/20) - VMware now has an Open Source page on Github http://vmware.github.io/

VMware Cloud Native Apps:

• VMware Photon
• VMware Lightwave

VMware DevOps Tools:

• VMware Docker Machine
• VMware boot2docker
• Packer vmware-ovf post processor
• open-vmdk
• Vagrant plugin for Photon

vCloud Air:

• CLIs
  • RaaS (Recovery as a Service) CLI
  • vCloud Air CLI
• SDKs
  • vCloud Air SDK for Go
  • vCloud Air SDK for Python
• DevOps Tools
  • Vagrant vCloud Air Provider

vCloud Director:

• CLIs
  • vCloud Director Tenant and Provider PowerCLI
• SDKs
  • vCloud Director SDK for .NET
  • vCloud Director SDK for Java
  • vCloud Director SDK for PHP
• DevOps Tools
  • Vagrant vCloud Director Provider

vSphere:

• CLIs
  • govc CLI
  • vSphere CLI
  • vSphere PowerCLI
  • vSphere RVC CLI
  • vSphere ovftool CLI
  • vSphere PVC CLI
• SDKs
  • vSphere SDK for .NET
  • vSphere SDK for Go (govmomi)
  • vSphere SDK for Java
  • vSphere SDK for Perl
  • vSphere SDK for Python (pyvmomi)
  • vSphere SDK for Ruby (rbvmomi)
  • vSphere SDK for JavaScript
  • VSAN Management SDK for .NET
  • VSAN Management SDK for Java
  • VSAN Management SDK for Python
  • VSAN Management SDK for Ruby
• DevOps Tools
  • VMware Library Puppet Module
  • VMware vCNS Puppet Module
  • VMware vCenter Server Appliance Puppet Module
  • VMware vCenter Server Puppet Module
  • Vagrant Rbvmomi Provider
  • Vagrant vCenter Server Provider

vRealize Management Suite:

• CLIs
  • vRealize Cloud Client CLI
  • vRealize Automation Center CLI
• SDKs
  • vRealize Automation SDK for Java
  • vReazlie Orchestrator Plug-In SDK

VMware Community Tools:

• Vagrant vCenter Simulator Provider
• Docker Plugin for VMware vRealize Orchestrator
• VMware VIX API in Go
• vcloud-tools