General Commands

General commands handle authentication, tokens, statistics, and CLI configuration. You use these commands to log in, create tokens, and inspect environment options.

Overview

Command	Alias	Description
jf login	—	Log in to a JFrog Platform via your web browser. Available for Artifactory 7.64.0 and above
jf access-token-create	`atc`	Create an access token. Requires authentication
jf exchange-oidc-token	`eot`	Exchange an OIDC token ID for a JFrog access token
jf generate-summary-markdown	`gsm`	Generate a summary of recorded CLI commands in Markdown. Requires `JFROG_CLI_COMMAND_SUMMARY_OUTPUT_DIR`
jf stats	`st`	Return statistics for a product on a given server. Requires authentication
jf options	—	Show all supported environment variables

When to Use

login: Use when you want browser-based authentication without storing credentials manually
how: Use when you need help translating a task into JFrog CLI commands
access-token-create: Use to create tokens for CI, scripts, or service accounts
exchange-oidc-token: Use when authenticating with OIDC providers (GitHub, Azure, generic)
generate-summary-markdown: Use to produce a Markdown report of CLI usage for documentation or auditing
stats: Use to inspect product statistics (Artifactory or rt)
options: Use to discover all environment variables the CLI supports