# Azure CLI

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Azure CLI and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a strong way to work with Azure, including scripting setup tasks rather than using the web portal. Critics find even the CLI clunky.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong way to work with Azure (2 comments): "standard stateful cli tooling like the azure cli are fundamentally better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715942)) "Azure CLI is really the best part working with the service." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46812923))

## What people warn about

- Clunky even as a CLI (1 comments): "I like working with the cli instead of the portal. But even the cli is clunky." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46806588))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Azure CLI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/azure-cli/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).