Installation

Go Module

Install the library with go get:

go get github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli

Requirements

Go 1.21+
No CGO required – the project uses modernc.org/sqlite (pure Go SQLite) and does not require a C compiler

Dependencies

The library pulls in the following key dependencies:

Dependency	Purpose
`modernc.org/sqlite`	Pure Go SQLite driver for reading `.mpr` files
`go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver`	BSON parsing for Mendix document format

These are resolved automatically by go get.

Verify Installation

Create a simple Go program to verify the library is working:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli"
)

func main() {
    reader, err := modelsdk.Open("/path/to/MyApp.mpr")
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Printf("Error: %v\n", err)
        return
    }
    defer reader.Close()

    version := reader.GetMendixVersion()
    fmt.Printf("Mendix version: %s\n", version)
    fmt.Printf("MPR format: v%d\n", reader.Version())
}

Run it:

go run main.go

Building from Source

If you want to build the mxcli CLI tool from source:

git clone https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli.git
cd mxcli
make build

The binary will be placed in bin/mxcli.