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pdq-cli 0.1.5, published by Bogdan Calapod, is a lightweight command-line utility that exposes PDQ Connect and PDQ Detect functionality to administrators who prefer terminal-based workflows. Written as an unofficial wrapper around the official REST endpoints, the tool lets IT teams retrieve and manipulate inventory data, organize endpoints into groups, upload or modify deployment packages, and trigger remote installations without opening the vendor’s graphical console. Security analysts can equally query the PDQ Detect API to enumerate detected vulnerabilities, installed applications, and scan surfaces, then pipe the JSON output into scripts that feed SIEM dashboards or compliance reports. Typical use cases include nightly batch audits that compare the current software footprint against a golden image, on-demand package pushes during maintenance windows, and vulnerability sweeps that correlate missing patches with CVE severity scores. Because credentials are read from environment variables or secure vaults, the client integrates cleanly with CI/CD pipelines and Ansible playbooks. The single-file executable runs on any Windows station that has PowerShell 5.1 or higher, requires no administrative privileges for read operations, and honors proxy settings defined in WinHTTP. Although it is an independent project not affiliated with PDQ.com, the utility tracks the same API versions used by the official web interface, ensuring that new device attributes or detection logic appear in pdq-cli as soon as they are released. The software is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version, and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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