# Retrieving Nexus CLI tools from a repository

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/retrieving-nexus-cli-tools-from-a-repository/844>\
**Category:** Sonatype Lifecycle & Firewall\
**Tags:** integrations\
**Created:** [November 22, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/retrieving-nexus-cli-tools-from-a-repository/844 "2018-11-22T16:43:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![greg.d.thomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@greg.d.thomas](https://community.sonatype.com/u/greg.d.thomas)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/retrieving-nexus-cli-tools-from-a-repository/844/3 "2018-11-26T13:59:50Z")

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> [@mworthington](#):
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> Given that the IQ CLI is a commercial product, we do not publish it to Central. We do store it in our internal Nexus Repository for our own use.

Hmm, not sure what’s stopping it from being published - it’s a freely available download from [Download and Compatibility](https://help.sonatype.com/iqserver/product-information/download-and-compatibility#DownloadandCompatibility-IQServer&CLI) and plenty of other organisations publish their freely available but commercial artefacts to a Maven repo (e.g. [https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.install4j/install4j-runtime/7.0.8](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.install4j/install4j-runtime/7.0.8)).

But if you want everyone to download it and install it manually, I guess that’s the way we have to do.

Greg

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