Command line client

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It would be nice to have one for shell scripting and other high-level automation tasks. The most hard decision is the implementation language, the following table summarises pros and cons.

C++

Pros:

• Fast startup
• Small standalone executable

Cons:

• More code to write

C#

Pros:

• Less code to write
• Small distribution size when using .NET / Mono already installed on machine

Cons:

• Posix OSes support is not as streamlined as Windows

JavaScript

Pros:

• Even less code write (client library shared with web ui part)

Cons:

• Requires node executable to be installed on end-user machine (which is not typical)

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• Bundling node executable adds 30mb+ to distribution package