# Vers-CLI > Simple CLI tools for bumping and parsing version numbers ![Crates.io Version](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/vers-cli) ![docs.rs](https://img.shields.io/docsrs/vers-cli) ![Crates.io License](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/vers-cli) ## Goals - Simple: no complicated configuration, just a few well-designed features - Composable: making full use of Unix pipes - Language-independent: use this in any project, no matter the language ## Non-Goals - Release automation: this is language-dependent and there's a million tools out there (especially for JavaScript). - Conventional commits: parsing commits is messy and out of scope for this project, there are several good tools for this already. ## Examples ```bash vers-cli 0.1.0 | vers-cli bump patch # -> 0.1.1 # understands "v" prefix vers-cli v1.0.0 | vers-cli bump major | vers-cli bump patch # -> v2.0.1 # understands (some) pre-releases vers-cli v1.0.0-rc.1 | vers-cli release # -> v1.0.0 vers-cli v1.0.0-rc.1 | vers-cli bump rc # -> v1.0.0-rc.2 # invariant over metadata vers-cli v1.0.0-rc.1+500 | vers-cli release # -> v1.0.0+500 # can bump metadata vers-cli v1.0.0+500 | vers-cli bump build # -> v1.0.0+501 # linting vers-cli 01.0.0 --lint # -> error: leading zeros not allowed # -> hint: use `1.0.0` instead ```