---
title: "calicoctl version"
description: "Reference for the calicoctl version command in Calico Open Source, used to display client and cluster version information."
product: "Calico Open Source"
version: "3.32 (latest)"
section: "Reference"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/version"
---

# calicoctl version

This section describes the `calicoctl version` command.

Read the [calicoctl Overview](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/overview.md) for a full list of calicoctl commands.

## Displaying the help text for 'calicoctl version' commands

Run `calicoctl version --help` to display the following help menu for the commands.

```text
Usage:
  calicoctl version [--config=<CONFIG>] [--poll=<POLLFREQ>]

Options:
  -h --help             Show this screen.
  -c --config=<CONFIG>  Path to the file containing connection configuration in
                        YAML or JSON format.
                        [default: /etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg]
     --poll=<POLL>      Poll for changes to the cluster information at a frequency specified using POLL duration
                        (e.g. 1s, 10m, 2h etc.). A value of 0 (the default) disables polling.

Description:
  Display the version of calicoctl.
```

### Example

Use `calicoctl version` to obtain the following data.

| Field               | Value                                      |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `Client Version`    | Version of `calicoctl`                     |
| `Build date`        | Time and date of `calicoctl` build         |
| `Git commit`        | Git commit number of `calicoctl`           |
| `Cluster Version`\* | Version number of `calico/node` and Calico |
| `Cluster Type`\*    | Other details about the cluster            |

\* To obtain these values, you must configure `calicoctl` [to connect to your datastore](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/operations/calicoctl/configure/overview.md).

## See also

- [Installing calicoctl](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/operations/calicoctl/install.md).