diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 392ce65..9848f17 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+cli-tool/.env
+frontend/package-lock.json
 media_files/encoded/
 media_files/original/
 media_files/hls/
@@ -14,4 +16,4 @@ static/mptt/
 static/rest_framework/
 static/drf-yasg
 cms/local_settings.py
-deploy/docker/local_settings.py
+deploy/docker/local_settings.py
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diff --git a/cli-tool/README.md b/cli-tool/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87f493b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli-tool/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+## MediaCMS CLI Tool
+This is the CLI tool to interact with the API of your installation/instance of MediaCMS.
+
+### How to configure and use the tools
+- Make sure that you have all the required installations (`cli-tool/requirements.txt`)installed. To install it -
+    - Create a new virtualenv using any python virtualenv manager.
+    - Then activate the virtualenv and enter `pip install -r requirements.txt`.
+- Create an .env file in this folder (`mediacms/cli-tool/`)
+- Run the cli tool using the command `python cli.py login`. This will authenticate you and store necessary creds for further authentications.
+- To check the credentials and necessary setup, run `python cli.py whoami`. This will show your details.
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diff --git a/cli-tool/cli.py b/cli-tool/cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3abef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli-tool/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+import json
+import os
+
+import click
+import requests
+from decouple import config
+from rich import print
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.table import Table
+
+console = Console()
+
+print("Welcome to the CLI Tool of [bold blue]MediaCMS![/bold blue]", ":thumbs_up:")
+
+
+BASE_URL = 'https://demo.mediacms.io/api/v1'
+AUTH_KEY = ''
+USERNAME = ''
+EMAIL = ''
+
+
+def set_envs():
+    with open('.env', 'r') as file:
+        if not file.read(1):
+            print("Use the Login command to set your credential environment variables")
+        else:
+            global AUTH_KEY, USERNAME, EMAIL
+            AUTH_KEY = config('AUTH_KEY')
+            USERNAME = config('USERNAME')
+            EMAIL = config('EMAIL')
+
+
+set_envs()
+
+
+@click.group()
+def apis():
+    """A CLI wrapper for the MediaCMS API endpoints."""
+
+
+@apis.command()
+def login():
+    """Login to your account."""
+
+    email = input('Enter your email address: ')
+    password = input('Enter your password: ')
+
+    data = {
+        "email": f"{email}",
+        "password": f"{password}",
+    }
+
+    response = requests.post(url=f'{BASE_URL}/login', data=data)
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        username = json.loads(response.text)["username"]
+        with open(".env", "w") as file:
+            file.writelines(f'AUTH_KEY={json.loads(response.text)["token"]}\n')
+            file.writelines(f'EMAIL={json.loads(response.text)["email"]}\n')
+            file.writelines(f'USERNAME={json.loads(response.text)["username"]}\n')
+        print(f"Welcome to MediaCMS [bold blue]{username}[/bold blue]. Your auth creds have been suceesfully stored in the .env file", ":v:")
+    else:
+        print(f'Error: {"non_field_errors":["User not found."]}')
+
+
+@apis.command()
+def upload_media():
+    """Upload media to the server"""
+
+    headers = {'authorization': f'Token {AUTH_KEY}'}
+
+    path = input('Enter the location of the file or directory where multiple files are present: ')
+
+    if os.path.isdir(path):
+        for filename in os.listdir(path):
+            files = {}
+            abs = os.path.abspath("{path}/{filename}")
+            files['media_file'] = open(f'{abs}', 'rb')
+            response = requests.post(url=f'{BASE_URL}/media', headers=headers, files=files)
+            if response.status_code == 201:
+                print("[bold blue]{filename}[/bold blue] successfully uploaded!")
+            else:
+                print(f'Error: {response.text}')
+
+    else:
+        files = {}
+        files['media_file'] = open(f'{os.path.abspath(path)}', 'rb')
+        response = requests.post(url=f'{BASE_URL}/media', headers=headers, files=files)
+        if response.status_code == 201:
+            print("[bold blue]{filename}[/bold blue] successfully uploaded!")
+        else:
+            print(f'Error: {response.text}')
+
+
+@apis.command()
+def my_media():
+    """List all my media"""
+
+    headers = {'authorization': f'Token {AUTH_KEY}'}
+    response = requests.get(url=f'{BASE_URL}/media?author={USERNAME}', headers=headers)
+
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        data_json = json.loads(response.text)
+
+        table = Table(show_header=True, header_style="bold magenta")
+        table.add_column("Name of the media")
+        table.add_column("Media Type")
+        table.add_column("State")
+
+        for data in data_json['results']:
+            table.add_row(data['title'], data['media_type'], data['state'])
+        console.print(table)
+
+    else:
+        print(f'Could not get the media: {response.text}')
+
+
+@apis.command()
+def whoami():
+    """Shows the details of the authorized user"""
+    headers = {'authorization': f'Token {AUTH_KEY}'}
+    response = requests.get(url=f'{BASE_URL}/whoami', headers=headers)
+    for data, value in json.loads(response.text).items():
+        print(data, ' : ', value)
+
+
+@apis.command()
+def categories():
+    """List all categories."""
+    response = requests.get(url=f'{BASE_URL}/categories')
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        data_json = json.loads(response.text)
+
+        table = Table(show_header=True, header_style="bold magenta")
+        table.add_column("Category")
+        table.add_column("Description")
+
+        for data in data_json:
+            table.add_row(data['title'], data['description'])
+
+        console.print(table)
+    else:
+        print(f'Could not get the categories: {response.text}')
+
+
+@apis.command()
+def encodings():
+    """List all encoding profiles"""
+    response = requests.get(url=f'{BASE_URL}/encode_profiles/')
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        data_json = json.loads(response.text)
+
+        table = Table(show_header=True, header_style="bold magenta")
+        table.add_column("Name")
+        table.add_column("Extension")
+        table.add_column("Resolution")
+        table.add_column("Codec")
+        table.add_column("Description")
+
+        for data in data_json:
+            table.add_row(data['name'], data['extension'], str(data['resolution']), data['codec'], data['description'])
+        console.print(table)
+    else:
+        print(f'Could not get the encodings: {response.text}')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    apis()
diff --git a/cli-tool/requirements.txt b/cli-tool/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ad9be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli-tool/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+click
+python-decouple
+requests
+rich
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diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index dfde72c..d4768e1 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ pytest-django
 pytest-factoryboy
 Faker
 selenium
-webdriver-manager
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+webdriver-manager