
I built a CLI that covers the entire Google Play Developer API
I was uploading an AAB to the Play Console last year and thought — why am I still clicking through this in 2026? Every Android release is the same ritual. Open the Console, upload the bundle, fill in release notes, pick a track, set the rollout percentage, click through confirmation screens. Fifteen minutes of clicking for something that should be one command. So I looked at what exists. Fastlane supply requires Ruby, Bundler, and about 150 gems. It covers roughly 20 of the 204 Google Play API endpoints. Uploads and metadata — that's about it. No reviews, no vitals, no subscriptions. gradle-play-publisher is tied to Gradle. You can't use it in a standalone script or outside a build. Custom bash scripts work until the person who wrote them leaves your team. Nothing covers the full API. So I built one. What is GPC? GPC is a command-line interface that maps the entire Google Play Developer API v3 — 204 endpoints — to simple, consistent commands. bash # Upload and release gpc releases uplo
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