diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/.gitignore b/packages/shorebird_tools/.gitignore
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index 0000000000000..9f6ee8a769286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# See https://www.dartlang.org/guides/libraries/private-files
+
+# Files and directories created by pub
+.dart_tool/
+.packages
+build/
+pubspec.lock
+
+# Files generated during tests
+.test_coverage.dart
+coverage/
+.test_runner.dart
+
+# Android studio and IntelliJ
+.idea
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diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/README.md b/packages/shorebird_tools/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..86be36477f96d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## shorebird_tools
+
+Tools for shorebird which need to be pinned to a specific flutter version.
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diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/analysis_options.yaml b/packages/shorebird_tools/analysis_options.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fa798a831248a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/analysis_options.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include: package:very_good_analysis/analysis_options.5.1.0.yaml
+linter:
+  rules:
+    public_member_api_docs: false
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/bin/shorebird_tools.dart b/packages/shorebird_tools/bin/shorebird_tools.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8aa6880abb82d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/bin/shorebird_tools.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:shorebird_tools/src/command_runner.dart';
+
+Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
+  await _flushThenExit(await ShorebirdToolsCommandRunner().run(args));
+}
+
+/// Flushes the stdout and stderr streams, then exits the program with the given
+/// status code.
+///
+/// This returns a Future that will never complete, since the program will have
+/// exited already. This is useful to prevent Future chains from proceeding
+/// after you've decided to exit.
+Future<void> _flushThenExit(int status) {
+  return Future.wait<void>([stdout.close(), stderr.close()])
+      .then<void>((_) => exit(status));
+}
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/dart_test.yaml b/packages/shorebird_tools/dart_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2f46c7e98c1b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/dart_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+tags:
+  version-verify:
+    skip: "Should only be run during pull request. Verifies if version file is updated."
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diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/shorebird_tools.dart b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/shorebird_tools.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2c6f094a47bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/shorebird_tools.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/// shorebird_tools, Shorebird tools for Flutter
+///
+/// ```sh
+/// # activate shorebird_tools
+/// dart pub global activate shorebird_tools
+///
+/// # see usage
+/// shorebird_tools --help
+/// ```
+library;
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/command_runner.dart b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/command_runner.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b3a09a2ae5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/command_runner.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import 'package:args/args.dart';
+import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
+import 'package:mason_logger/mason_logger.dart';
+import 'package:shorebird_tools/src/commands/commands.dart';
+import 'package:shorebird_tools/src/version.dart';
+
+const executableName = 'shorebird_tools';
+const packageName = 'shorebird_tools';
+const description = 'Shorebird tools for Flutter';
+
+/// {@template shorebird_tools_command_runner}
+/// A [CommandRunner] for the CLI.
+///
+/// ```
+/// $ shorebird_tools --version
+/// ```
+/// {@endtemplate}
+class ShorebirdToolsCommandRunner extends CommandRunner<int> {
+  /// {@macro shorebird_tools_command_runner}
+  ShorebirdToolsCommandRunner({
+    Logger? logger,
+  })  : _logger = logger ?? Logger(),
+        super(executableName, description) {
+    // Add root options and flags
+    argParser
+      ..addFlag(
+        'version',
+        abbr: 'v',
+        negatable: false,
+        help: 'Print the current version.',
+      )
+      ..addFlag(
+        'verbose',
+        help: 'Noisy logging, including all shell commands executed.',
+      );
+
+    // Add sub commands
+    addCommand(SampleCommand(logger: _logger));
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void printUsage() => _logger.info(usage);
+
+  final Logger _logger;
+
+  @override
+  Future<int> run(Iterable<String> args) async {
+    try {
+      final topLevelResults = parse(args);
+      if (topLevelResults['verbose'] == true) {
+        _logger.level = Level.verbose;
+      }
+      return await runCommand(topLevelResults) ?? ExitCode.success.code;
+    } on FormatException catch (e, stackTrace) {
+      // On format errors, show the commands error message, root usage and
+      // exit with an error code
+      _logger
+        ..err(e.message)
+        ..err('$stackTrace')
+        ..info('')
+        ..info(usage);
+      return ExitCode.usage.code;
+    } on UsageException catch (e) {
+      // On usage errors, show the commands usage message and
+      // exit with an error code
+      _logger
+        ..err(e.message)
+        ..info('')
+        ..info(e.usage);
+      return ExitCode.usage.code;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<int?> runCommand(ArgResults topLevelResults) async {
+    // Verbose logs
+    _logger
+      ..detail('Argument information:')
+      ..detail('  Top level options:');
+    for (final option in topLevelResults.options) {
+      if (topLevelResults.wasParsed(option)) {
+        _logger.detail('  - $option: ${topLevelResults[option]}');
+      }
+    }
+    if (topLevelResults.command != null) {
+      final commandResult = topLevelResults.command!;
+      _logger
+        ..detail('  Command: ${commandResult.name}')
+        ..detail('    Command options:');
+      for (final option in commandResult.options) {
+        if (commandResult.wasParsed(option)) {
+          _logger.detail('    - $option: ${commandResult[option]}');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Run the command or show version
+    final int? exitCode;
+    if (topLevelResults['version'] == true) {
+      _logger.info(packageVersion);
+      exitCode = ExitCode.success.code;
+    } else {
+      exitCode = await super.runCommand(topLevelResults);
+    }
+
+    return exitCode;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/commands/commands.dart b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/commands/commands.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fc0403a8354fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/commands/commands.dart
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export 'sample_command.dart';
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/commands/sample_command.dart b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/commands/sample_command.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b332cc914a0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/commands/sample_command.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
+import 'package:mason_logger/mason_logger.dart';
+
+/// {@template sample_command}
+///
+/// `shorebird_tools sample`
+/// A [Command] to exemplify a sub command
+/// {@endtemplate}
+class SampleCommand extends Command<int> {
+  /// {@macro sample_command}
+  SampleCommand({
+    required Logger logger,
+  }) : _logger = logger {
+    argParser.addFlag(
+      'cyan',
+      abbr: 'c',
+      help: 'Prints the same joke, but in cyan',
+      negatable: false,
+    );
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String get description => 'A sample sub command that just prints one joke';
+
+  @override
+  String get name => 'sample';
+
+  final Logger _logger;
+
+  @override
+  Future<int> run() async {
+    var output = 'Which unicorn has a cold? The Achoo-nicorn!';
+    if (argResults?['cyan'] == true) {
+      output = lightCyan.wrap(output)!;
+    }
+    _logger.info(output);
+    return ExitCode.success.code;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/version.dart b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/version.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..67a7647b6c6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/lib/src/version.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Generated code. Do not modify.
+const packageVersion = '0.0.1';
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/pubspec.yaml b/packages/shorebird_tools/pubspec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..af140b04e5999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: shorebird_tools
+description: Shorebird tools for Flutter
+version: 0.0.1
+publish_to: none
+
+environment:
+  sdk: "^3.3.0"
+
+dependencies:
+  args: ^2.4.2
+  mason_logger: ^0.2.12
+
+dev_dependencies:
+  build_runner: ^2.4.8
+  build_verify: ^3.1.0
+  build_version: ^2.1.1
+  mocktail: ^1.0.3
+  test: ^1.25.2
+  very_good_analysis: ^5.1.0
+
+executables:
+  shorebird_tools:
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/test/ensure_build_test.dart b/packages/shorebird_tools/test/ensure_build_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3d1173b063895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/test/ensure_build_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@Tags(['version-verify'])
+library;
+
+import 'package:build_verify/build_verify.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  test('ensure_build', expectBuildClean);
+}
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/test/src/command_runner_test.dart b/packages/shorebird_tools/test/src/command_runner_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..22ebba4f46078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/test/src/command_runner_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
+import 'package:mason_logger/mason_logger.dart';
+import 'package:mocktail/mocktail.dart';
+import 'package:shorebird_tools/src/command_runner.dart';
+import 'package:shorebird_tools/src/version.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+class _MockLogger extends Mock implements Logger {}
+
+class _MockProgress extends Mock implements Progress {}
+
+
+const latestVersion = '0.0.0';
+
+
+void main() {
+  group('ShorebirdToolsCommandRunner', () {
+    late Logger logger;
+    late ShorebirdToolsCommandRunner commandRunner;
+
+    setUp(() {
+      logger = _MockLogger();
+
+      commandRunner = ShorebirdToolsCommandRunner(
+        logger: logger,
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('can be instantiated without an explicit analytics/logger instance',
+        () {
+      final commandRunner = ShorebirdToolsCommandRunner();
+      expect(commandRunner, isNotNull);
+    });
+
+    test('handles FormatException', () async {
+      const exception = FormatException('oops!');
+      var isFirstInvocation = true;
+      when(() => logger.info(any())).thenAnswer((_) {
+        if (isFirstInvocation) {
+          isFirstInvocation = false;
+          throw exception;
+        }
+      });
+      final result = await commandRunner.run(['--version']);
+      expect(result, equals(ExitCode.usage.code));
+      verify(() => logger.err(exception.message)).called(1);
+      verify(() => logger.info(commandRunner.usage)).called(1);
+    });
+
+    test('handles UsageException', () async {
+      final exception = UsageException('oops!', 'exception usage');
+      var isFirstInvocation = true;
+      when(() => logger.info(any())).thenAnswer((_) {
+        if (isFirstInvocation) {
+          isFirstInvocation = false;
+          throw exception;
+        }
+      });
+      final result = await commandRunner.run(['--version']);
+      expect(result, equals(ExitCode.usage.code));
+      verify(() => logger.err(exception.message)).called(1);
+      verify(() => logger.info('exception usage')).called(1);
+    });
+
+    group('--version', () {
+      test('outputs current version', () async {
+        final result = await commandRunner.run(['--version']);
+        expect(result, equals(ExitCode.success.code));
+        verify(() => logger.info(packageVersion)).called(1);
+      });
+    });
+
+    group('--verbose', () {
+      test('enables verbose logging', () async {
+        final result = await commandRunner.run(['--verbose']);
+        expect(result, equals(ExitCode.success.code));
+
+        verify(() => logger.detail('Argument information:')).called(1);
+        verify(() => logger.detail('  Top level options:')).called(1);
+        verify(() => logger.detail('  - verbose: true')).called(1);
+        verifyNever(() => logger.detail('    Command options:'));
+      });
+
+      test('enables verbose logging for sub commands', () async {
+        final result = await commandRunner.run([
+          '--verbose',
+          'sample',
+          '--cyan',
+        ]);
+        expect(result, equals(ExitCode.success.code));
+
+        verify(() => logger.detail('Argument information:')).called(1);
+        verify(() => logger.detail('  Top level options:')).called(1);
+        verify(() => logger.detail('  - verbose: true')).called(1);
+        verify(() => logger.detail('  Command: sample')).called(1);
+        verify(() => logger.detail('    Command options:')).called(1);
+        verify(() => logger.detail('    - cyan: true')).called(1);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_tools/test/src/commands/sample_command_test.dart b/packages/shorebird_tools/test/src/commands/sample_command_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f0a55a5ad31e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shorebird_tools/test/src/commands/sample_command_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import 'package:mason_logger/mason_logger.dart';
+import 'package:mocktail/mocktail.dart';
+import 'package:shorebird_tools/src/command_runner.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+class _MockLogger extends Mock implements Logger {}
+
+void main() {
+  group('sample', () {
+    late Logger logger;
+    late ShorebirdToolsCommandRunner commandRunner;
+
+    setUp(() {
+      logger = _MockLogger();
+      commandRunner = ShorebirdToolsCommandRunner(logger: logger);
+    });
+
+    test('tells a joke', () async {
+      final exitCode = await commandRunner.run(['sample']);
+
+      expect(exitCode, ExitCode.success.code);
+
+      verify(
+        () => logger.info('Which unicorn has a cold? The Achoo-nicorn!'),
+      ).called(1);
+    });
+    test('tells a joke in cyan', () async {
+      final exitCode = await commandRunner.run(['sample', '-c']);
+
+      expect(exitCode, ExitCode.success.code);
+
+      verify(
+        () => logger.info(
+          lightCyan.wrap('Which unicorn has a cold? The Achoo-nicorn!'),
+        ),
+      ).called(1);
+    });
+
+    test('wrong usage', () async {
+      final exitCode = await commandRunner.run(['sample', '-p']);
+
+      expect(exitCode, ExitCode.usage.code);
+
+      verify(() => logger.err('Could not find an option or flag "-p".'))
+          .called(1);
+      verify(
+        () => logger.info(
+          '''
+Usage: $executableName sample [arguments]
+-h, --help    Print this usage information.
+-c, --cyan    Prints the same joke, but in cyan
+
+Run "$executableName help" to see global options.''',
+        ),
+      ).called(1);
+    });
+  });
+}