diff --git a/cli/cmds/cluster/cluster.go b/cli/cmds/cluster/cluster.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8146a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/cmds/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package cluster
+
+import (
+	"github.com/galal-hussein/k3k/cli/cmds"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+var clusterSubcommands = []cli.Command{
+	{
+		Name:            "create",
+		Usage:           "Create new cluster",
+		SkipFlagParsing: false,
+		SkipArgReorder:  true,
+		Action:          createCluster,
+		Flags:           append(cmds.CommonFlags, clusterCreateFlags...),
+	},
+}
+
+func NewClusterCommand() cli.Command {
+	cmd := cli.Command{
+		Name:        "cluster",
+		Usage:       "cluster command",
+		Subcommands: clusterSubcommands,
+	}
+
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/cli/cmds/cluster/create.go b/cli/cmds/cluster/create.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d897266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/cmds/cluster/create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+package cluster
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/galal-hussein/k3k/cli/cmds"
+	"github.com/galal-hussein/k3k/pkg/apis/k3k.io/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+)
+
+var (
+	Scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
+)
+
+func init() {
+	_ = clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(Scheme)
+	_ = v1alpha1.AddToScheme(Scheme)
+}
+
+var (
+	name        string
+	token       string
+	clusterCIDR string
+	serviceCIDR string
+	servers     int64
+	agents      int64
+	serverArgs  cli.StringSlice
+	agentArgs   cli.StringSlice
+
+	clusterCreateFlags = []cli.Flag{
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "name",
+			Usage:       "name of the cluster",
+			Destination: &name,
+		},
+		cli.Int64Flag{
+			Name:        "servers",
+			Usage:       "number of servers",
+			Destination: &servers,
+			Value:       1,
+		},
+		cli.Int64Flag{
+			Name:        "agents",
+			Usage:       "number of agents",
+			Destination: &agents,
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "token",
+			Usage:       "token of the cluster",
+			Destination: &token,
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "cluster-cidr",
+			Usage:       "cluster CIDR",
+			Destination: &clusterCIDR,
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "service-cidr",
+			Usage:       "service CIDR",
+			Destination: &serviceCIDR,
+		},
+		cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:  "server-args",
+			Usage: "servers extra arguments",
+			Value: &serverArgs,
+		},
+		cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:  "agent-args",
+			Usage: "agents extra arguments",
+			Value: &agentArgs,
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func createCluster(clx *cli.Context) error {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := validateCreateFlags(clx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	restConfig, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", cmds.Kubeconfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ctrlClient, err := client.New(restConfig, client.Options{
+		Scheme: Scheme,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	logrus.Infof("creating a new cluster [%s]", name)
+	cluster := newCluster(
+		name,
+		token,
+		int32(servers),
+		int32(agents),
+		clusterCIDR,
+		serviceCIDR,
+		serverArgs,
+		agentArgs,
+	)
+
+	return ctrlClient.Create(ctx, cluster)
+}
+
+func validateCreateFlags(clx *cli.Context) error {
+	if token == "" {
+		return errors.New("empty cluster token")
+	}
+	if name == "" {
+		return errors.New("empty cluster name")
+	}
+	if servers <= 0 {
+		return errors.New("invalid number of servers")
+	}
+	if cmds.Kubeconfig == "" && os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG") == "" {
+		return errors.New("empty kubeconfig")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func newCluster(name, token string, servers, agents int32, clusterCIDR, serviceCIDR string, serverArgs, agentArgs []string) *v1alpha1.Cluster {
+	return &v1alpha1.Cluster{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: name,
+		},
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "Cluster",
+			APIVersion: "k3k.io/v1alpha1",
+		},
+		Spec: v1alpha1.ClusterSpec{
+			Name:        name,
+			Token:       token,
+			Servers:     &servers,
+			Agents:      &agents,
+			ClusterCIDR: clusterCIDR,
+			ServiceCIDR: serviceCIDR,
+			ServerArgs:  serverArgs,
+			AgentArgs:   agentArgs,
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cli/cmds/cluster/delete.go b/cli/cmds/cluster/delete.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..916b1b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/cmds/cluster/delete.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package cluster
diff --git a/cli/cmds/root.go b/cli/cmds/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b57a193c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/cmds/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package cmds
+
+import (
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+var (
+	debug       bool
+	Kubeconfig  string
+	CommonFlags = []cli.Flag{
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "kubeconfig",
+			EnvVar:      "KUBECONFIG",
+			Usage:       "Kubeconfig path",
+			Destination: &Kubeconfig,
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func NewApp() *cli.App {
+	app := cli.NewApp()
+	app.Name = "k3kcli"
+	app.Usage = "CLI for K3K"
+	app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:        "debug",
+			Usage:       "Turn on debug logs",
+			Destination: &debug,
+			EnvVar:      "K3K_DEBUG",
+		},
+	}
+
+	app.Before = func(clx *cli.Context) error {
+		if debug {
+			logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return app
+}
diff --git a/cli/main.go b/cli/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a20669c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/galal-hussein/k3k/cli/cmds"
+	"github.com/galal-hussein/k3k/cli/cmds/cluster"
+	"github.com/galal-hussein/k3k/pkg/version"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	app := cmds.NewApp()
+	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
+		cluster.NewClusterCommand(),
+	}
+	app.Version = version.Version + " (" + version.GitCommit + ")"
+
+	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
+		logrus.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b75ffa2d..29f114c5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ module github.com/galal-hussein/k3k
 go 1.19
 
 require (
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
+	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.12
 	k8s.io/api v0.26.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.1
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.37.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0 // indirect
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1 // indirect
+	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20220223155221-ee480838109b // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 249ff13c..69509794 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.8.0/go.mod h1:Wv1Oy7z6Yz3DshWRJFhqM/UCfaWIRTdp0RX
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.10.0/go.mod h1:FLPqc6j+Ki4BU591ie1oL6qBQGu2Bl/tZ9ullr3+Kg0=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.2.1/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5P
 github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 h1:p1EgwI/C7NhT0JmVkwCD2ZBK8j4aeHQX2pMHHBfMQ6w=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
@@ -244,6 +247,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0/go.mod h1:z7EfXMXOkbkqb9IINtpCn86r/to3BnA0ua
 github.com/rancher/dynamiclistener v0.3.5 h1:5TaIHvkDGmZKvc96Huur16zfTKOiLhDtK4S+WV0JA6A=
 github.com/rancher/dynamiclistener v0.3.5/go.mod h1:dW/YF6/m2+uEyJ5VtEcd9THxda599HP6N9dSXk81+k0=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2/go.mod h1:tLMulIdttU9McNUspp0xgXVQah82FyeX6MwdIuYE2rE=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.6.0/go.mod h1:7uNnSEd1DgxDLC74fIahvMZmmYsHGZGEOFrfsX/uA88=
@@ -254,12 +259,19 @@ github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An
 github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.2.0/go.mod h1:IBiWB2sKIp3wVVQ3Y035++gc+knqhUQag1KpM8ahLw8=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.12 h1:igJgVw1JdKH+trcLWLeLwZjU9fEfPesQ+9/e4MQ44S8=
+github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.12/go.mod h1:sSBEIC79qR6OvcmsD4U3KABeOTxDqQtdDnaFuUN30b8=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.25/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.32/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
diff --git a/package/Dockerfile b/package/Dockerfile
index aec50209..54097820 100644
--- a/package/Dockerfile
+++ b/package/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 FROM alpine
 COPY bin/k3k /usr/bin/
+COPY bin/k3kcli /usr/bin/
 CMD ["k3k"]
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b229a9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package version
+
+import "strings"
+
+var (
+	Program      = "k3k"
+	ProgramUpper = strings.ToUpper(Program)
+	Version      = "dev"
+	GitCommit    = "HEAD"
+)
diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 1dca29ee..c20e8b88 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -e
+set -ex
 
 source $(dirname $0)/version
 
@@ -16,3 +16,11 @@ if [ "$CROSS" = "true" ] && [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ]; then
     GOOS=darwin go build -ldflags "$LINKFLAGS" -o bin/k3k-darwin
     GOOS=windows go build -ldflags "$LINKFLAGS" -o bin/k3k-windows
 fi
+
+# build k3kcli
+CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "$LINKFLAGS $OTHER_LINKFLAGS" -o bin/k3kcli ./cli
+if [ "$CROSS" = "true" ] && [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ]; then
+    GOOS=darwin go build -ldflags "$LINKFLAGS" -o bin/k3kcli-darwin ./cli
+    GOOS=windows go build -ldflags "$LINKFLAGS" -o bin/k3kcli-windows ./cli
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/ci b/scripts/ci
index 52334105..80ea182d 100755
--- a/scripts/ci
+++ b/scripts/ci
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -e
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
 ./build
+./build-cli
 ./test
 ./validate
 ./validate-ci
diff --git a/scripts/package b/scripts/package
index a4dcd8cb..dbbe0e66 100755
--- a/scripts/package
+++ b/scripts/package
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 mkdir -p dist/artifacts
 cp bin/k3k dist/artifacts/k3k${SUFFIX}
+cp bin/k3kcli dist/artifacts/k3kcli${SUFFIX}
 
 IMAGE=${REPO}/k3k:${TAG}
 DOCKERFILE=package/Dockerfile