diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 21eb269c..65a551b4 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [versions]
 junit5-version = '5.11.0'
+picocli-version = "4.7.5"
 slf4j-version = '2.0.16'
 
 [libraries]
@@ -7,6 +8,8 @@ commons-validator = 'commons-validator:commons-validator:1.9.0'
 jsoup = 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.18.1'
 junit-vintage = { module = 'org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine', version.ref = 'junit5-version' }
 lombok = 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.34'
+picocli-impl = { module = 'info.picocli:picocli', version.ref = "picocli-version" }
+picocli-annotationprocessor = { module = 'info.picocli:picocli-codegen', version.ref = "picocli-version" }
 slf4j-api = { module = 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api', version.ref = 'slf4j-version' }
 slf4j-nop = { module = 'org.slf4j:slf4j-nop', version.ref = 'slf4j-version' }
 spock = 'org.spockframework:spock-bom:2.3-groovy-3.0'
diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-cli/build.gradle b/htmlSanityCheck-cli/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24a43f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-cli/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'application'
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation libs.picocli.impl
+    annotationProcessor libs.picocli.annotationprocessor
+
+    implementation libs.slf4j.api
+    implementation libs.slf4j.simple
+    implementation libs.groovy.all
+
+    implementation project(":htmlSanityCheck-core")
+}
+
+compileGroovy {
+    options.compilerArgs += ["-Aproject=${project.group}/${project.name}"]
+}
+
+application {
+    mainClass = 'org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.cli.Main'
+    applicationName = 'hsc'
+}
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diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/main/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/Main.groovy b/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/main/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/Main.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96a01866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-cli/src/main/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/cli/Main.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.cli
+
+import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.AllChecksRunner
+import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.Configuration
+import org.slf4j.Logger
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+import picocli.CommandLine
+import picocli.CommandLine.Parameters
+import picocli.CommandLine.Command
+import picocli.CommandLine.Option
+
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+
+// see end-of-file for license information
+
+@Command(name = "hsc", mixinStandardHelpOptions = true, version = "hsc 2.0.0",
+        description = "Check HTML files for Sanity")
+class Main implements Runnable {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Main.class)
+
+    @Option(names = ["-r", "--resultsDir"], description = "Results Directory")
+    String resultsDirectoryName = "/tmp/results"
+
+    @Parameters(arity = "1", description = "base directory", index = "0")
+    File srcDir
+
+    @Parameters(arity = "0..*", description = "at least one File", index = "1..*")
+    File[] files
+
+    static void main(String[] args) {
+        Main app = new Main()
+        CommandLine cmd = new CommandLine(app)
+        cmd.execute(args)
+    }
+
+    private static List<File> findFiles(File directory) throws IOException {
+        Files.walk(Paths.get(directory.getPath()))
+                .filter(Files::isRegularFile)
+                .filter({ path -> path.toString().endsWith(".html") || path.toString().endsWith(".htm")})
+                .collect { it.toFile() }
+    }
+
+    void run() {
+        var configuration = new Configuration()
+
+        var resultsDirectory = new File(resultsDirectoryName)
+
+        configuration.addConfigurationItem(Configuration.ITEM_NAME_sourceDir, srcDir)
+        configuration.addConfigurationItem(Configuration.ITEM_NAME_sourceDocuments,
+                files ?: findFiles(srcDir)
+        )
+        configuration.addConfigurationItem((Configuration.ITEM_NAME_checkingResultsDir), resultsDirectory)
+
+        if (configuration.isValid()) {
+            // create output directory for checking results
+            resultsDirectory.mkdirs()
+
+            // create an AllChecksRunner...
+            var allChecksRunner = new AllChecksRunner(configuration)
+
+            // ... and perform the actual checks
+            var allChecks = allChecksRunner.performAllChecks()
+
+            // check for findings and fail build if requested
+            var nrOfFindingsOnAllPages = allChecks.nrOfFindingsOnAllPages()
+            logger.debug("Found ${nrOfFindingsOnAllPages} error(s) on all checked pages")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/*========================================================================
+ Copyright Gerd Aschemann and aim42 contributors
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ "AS IS" BASIS,WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
+ either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ ========================================================================*/
diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/main/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/Configuration.groovy b/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/main/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/Configuration.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 3a8d011c..7b98b7b0 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ develocity {
 rootProject.name = 'htmlSanityCheck'
 
 include('htmlSanityCheck-core')
-include('htmlSanityCheck-gradle-plugin')
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+include('htmlSanityCheck-gradle-plugin')
+include('htmlSanityCheck-cli')
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