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+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+
+from bokeh.application.application import Application
+from bokeh.application.handlers import ScriptHandler
+from bokeh.server.server import Server
+
+logging.basicConfig(format="%(asctime)s %(message)s", level=logging.INFO)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def main():
+    """The pyzebra command line interface.
+
+    This is a wrapper around a bokeh server that provides an interface to launch the application, 
+    bundled with the pyzebra package.
+    """
+    app_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "app", "app.py")
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="pyzebra", formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--port", type=int, default=5006, help="port to listen on for HTTP requests"
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--allow-websocket-origin",
+        metavar="HOST[:PORT]",
+        type=str,
+        action="append",
+        default=None,
+        help="hostname that can connect to the server websocket",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--args",
+        nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
+        default=[],
+        help="command line arguments for the pyzebra application",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    logger.info(app_path)
+
+    handler = ScriptHandler(filename=app_path, argv=args.args)
+    server = Server(
+        {"/": Application(handler)},
+        port=args.port,
+        allow_websocket_origin=args.allow_websocket_origin,
+    )
+
+    server.start()
+    server.io_loop.start()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()