Netlify CLI

Welcome to the Netlify CLI! The new 2.0 version was rebuilt from the ground up to help improve the site building experience.

⚠️ If you are looking for docs on Netlify Dev, the netlify-dev-plugin repo was recently merged into this one. See Netlify Dev Docs here.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Documentation
• Commands
  • addons
  • api
  • deploy
  • dev
  • functions
  • init
  • link
  • login
  • open
  • sites
  • status
  • switch
  • unlink
  • watch
• Contributing
• Development
• License

Installation

Netlify CLI requires Node.js version 8 or above. To install, run the following command from any directory in your terminal:

npm install netlify-cli -g

Alternatively you may also use Homebrew: brew install netlify-cli (thanks @cglong).

Usage

Installing the CLI globally provides access to the netlify command.

netlify [command]

# Run `help` for detailed information about CLI commands
netlify [command] help

Documentation

To learn how to log in to Netlify and start deploying sites, visit the documentation on Netlify.

For a full command reference, see the list below, or visit cli.netlify.com.

Commands

addons

(Beta) Manage Netlify Add-ons

| Subcommand | description | |:--------------------------- |:-----| | addons:auth | Login to add-on provider | | addons:config | Configure add-on settings | | addons:create | Add an add-on extension to your site | | addons:delete | Remove an add-on extension to your site | | addons:list | List currently installed add-ons for site |

api

Run any Netlify API method

deploy

Create a new deploy from the contents of a folder

dev

Local dev server

| Subcommand | description | |:--------------------------- |:-----| | dev:exec | Exec command |

functions

Manage netlify functions

| Subcommand | description | |:--------------------------- |:-----| | functions:build | build functions locally | | functions:create | create a new function locally | | functions:invoke | trigger a function while in netlify dev with simulated data, good for testing function calls including Netlify's Event Triggered Functions |

init

Configure continuous deployment for a new or existing site

link

Link a local repo or project folder to an existing site on Netlify

login

Login to your Netlify account

open

Open settings for the site linked to the current folder

| Subcommand | description | |:--------------------------- |:-----| | open:admin | Opens current site admin UI in Netlify | | open:site | Opens current site url in browser |

sites

Handle various site operations

| Subcommand | description | |:--------------------------- |:-----| | sites:create | Create an empty site (advanced) | | sites:delete | Delete a site | | sites:list | List all sites you have access to |

status

Print status information

| Subcommand | description | |:--------------------------- |:-----| | status:hooks | Print hook information of the linked site |

switch

Switch your active Netlify account

unlink

Unlink a local folder from a Netlify site

watch

Watch for site deploy to finish

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for more info on how to make contributions to this project.

Development

You'll need to follow these steps to run Netlify CLI locally:

uninstall any globally installed versions of netlify-cli
clone and install deps for https://github.com/netlify/cli
npm link from inside the cli folder

Now you're both ready to start testing and to contribute to the project!

License

MIT. See LICENSE for more details.