Interact with Netlify from the comfort of your CLI.

See the CLI command line reference to get started and the docs on using Netlify Dev to run your site locally.

Table of Contents

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• Installation
• Usage
• Documentation
• Commands
  • addons
  • api
  • build
  • completion
  • deploy
  • dev
  • env
  • functions
  • graph
  • init
  • link
  • lm
  • login
  • open
  • recipes
  • serve
  • sites
  • status
  • switch
  • unlink
  • watch
• Contributing
• Development
• License

Installation

Netlify CLI requires Node.js version 14 or above. To install, run the following command from any directory in your terminal:

npm install netlify-cli -g

When using the CLI in a CI environment we recommend installing it locally as a development dependency, instead of globally. To install locally, run the following command from the root directory of your project:

npm install --save-dev netlify-cli

Important: Running npm install netlify-cli -g in CI means you're always installing the latest version of the CLI, including breaking changes. When you install locally and use a lock file you guarantee reproducible builds. To manage CLI updates we recommend using an automated tool like renovate or dependabot.

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

build

(Beta) Build on your local machine

completion

(Beta) Generate shell completion script

Subcommand	description
completion:install	Generates completion script for your preferred shell

deploy

Create a new deploy from the contents of a folder

dev

Local dev server

Subcommand	description
dev:exec	Exec command

env

Control environment variables for the current site

Subcommand	description
env:clone	Clone environment variables from one site to another
env:get	Get resolved value of specified environment variable (includes netlify.toml)
env:import	Import and set environment variables from .env file
env:list	Lists resolved environment variables for site (includes netlify.toml)
env:set	Set value of environment variable
env:unset	Unset an environment variable which removes it from the UI

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
functions:list	List functions that exist locally
functions:serve	(Beta) Serve functions locally

graph

(Deprecated) Control the Netlify Graph functions for the current site

Subcommand	description
graph:config:write	Write a .graphqlrc.json file to the current directory for use with local tooling (e.g. the graphql extension for vscode)
graph:edit	Launch the browser to edit your local graph functions from Netlify
graph:handler	Generate a handler for a Graph operation given its name. See graph:operations for a list of operations.
graph:init	Initialize all the resources for Netlify Graph
graph:library	Generate the Graph function library
graph:operations	List all of the locally available operations
graph:pull	Pull your remote Netlify Graph schema locally, and process pending Graph edit events

init

Configure continuous deployment for a new or existing site. To create a new site without continuous deployment, use netlify sites:create

link

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

lm

Handle Netlify Large Media operations

Subcommand	description
lm:info	Show large media requirements information.
lm:install	Configures your computer to use Netlify Large Media
lm:setup	Configures your site to use Netlify Large Media

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

recipes

(Beta) Create and modify files in a project using pre-defined recipes

Subcommand	description
recipes:list	(Beta) List the recipes available to create and modify files in a project

serve

(Beta) Build the site for production and serve locally. This does not watch the code for changes, so if you need to rebuild your site then you must exit and run serve again.

sites

Handle various site operations

Subcommand	description
sites:create	Create an empty site (advanced)
sites:create-template	(Beta) Create a site from a starter template
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.