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Netlify CLI Command List	All Netlify CLI commands

Netlify CLI Command List

Welcome to the Netlify CLI! This site provides online access to all help strings in the Netlify CLI. For a more in-depth guide, please see our Getting Started guide on our main docs site.

If you have questions, ideas, or would like to contribute, check out the repository on GitHub.

Before you begin Make sure you have Node.js version 16.0.0, or later.

Install the CLI

To install the CLI, pop open your terminal and install with npm.

npm install netlify-cli -g

Important: When using the CLI in a CI environment we recommend installing it locally. See more here.

Listing commands

To get a list of commands, run:

netlify help

To get a list of available sub-commands, arguments, and flags, run:

netlify [command] help

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

init

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

integration

Manage Netlify Integrations built with the Netlify SDK

Subcommand	description
integration:deploy	Register, build, and deploy a private integration on Netlify

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

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