CLI

The daytona command-line tool provides access to Daytona’s core features. You can use the daytona tool for the following operations:

Managing the lifecycle of the Daytona Server.
Managing Workspaces, Git Providers, Providers, and other Daytona components.
Configuring the Daytona Server interactively.

This reference lists all commands supported by the daytona command-line tool complete with a description of their behaviour, and any supported flags. You can access this documentation on a per-command basis by appending the --help/-h flag when invoking daytona.

daytona

Daytona is a Dev Environment Manager

daytona [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona
`--version`	`-v`	Display the version of Daytona

daytona api-key

Api Key commands

daytona api-key [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona api-key generate

Generate a new API key

daytona api-key generate [NAME] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona api-key list

List API keys

daytona api-key list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona api-key revoke

Revoke an API key

daytona api-key revoke [NAME] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--yes`	`-y`	Skip confirmation prompt
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona autocomplete

Adds a completion script for your shell environment

daytona autocomplete [bash|zsh|fish|powershell] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona build

Manage builds

daytona build [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona build delete

Delete a build

daytona build delete [BUILD] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--all`	`-a`	Delete ALL builds
`--force`	`-f`	Force delete build
`--prebuild-id`		Delete ALL builds from prebuild
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona build info

Show build info

daytona build info [BUILD] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona build list

List all builds

daytona build list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona build logs

View logs for build

daytona build logs [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--follow`	`-f`	Follow logs
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona build run

Run a build from a project config

daytona build run [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona code

Open a workspace in your preferred IDE

daytona code [WORKSPACE] [PROJECT] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--ide`	`-i`	Specify the IDE (vscode, browser, cursor, ssh, jupyter, fleet, zed, clion, goland, intellij, phpstorm, pycharm, rider, rubymine, webstorm)
`--yes`	`-y`	Automatically confirm any prompts
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona config

Output Daytona configuration

daytona config [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--show-api-keys`	`-k`	Show API keys
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona container-registry

Manage container registries

daytona container-registry [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona container-registry delete

Delete a container registry

daytona container-registry delete [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona container-registry list

Lists container registries

daytona container-registry list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona container-registry set

Set container registry

daytona container-registry set [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--password`	`-p`	Password
`--server`	`-s`	Server
`--username`	`-u`	Username
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona create

Create a workspace

daytona create [REPOSITORY_URL | PROJECT_CONFIG_NAME]... [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--blank`		Create a blank project without using existing configurations
`--branch`		Specify the Git branches to use in the projects
`--builder`		Specify the builder (currently auto/devcontainer/none)
`--custom-image`		Create the project with the custom image passed as the flag value; Requires setting —custom-image-user flag as well
`--custom-image-user`		Create the project with the custom image user passed as the flag value; Requires setting —custom-image flag as well
`--devcontainer-path`		Automatically assign the devcontainer builder with the path passed as the flag value
`--env`		Specify environment variables (e.g. —env ‘KEY1=VALUE1’ —env ‘KEY2=VALUE2’ …‘)
`--git-provider-config`		Specify the Git provider configuration ID or alias
`--ide`	`-i`	Specify the IDE (vscode, browser, cursor, ssh, jupyter, fleet, zed, clion, goland, intellij, phpstorm, pycharm, rider, rubymine, webstorm)
`--manual`		Manually enter the Git repository
`--multi-project`		Workspace with multiple projects/repos
`--name`		Specify the workspace name
`--no-ide`	`-n`	Do not open the workspace in the IDE after workspace creation
`--target`	`-t`	Specify the target (e.g. ‘local’)
`--yes`	`-y`	Automatically confirm any prompts
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona delete

Delete a workspace

daytona delete [WORKSPACE] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--all`	`-a`	Delete all workspaces
`--force`	`-f`	Delete a workspace by force
`--yes`	`-y`	Confirm deletion without prompt
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona docs

Opens the Daytona documentation in your default browser.

daytona docs [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona env

Manage profile environment variables that are added to all workspaces

daytona env [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona env list

List profile environment variables

daytona env list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona env set

Set profile environment variables

daytona env set [KEY=VALUE]... [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona forward

Forward a port from a project to your local machine

daytona forward [PORT] [WORKSPACE] [PROJECT] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--public`		Should be port be available publicly via an URL
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona git-providers

Manage Git providers

daytona git-providers [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona git-providers add

daytona git-providers add [GIT_PROVIDER_ID] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--alias`	`-a`	Alias
`--base-api-url`	`-b`	Base API Url
`--signing-key`	`-k`	Signing Key
`--signing-method`	`-s`	Signing Method (ssh, gpg)
`--token`	`-t`	Personal Access Token
`--username`	`-u`	Username
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona git-providers delete

Unregister a Git provider

daytona git-providers delete [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--all`	`-a`	Remove all Git providers
`--yes`	`-y`	Confirm deletion without prompt
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona git-providers list

Lists your registered Git providers

daytona git-providers list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona git-providers update

Update a Git provider

daytona git-providers update [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona ide

Choose the default IDE

daytona ide [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona info

Show workspace info

daytona info [WORKSPACE] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona list

List workspaces

daytona list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--verbose`	`-v`	Show verbose output
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona logs

View logs for a workspace/project

daytona logs [WORKSPACE] [PROJECT_NAME] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--follow`	`-f`	Follow logs
`--workspace`	`-w`	View workspace logs
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona prebuild

Manage prebuilds

daytona prebuild [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona prebuild add

Add a prebuild configuration

daytona prebuild add [PROJECT_CONFIG] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--branch`	`-b`	Git branch for the prebuild
`--commit-interval`	`-c`	Commit interval for running a prebuild - leave blank to ignore push events
`--retention`	`-r`	Maximum number of resulting builds stored at a time
`--run`		Run the prebuild once after adding it
`--trigger-files`	`-t`	Full paths of files whose changes should explicitly trigger a prebuild
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona prebuild delete

Delete a prebuild configuration

daytona prebuild delete [PROJECT_CONFIG] [PREBUILD] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--force`	`-f`	Force delete prebuild
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona prebuild info

Show prebuild configuration info

daytona prebuild info [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona prebuild list

List prebuild configurations

daytona prebuild list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona prebuild update

Update a prebuild configuration

daytona prebuild update [PROJECT_CONFIG] [PREBUILD_ID] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--branch`	`-b`	Git branch for the prebuild
`--commit-interval`	`-c`	Commit interval for running a prebuild - leave blank to ignore push events
`--retention`	`-r`	Maximum number of resulting builds stored at a time
`--run`		Run the prebuild once after updating it
`--trigger-files`	`-t`	Full paths of files whose changes should explicitly trigger a prebuild
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona profile

Manage profiles

daytona profile [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona profile add

Add profile

daytona profile add [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--api-key`	`-k`	API Key
`--api-url`	`-a`	API URL
`--name`	`-n`	Profile name
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona profile delete

Delete profile [PROFILE_NAME]

daytona profile delete [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona profile edit

Edit profile [PROFILE_NAME]

daytona profile edit [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--api-key`	`-k`	API Key
`--api-url`	`-a`	API URL
`--name`	`-n`	Profile name
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona profile list

List profiles

daytona profile list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona project-config

Manage project configs

daytona project-config [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona project-config add

Add a project config

daytona project-config add [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--builder`		Specify the builder (currently auto/devcontainer/none)
`--custom-image`		Create the project with the custom image passed as the flag value; Requires setting —custom-image-user flag as well
`--custom-image-user`		Create the project with the custom image user passed as the flag value; Requires setting —custom-image flag as well
`--devcontainer-path`		Automatically assign the devcontainer builder with the path passed as the flag value
`--env`		Specify environment variables (e.g. —env ‘KEY1=VALUE1’ —env ‘KEY2=VALUE2’ …‘)
`--git-provider-config`		Specify the Git provider configuration ID or alias
`--manual`		Manually enter the Git repository
`--name`		Specify the project config name
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona project-config delete

Delete a project config

daytona project-config delete [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--all`	`-a`	Delete all project configs
`--force`	`-f`	Force delete prebuild
`--yes`	`-y`	Confirm deletion without prompt
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona project-config export

Export a project config

daytona project-config export [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--all`	`-a`	Export all project configs
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona project-config import

Import project config from JSON

daytona project-config import [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--file`	`-f`	Import project config from a JSON file. Use ’-’ to read from stdin.
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona project-config info

Show project config info

daytona project-config info [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona project-config list

Lists project configs

daytona project-config list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona project-config set-default

Set project config info

daytona project-config set-default [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona project-config update

Update a project config

daytona project-config update [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona provider

Manage providers

daytona provider [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona provider install

Install provider

daytona provider install [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--yes`	`-y`	Automatically confirm any prompts
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona provider list

List installed providers

daytona provider list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona provider uninstall

Uninstall provider

daytona provider uninstall [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona provider update

Update provider

daytona provider update [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--all`	`-a`	Update all providers
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona purge

Purges all Daytona data from the current device

daytona purge [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--force`	`-f`	Delete all workspaces by force
`--yes`	`-y`	Execute purge without prompt
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona restart

Restart a workspace

daytona restart [WORKSPACE] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--project`	`-p`	Restart a single project in the workspace (project name)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona serve

Run the server process in the current terminal session

daytona serve [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona server

Start the server process in daemon mode

daytona server [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--yes`	`-y`	Skip the confirmation prompt
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona server config

Output local Daytona Server config

daytona server config [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona server configure

Configure Daytona Server

daytona server configure [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona server logs

Output Daytona Server logs

daytona server logs [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--file`		Read specific log file
`--follow`	`-f`	Follow logs
`--local`	`-l`	Read local server log files
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona server logs list

Lists Daytona Server Log Files

daytona server logs list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona server restart

Restarts the Daytona Server daemon

daytona server restart [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona server start

Start the Daytona Server daemon

daytona server start [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona server stop

Stops the Daytona Server daemon

daytona server stop [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona ssh

SSH into a project using the terminal

daytona ssh [WORKSPACE] [PROJECT] [CMD...] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--edit`	`-e`	Edit the project’s SSH config
`--option`	`-o`	Specify SSH options in KEY=VALUE format.
`--yes`	`-y`	Automatically confirm any prompts
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona start

Start a workspace

daytona start [WORKSPACE] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--all`	`-a`	Start all workspaces
`--code`	`-c`	Open the workspace in the IDE after workspace start
`--project`	`-p`	Start a single project in the workspace (project name)
`--yes`	`-y`	Automatically confirm any prompts
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona stop

Stop a workspace

daytona stop [WORKSPACE] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--all`	`-a`	Stop all workspaces
`--project`	`-p`	Stop a single project in the workspace (project name)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona target

Manage provider targets

daytona target [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona target list

List targets

daytona target list [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona target remove

Remove target

daytona target remove [TARGET_NAME] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--yes`	`-y`	Confirm deletion of all workspaces without prompt
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona target set-default

Set target to be used by default

daytona target set-default [TARGET_NAME] [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona target set

Set provider target

daytona target set [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--file`	`-f`	Path to JSON file for target configuration, use ’-’ to read from stdin
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona telemetry

Manage telemetry collection

daytona telemetry [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona telemetry disable

Disable telemetry collection

daytona telemetry disable [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona telemetry enable

Enable telemetry collection

daytona telemetry enable [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona update

Update Daytona CLI

daytona update [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--version`	`-v`	Version to update to
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona use

Use profile [PROFILE_NAME]

daytona use [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona version

Print the version number

daytona version [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--help`		help for daytona

daytona whoami

Display information about the active user

daytona whoami [flags]

Flags

Long	Short	Description
`--format`	`-f`	Output format. Must be one of (yaml, json)
`--help`		help for daytona