# Commands reference

# Project commands

The default installation of the Fractal CLI tool provides a number of project-level commands:

# start

Start a web UI local development server. See the dev server documentation for more details and options.

fractal start

Available options:

  • -p, --port <port-number> - the port number to use, for example 5000.
  • -t, --theme <theme-name> - the custom theme to use.
  • -s, --sync - whether to use the integrate BrowserSync instance to provide auto-refresh and syncing capabilities
  • -w, --watch - whether to watch components and documentation pages for changes

# build

Export a static HTML version of the web UI into a directory in the root of your project. See the HTML export docs for more details and options.

fractal build

Available options:

  • -t, --theme <theme-name> - the custom theme to use.

# help

Show help info, including a list of all available commands.

fractal help

# Global commands

The default installation of Fractal CLI tool provides one global command. Note that global commands cannot be run when in interactive mode or within an existing Fractal project.

# new

Create a new Fractal project skeleton. Sets up the basic file structure (including creating a basic fractal.config.js project settings file) for you.

fractal new <directory-name>

The directory-name argument will determine the name of the directory to create. It can be a relative path name, too - for instance example/my-new-project.