CLI Command Reference

The Deno CLI provides a number of helpful utilities in addition to running Deno programs. These tools are listed below. You may also want to check out our list of unstable feature flags, which give early access to new Deno features before they are finalized.

• deno add - add dependencies
• deno bench - run benchmarks
• deno bundle - bundle module and dependencies into a single file
• deno cache - cache dependencies
• deno check - type-check dependencies
• deno compile - compile the script into a self contained executable
• deno completions - generate shell completions
• deno coverage - print coverage reports
• deno doc - show documentation for a module
• deno eval - eval script
• deno fmt - format source files
• deno help - show command help text
• deno info - show info about cache or related source file
• deno init - initialize a new project.
• deno install - install script as an executable
• deno jupyter- Deno kernel for Jupyter notebooks
• deno lint - lint source files
• deno lsp - start the language server
• deno publish - publish a module to JSR
• deno repl - read eval print loop
• deno run - run a JavaScript or TypeScript program
• deno serve - run a server
• deno task - run a task defined in the configuration file
• deno test - run tests
• deno types - print runtime TypeScript declarations
• deno uninstall - uninstall a script previously installed with deno install
• deno upgrade - upgrade deno executable to given version