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title: CLI Reference
---

The Quartz CLI is the primary way to interact with your Quartz project. It provides commands for creating new projects, building static sites, syncing with GitHub, and managing plugins.

You can run the CLI using `npx quartz`.

## Quick Reference

| Command   | Description                                             | Example                  |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| `create`  | Initialize a new Quartz project with template selection | `npx quartz create`      |
| `build`   | Generate static HTML files                              | `npx quartz build`       |
| `sync`    | Sync content with GitHub                                | `npx quartz sync`        |
| `upgrade` | Upgrade Quartz to the latest version (alias: `update`)  | `npx quartz upgrade`     |
| `plugin`  | Manage Quartz plugins (install, add, remove, etc.)      | `npx quartz plugin list` |
| `tui`     | Launch the interactive plugin manager                   | `npx quartz tui`         |

## Commands

- [[create|create]]: Initialize a new Quartz project with a choice of templates (default, obsidian, ttrpg, blog) and base URL configuration.
- [[build|build]]: Build your Quartz site into static HTML. Includes a development server.
- [[sync|sync]]: Push and pull changes between your local machine and GitHub.
- [[upgrade|upgrade]]: Upgrade the Quartz framework to the latest version. Also available as `npx quartz update`.
- [[restore|restore]]: Recover your content folder from the local cache.
- [[cli/plugin|plugin]]: Install, add, remove, prune, and configure plugins. Use `plugin install` with flags for lockfile/config sync, updates, and checks.
- [[tui|tui]]: Use a terminal interface to manage plugins and layout.

## Global Flags

These flags are accepted by every Quartz command:

| Flag            | Shorthand | Description                                                                                             | Default        |
| --------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| `--directory`   | `-d`      | The directory containing your Quartz project                                                            | `content`      |
| `--verbose`     | `-v`      | Enable detailed logging for debugging                                                                   | `false`        |
| `--concurrency` | `-c`      | Max parallel workers for operations that run in parallel (e.g. `build`, `plugin install`, `plugin add`) | CPU core count |

Commands that don't perform parallel work accept `-c` as a no-op, so it's always safe to pass. See [[build#Performance Tuning|build]] and [[cli/plugin#Installing on low-end hardware|plugin]] for practical examples.

## Help and Versioning

To see a full list of available flags for any command, use the `--help` flag.

```shell
npx quartz --help
npx quartz build --help
```

To check which version of Quartz you are currently running, use the `--version` flag.

```shell
npx quartz --version
```