api/docs/content/doc/usage/cli.md

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Command line interface

You can interact with Vikunja using its cli interface. The following commands are available:

• help
• migrate
• version
• web

If you don't specify a command, the web command will be executed.

All commands use the same standard [config file]({{< ref "../setup/config.md">}}).

help

Shows more detailed help about any command.

Usage:

{{< highlight bash >}} $ vikunja help [command] {{< /highlight >}}

migrate

Run all database migrations which didn't already run.

Usage: {{< highlight bash >}} $ vikunja migrate [flags] $ vikunja migrate [command] {{< /highlight >}}

migrate list

Shows a list with all database migrations.

Usage: {{< highlight bash >}} $ vikunja migrate list {{< /highlight >}}

migrate rollback

Roll migrations back until a certain point.

Usage: {{< highlight bash >}} $ vikunja migrate rollback [flags]
{{< /highlight >}}

Flags:

• -n, --name string: The id of the migration you want to roll back until.

version

Prints the version of Vikunja. This is either the semantic version (something like 0.7) or version + git commit hash.

Usage: {{< highlight bash >}} $ vikunja version
{{< /highlight >}}

web

Starts Vikunja's REST api server.

Usage: {{< highlight bash >}} $ vikunja web
{{< /highlight >}}