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The official CLI of webpack

• About
  • How to install
• Supported arguments and commands
• Packages
  • Commands
  • Utilities
• Getting started
• Exit codes and their meanings
• Contributing and Internal Documentation
• Open Collective

webpack CLI provides the interface of options webpack uses in its configuration file. The CLI options override options passed in the configuration file.

The CLI provides a rich set of commands that helps you develop your application faster.

When you have followed theGetting Started guide of webpack then webpack CLI is already installed!

Otherwisenpm install --save-dev webpack-cli oryarn add webpack-cli --dev will install it.

Get to know what are the available commands and argumentshere.

We organize webpack CLI as a multi-package repository usinglerna. The main CLI logic resides inpackages/webpack-cli, while commands supported by the CLI, has dedicated subfolders in the folderpackages. A summary of supported commands is described below.

Supporting developers is an important task for webpack CLI.Thus, webpack CLI provides different commands for many common tasks.

• build|bundle|b [entries...] [options] - Run webpack (default command, can be omitted).
• configtest|t [config-path] - Validate a webpack configuration.
• help|h [command] [option] - Display help for commands and options.
• init|create|new|c|n [generation-path] [options] - Create a new webpack project.
• info|i [options] - Returns information related to the local environment.
• migrate|m <config-path> [new-config-path] - Migrate project from one version to another.
• plugin|p [output-path] [options] - Initiate new plugin project.
• loader|l [output-path] [options] - Initiate new loader project.
• serve|server|s [entries...] [options] - Use webpack with a development server that provides live reloading.
• version|v [commands...] - Output the version number ofwebpack,webpack-cli,webpack-dev-server, and commands.
• watch|w [entries...] [options] - Run webpack and watch for files changes.

The project has several utility packages which are used by other commands

• generators - Contains all webpack-cli related yeoman generators.

When you have followed theGetting Started guide of webpack, then webpack CLI is already installed!

Otherwise, you would need to install webpack CLI and the packages you want to use. If you want to use theinit command to create a new configuration file:

npm i webpack-cli @webpack-cli/initnpx webpack-cli init

You will be prompted for some questions about which features you want to use, such asscss, PWA support or multiple entry-points.

The webpack family welcomes any contributor, small or big. We are happy to elaborate, guide you through the source code and find issues you might want to work on! To get started have a look at ourcontribution documentation.

If you likewebpack, please consider donating to ourOpen Collective to help us maintain it.

Guidelines to how the webpack organization expects you to behave is documented underCode of Conduct