Command line reference

Run devpit with no arguments to open the app. The commands below are for scripts, for the installer and for quick checks.

This page is generated from the app’s own command definitions, so it always matches the version you install.

Commands

• devpit: A pit stop for your dev machine
• devpit clean: Scan and clean dev junk without opening the app (not available yet)
• devpit completion: Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
• devpit completion bash: Generate the autocompletion script for bash
• devpit completion fish: Generate the autocompletion script for fish
• devpit completion powershell: Generate the autocompletion script for powershell
• devpit completion zsh: Generate the autocompletion script for zsh
• devpit font: Install, remove or check the icon font
• devpit font install: Install Symbols Nerd Font Mono for the current user
• devpit font remove: Remove the icon font and undo the terminal patch
• devpit font status: Report whether the icon font is installed
• devpit ports: List or free busy dev ports (not available yet)
• devpit ports kill: Stop whatever is listening on a port (not available yet)
• devpit settings: Read or change a setting without opening the app (not available yet)
• devpit share: Share files between PCs on your network (open the app to do it)
• devpit share cleanup: Remove a share that an earlier Devpit left behind
• devpit update: Update tools through every detected package manager (not available yet)
• devpit version: Print the Devpit version

devpit

A pit stop for your dev machine.

Devpit frees disk space, fixes stuck ports, and keeps your developer tools up to date, from one terminal menu.

Run it with no arguments to open the app.

devpit [flags]

Flags

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier
-h, --help	bool	false	help for devpit
-v, --version	bool	false	version for devpit

Examples

devpit
devpit --ascii

Subcommands

• clean: Scan and clean dev junk without opening the app (not available yet)
• completion: Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
• font: Install, remove or check the icon font
• ports: List or free busy dev ports (not available yet)
• settings: Read or change a setting without opening the app (not available yet)
• share: Share files between PCs on your network (open the app to do it)
• update: Update tools through every detected package manager (not available yet)
• version: Print the Devpit version

devpit clean

Scan and clean dev junk without opening the app.

Not available yet

This command is reserved and does nothing yet. Use the app instead: run devpit and pick the section.

devpit clean [path] [flags]

Flags

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--dry-run	bool	false	report what would be deleted, delete nothing
--json	bool	false	print machine-readable output
--resume	bool	false	finish tombstones left by an interrupted run
--yes	bool	false	skip the confirmation prompt

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

devpit completion

Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell.

devpit completion

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

Subcommands

• bash: Generate the autocompletion script for bash
• fish: Generate the autocompletion script for fish
• powershell: Generate the autocompletion script for powershell
• zsh: Generate the autocompletion script for zsh

devpit completion bash

Generate the autocompletion script for bash.

devpit completion bash

Flags

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--no-descriptions	bool	false	disable completion descriptions

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

devpit completion fish

Generate the autocompletion script for fish.

devpit completion fish [flags]

Flags

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--no-descriptions	bool	false	disable completion descriptions

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

devpit completion powershell

Generate the autocompletion script for powershell.

devpit completion powershell [flags]

Flags

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--no-descriptions	bool	false	disable completion descriptions

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

devpit completion zsh

Generate the autocompletion script for zsh.

devpit completion zsh [flags]

Flags

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--no-descriptions	bool	false	disable completion descriptions

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

devpit font

Install, remove or check the icon font.

Installs Symbols Nerd Font Mono for the current user (no admin needed) and adds it to Windows Terminal as a fallback font, so your own font is kept. The same as Settings › Icon font.

devpit font

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

Subcommands

• install: Install Symbols Nerd Font Mono for the current user
• remove: Remove the icon font and undo the terminal patch
• status: Report whether the icon font is installed

devpit font install

Install Symbols Nerd Font Mono for the current user.

devpit font install [flags]

Flags

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
-q, --quiet	bool	false	print only the one-line result

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

Examples

devpit font install
devpit font install --quiet

devpit font remove

Remove the icon font and undo the terminal patch.

devpit font remove

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

Examples

devpit font remove

devpit font status

Report whether the icon font is installed.

devpit font status

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

Examples

devpit font status

devpit ports

List or free busy dev ports.

Not available yet

This command is reserved and does nothing yet. Use the app instead: run devpit and pick the section.

devpit ports

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

Subcommands

• kill: Stop whatever is listening on a port (not available yet)

devpit ports kill

Stop whatever is listening on a port.

Not available yet

This command is reserved and does nothing yet. Use the app instead: run devpit and pick the section.

devpit ports kill <port>

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

devpit settings

Read or change a setting without opening the app.

Not available yet

This command is reserved and does nothing yet. Use the app instead: run devpit and pick the section.

devpit settings [key] [value]

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

devpit share

Share files between PCs on your network (open the app to do it).

devpit share

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

Subcommands

• cleanup: Remove a share that an earlier Devpit left behind

devpit share cleanup

Remove a share that an earlier Devpit left behind.

If Devpit or the PC stopped while a folder was shared, the share, its temporary login and the firewall or network changes may still be there. This removes them. Windows asks for permission once.

devpit share cleanup

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

devpit update

Update tools through every detected package manager.

Not available yet

This command is reserved and does nothing yet. Use the app instead: run devpit and pick the section.

devpit update

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

devpit version

Print the Devpit version.

devpit version [flags]

Flags

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--short	bool	false	print only the version number

Flags from devpit

Flag	Type	Default	What it does
--ascii	bool	false	force the plain ASCII icon tier

Examples

devpit version
devpit version --short

Environment variables

Variable	What it does
DEVPIT_NO_TELEMETRY	Set to 1 to switch usage stats off, whatever the setting says.
DO_NOT_TRACK	The common Do Not Track switch. Set to 1 to switch usage stats off.
DEVPIT_NO_UPDATE_CHECK	Set to 1 to skip the once-a-day check for a newer Devpit.
DEVPIT_CONFIG_DIR	Use this folder for config.toml instead of %APPDATA%\devpit.
DEVPIT_CACHE_DIR	Use this folder for caches and logs instead of %LOCALAPPDATA%\devpit.
DEVPIT_REDUCED_MOTION	Turn off spinners and other movement in the app.