ZenStack CLI Reference

Usage

zenstack [options] [command]

ζ ZenStack is a Prisma power pack for building full-stack apps.

Documentation: https://zenstack.dev.

Options:
  -v --version           display CLI version
  -h, --help             display help for command

Commands:
  info [path]            Get information of installed ZenStack and related packages.
  init [options] [path]  Initialize an existing project for ZenStack.
  generate [options]     Generates RESTful API and Typescript client for your data model.
  help [command]         display help for command

Sub Commands

init

Initializes an existing project to use ZenStack.

zenstack init [options] [path]

Arguments

Name	Description	Default
path	Project path	current folder

Options

Name	Description	Default
--prisma	location of Prisma schema file to bootstrap from	<project path>/prisma/schema.prisma
-p, --package-manager	package manager to use: "npm", "yarn", or "pnpm"	auto detect
--no-version-check	do not check for new versions of ZenStack	false

Examples

Initialize current folder with default settings.

npx zenstack init

Initialize "myapp" folder with custom package manager and schema location.

npx zenstack init -p pnpm --prisma prisma/my.schema myapp

generate

Generates Prisma schema and other artifacts as specified by "plugin"s in ZModel.

zenstack generate [options]

Arguments

Name	Description	Default
path	Project path	current folder

Options

Name	Description	Default
--schema	schema file (with extension .zmodel)	./schema.zmodel
-p, --package-manager	package manager to use: "npm", "yarn", or "pnpm"	auto detect
-o, --output <path>	default output directory for TS/JS files generated by built-in plugins	node_modules/.zenstack
--no-default-plugins	do not automatically run built-in plugins	false
--no-compile	do not compile the output of built-in plugins	false
--no-version-check	do not check for new versions of ZenStack	false

Examples

Generate with default settings.

npx zenstack generate

Generate with custom package manager and schema location.

npx zenstack generate -p pnpm --schema src/my.zmodel

info

Get information of installed ZenStack and related packages.

zenstack info [options] [path]

Arguments

Name	Description	Default
path	Project path	current folder