CLI

The nml binary manages your entire project lifecycle — init, dev, build, deploy, and test.

Installation

bunx @nml-lang/cli init

nml init

Interactive project scaffold. Prompts for a name, stack type, and optional extras. Never overwrites existing files.

bunx @nml-lang/cli init
Stack Description
Edge Hono + Cloudflare Workers (wrangler deploy)
Static Vite build → static HTML output
Hybrid Static + HTMX or Alpine.js for interactivity

nml dev

Starts the Vite dev server with Hot Module Replacement. NML files update in the browser instantly without a full reload.

nml dev

nml build

Detects used libraries (HTMX, Alpine.js, Tailwind), downloads CDN assets, then runs a Vite production build.

nml build

nml deploy

Runs build then wrangler deploy. Deploys your Worker and static assets to Cloudflare's global edge network.

nml deploy

nml test

Runs NML lint (parse errors with file:line) followed by bun test. Fails fast on the first parse error.

nml test