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The Deno CLI (Command Line Interface) allows you to interact with the Deno
runtime environment from your terminal or command prompt. The CLI has a number
of subcommands that can be used to perform different tasks, check the links
below for more information on each subcommand.

## Execution

- [deno run](/runtime/reference/cli/run/) - run a script
- [deno serve](/runtime/reference/cli/serve/) - run a web server
- [deno task](/runtime/reference/cli/task/) - run a task
- [deno repl](/runtime/reference/cli/repl/) - starts a read-eval-print-loop
- [deno eval](/runtime/reference/cli/eval/) - evaluate provided script

## Dependency management

- [deno add](/runtime/reference/cli/add) - add dependencies
- [deno approve-scripts](/runtime/reference/cli/approve_scripts) - manage
  lifecycle scripts of npm packages
- [deno audit](/runtime/reference/cli/audit) - audit dependencies
- [deno bump-version](/runtime/reference/cli/bump_version/) - bump the project
  version in `deno.json` or `package.json`
- deno cache - _(Deprecated. Please use
  [deno install](/runtime/reference/cli/install/))_
- [deno install](/runtime/reference/cli/install/) - install a dependency or a
  script
- [deno uninstall](/runtime/reference/cli/uninstall/) - uninstall a dependency
  or a script
- [deno remove](/runtime/reference/cli/remove) - Remove dependencies
- [deno outdated](/runtime/reference/cli/outdated) - view or update outdated
  dependencies
- [deno why](/runtime/reference/cli/why/) - explain why a package is in the
  dependency tree

## Tooling

- [deno bench](/runtime/reference/cli/bench/) - benchmarking tool
- [deno check](/runtime/reference/cli/check/) - type check your program without
  running it
- [deno compile](/runtime/reference/cli/compile/) - compile a program into a
  standalone executable
- [deno completions](/runtime/reference/cli/completions/) - generate shell
  completions
- [deno coverage](/runtime/reference/cli/coverage/) - generate test coverage
  reports
- [deno create](/runtime/reference/cli/create/) - scaffold a new project from a
  template
- [deno doc](/runtime/reference/cli/doc/) - generate documentation for a module
- [deno deploy](/runtime/reference/cli/deploy) - Manage and publish your
  projects on the web
- [deno desktop](/runtime/reference/cli/desktop/) - build a desktop app from the
  current Deno project
- [deno fmt](/runtime/reference/cli/fmt/) - format your code
- [deno info](/runtime/reference/cli/info/) - inspect an ES module and all of
  its dependencies
- [deno init](/runtime/reference/cli/init/) - create a new project
- [deno jupyter](/runtime/reference/cli/jupyter/) - run a Jupyter notebook
- [deno lint](/runtime/reference/cli/lint/) - lint your code
- [deno lsp](/runtime/reference/cli/lsp/) - language server protocol integration
- [deno pack](/runtime/reference/cli/pack/) - create an npm tarball from the
  current Deno project
- [deno publish](/runtime/reference/cli/publish/) - publish a module to JSR
- [deno test](/runtime/reference/cli/test/) - run your tests
- [deno transpile](/runtime/reference/cli/transpile/) - transpile TypeScript,
  JSX, or TSX to JavaScript
- [deno types](/runtime/reference/cli/types/) - print runtime types
- [deno upgrade](/runtime/reference/cli/upgrade/) - upgrade Deno to the latest
  version
- [deno x](/runtime/reference/cli/x/) - run an npm or JSR package

## Other

- [Unstable feature flags](/runtime/reference/cli/unstable_flags/)
- [Integrating the Deno LSP](/runtime/reference/lsp_integration/)