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QMK CLI
This page describes how to setup and use the QMK CLI.
Overview
The QMK CLI makes building and working with QMK keyboards easier. We have provided a number of commands to simplify and streamline tasks such as obtaining and compiling the QMK firmware, creating keymaps, and more.
Requirements
The CLI requires Python 3.5 or greater. We try to keep the number of requirements small but you will also need to install the packages listed in requirements.txt.
Global CLI
QMK provides an installable CLI that can be used to setup your QMK build environment, work with QMK, and which makes working with multiple copies of qmk_firmware easier. We recommend installing and updating this periodically.
Install Using Homebrew (macOS, some Linux)
If you have installed Homebrew you can tap and install QMK:
brew tap qmk/qmk
brew install qmk
export QMK_HOME='~/qmk_firmware' # Optional, set the location for `qmk_firmware`
qmk setup # This will clone `qmk/qmk_firmware` and optionally set up your build environment
Install Using easy_install or pip
If your system is not listed above you can install QMK manually. First ensure that you have python 3.5 (or later) installed and have installed pip. Then install QMK with this command:
pip3 install qmk
export QMK_HOME='~/qmk_firmware' # Optional, set the location for `qmk_firmware`
qmk setup # This will clone `qmk/qmk_firmware` and optionally set up your build environment
Packaging For Other Operating Systems
We are looking for people to create and maintain a qmk package for more operating systems. If you would like to create a package for your OS please follow these guidelines:
- Follow best practices for your OS when they conflict with these guidelines
- Document why in a comment when you do deviate
- Install using a virtualenv
- Instruct the user to set the environment variable
QMK_HOMEto have the firmware source checked out somewhere other than~/qmk_firmware.
Local CLI
If you do not want to use the global CLI there is a local CLI bundled with qmk_firmware. You can find it in qmk_firmware/bin/qmk. You can run the qmk command from any directory and it will always operate on that copy of qmk_firmware.
Example:
$ ~/qmk_firmware/bin/qmk hello
Ψ Hello, World!
Local CLI Limitations
There are some limitations to the local CLI compared to the global CLI:
- The local CLI does not support
qmk setuporqmk clone - The local CLI always operates on the same
qmk_firmwaretree, even if you have multiple repositories cloned. - The local CLI does not run in a virtualenv, so it's possible that dependencies will conflict
CLI Commands
qmk compile
This command allows you to compile firmware from any directory. You can compile JSON exports from https://config.qmk.fm or compile keymaps in the repo.
Usage for Configurator Exports:
qmk compile <configuratorExport.json>
Usage for Keymaps:
qmk compile -kb <keyboard_name> -km <keymap_name>
qmk cformat
This command formats C code using clang-format. Run it with no arguments to format all core code, or pass filenames on the command line to run it on specific files.
Usage:
qmk cformat [file1] [file2] [...] [fileN]
qmk config
This command lets you configure the behavior of QMK. For the full qmk config documentation see CLI Configuration.
Usage:
qmk config [-ro] [config_token1] [config_token2] [...] [config_tokenN]
qmk docs
This command starts a local HTTP server which you can use for browsing or improving the docs. Default port is 8936.
Usage:
qmk docs [-p PORT]
qmk doctor
This command examines your environment and alerts you to potential build or flash problems.
Usage:
qmk doctor
qmk list-keyboards
This command lists all the keyboards currently defined in qmk_firmware
Usage:
qmk list-keyboards
qmk new-keymap
This command creates a new keymap based on a keyboard's existing default keymap.
Usage:
qmk new-keymap [-kb KEYBOARD] [-km KEYMAP]
qmk pyformat
This command formats python code in qmk_firmware.
Usage:
qmk pyformat
qmk pytest
This command runs the python test suite. If you make changes to python code you should ensure this runs successfully.
Usage:
qmk pytest