qmk-dactyl-manuform-a/docs/cli.md

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 help you work with QMK:

• qmk compile-json

Setup

Simply add the qmk_firmware/bin directory to your PATH. You can run the qmk commands from any directory.

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/qmk_firmware/bin

You may want to add this to your .profile, .bash_profile, .zsh_profile, or other shell startup scripts.

Commands

qmk compile-json

This command allows you to compile JSON files you have downloaded from https://config.qmk.fm.

Usage:

qmk compile-json mine.json