createdAt	2024-08-11
updatedAt	2026-03-31
title	CLI - All Intlayer CLI commands for your multilingual website
description	Discover how to use the Intlayer CLI to manage your multilingual website. Follow the steps in this online documentation to set up your project in a few minutes.
keywords	CLI Command Line Interface Internationalization Documentation Intlayer Next.js JavaScript React
slugs	doc concept cli
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Intlayer CLI - All Intlayer CLI commands for your multilingual website

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Table of Contents

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Install Package

Install the necessary packages using npm:

npm install intlayer-cli -g

yarn add intlayer-cli -g

pnpm add intlayer-cli -g

bun add intlayer-cli -g

If intlayer package is already installed, the cli is automatically installed. You can skip this step.

intlayer-cli package

intlayer-cli package intend to transpile your intlayer declarations into dictionaries.

This package will transpile all intlayer files, such as src/**/*.content.{ts|js|mjs|cjs|json|tsx|jsx|md|mdx|yaml|yml}. See how to declare your Intlayer declaration files.

To interpret intlayer dictionaries you can interpreters, such as react-intlayer, or next-intlayer

Configuration File Support

Intlayer accepts multiple configuration file formats:

• intlayer.config.ts
• intlayer.config.js
• intlayer.config.json
• intlayer.config.cjs
• intlayer.config.mjs
• .intlayerrc

To see how to configure available locales, or other parameters, refer to the configuration documentation here.

Run intlayer commands

Authentication

• Login - Authenticate with the Intlayer CMS and get access credentials

Core Commands

• Build Dictionaries - Build your dictionaries from content declaration files
• Watch Dictionaries - Watch for changes and automatically build dictionaries
• Create Standalone Bundle - Create a standalone JavaScript bundle containing Intlayer and specified packages
• Check CLI Version - Check the installed Intlayer CLI version
• List Projects - List all Intlayer projects in a directory or git repository

Dictionary Management

• Push Dictionaries - Push dictionaries to the Intlayer editor and CMS
• Pull Dictionaries - Pull dictionaries from the Intlayer editor and CMS
• Fill Dictionaries - Fill, audit, and translate dictionaries using AI
• Test Missing Translations - Test and identify missing translations
• List Content Declaration Files - List all content declaration files in your project

Component Management

• Extract Strings - Extract strings from components into a .content file close to the component

Configuration

• Initialize Intlayer - Set up Intlayer in your project with automatic configuration
• Manage Configuration - Get and push your Intlayer configuration to the CMS

Documentation Management

• Translate Document - Automatically translate documentation files using AI
• Review Document - Review documentation files for quality and consistency

Editor & Live Sync

• Editor Commands - Use the Intlayer editor commands
• Live Sync Commands - Use Live Sync to reflect CMS content changes at runtime

CI/CD & Automation

• CI Command - Run Intlayer commands with auto-injected credentials for CI/CD pipelines

Development Tools

• CLI SDK - Use the Intlayer CLI SDK in your own code
• Debug Intlayer Command - Debug and troubleshoot Intlayer CLI issues

Use intlayer commands in your package.json

"scripts": {
  "intlayer:init": "npx intlayer init",
  "intlayer:login": "npx intlayer login",
  "intlayer:build": "npx intlayer build",
  "intlayer:watch": "npx intlayer build --watch",
  "intlayer:standalone": "npx intlayer standalone --packages intlayer vanilla-intlayer",
  "intlayer:push": "npx intlayer push",
  "intlayer:pull": "npx intlayer pull",
  "intlayer:fill": "npx intlayer fill",
  "intlayer:list": "npx intlayer content list",
  "intlayer:test": "npx intlayer content test",
  "intlayer:extract": "npx intlayer extract",
  "intlayer:projects": "npx intlayer projects list",
  "intlayer:doc:translate": "npx intlayer doc translate",
  "intlayer:doc:review": "npx intlayer doc review"
}

Note: You can also use the shorter aliases:

• npx intlayer list instead of npx intlayer content list
• npx intlayer test instead of npx intlayer content test
• npx intlayer projects-list or npx intlayer pl instead of npx intlayer projects list