generated: '2026-08-09'
method: searched
source: https://dara.causalens.com/docs/generated/dara/reference/create_dara_app/cli
docs:
- https://dara.causalens.com/docs/generated/dara/reference/create_dara_app/cli
- https://dara.causalens.com/docs/generated/dara/docs/getting-started/local-setup
- https://dara.causalens.com/docs/generated/dara/docs/quickstart
clis:
- name: create-dara-app
  description: Project scaffolding CLI that bootstraps a new Dara Decision App.
  package: create-dara-app
  registry: pypi
  install:
  - pip install create-dara-app
  - poetry add create-dara-app
  commands:
  - name: bootstrap
    default: true
    description: 'Create a new Decision App project. Runs automatically when no
      subcommand is specified.'
    arguments:
    - name: directory
      type: path
      default: .
      description: Target directory for project creation.
    flags:
    - name: --debug
      type: flag
      default: false
      description: Enable debug logging.
    - name: --no-install
      type: flag
      default: false
      description: Skip dependency installation.
    - name: --no-input
      type: flag
      default: false
      description: Skip interactive prompts.
    - name: --project-name
      type: string
      default: Decision App
      description: Project name.
    - name: --package-name
      type: string
      description: Python package name (e.g. my_decision_app).
    - name: --overwrite-if-exists
      type: flag
      default: false
      description: Overwrite existing directory contents.
    - name: --packaging
      type: choice
      choices:
      - pip
      - poetry
      default: poetry
      description: Package manager to use.
  global_flags:
  - name: --version
    description: Print the CLI version.
- name: dara
  description: 'Runtime CLI shipped with dara-core for running a Dara application
    in development and production.'
  package: dara-core
  registry: pypi
  install:
  - pip install dara-core
  commands:
  - name: dara start
    description: Start a Dara application.
    flags:
    - name: --reload
      description: 'Reload on code change. Preserves browser auth sessions across
        backend reloads via a local file-backed session store.'
    - name: --dev-port
      description: Override the Vite dev-server port.
  - name: dara dev
    description: Run the application in development mode.
    flags:
    - name: --port
      description: Port for the dev server.
  x-evidence:
    source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/causalens/dara/master/packages/dara-core/changelog.md
    note: 'Commands and flags recorded from the dara-core changelog entries that
      introduced them (1.29.6, 1.29.0). Not fabricated.'
notes: 'The commercial decisionOS platform may ship additional tooling, but its
  documentation is login-gated at docs.causalens.com and could not be read.'