react-native-community/cli

The React Native Community CLI — Command line tools to help you build React Native apps

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React Native Community CLI

npm package

Command line tools for building apps with React Native, shipped as the @react-native-community/cli npm package.

See also the Community Template.

Docs

Compatibility

Our release cycle is independent of react-native.

[!Warning] Important: @react-native-community/cli is designed to work with specific react-native versions. We do not recommend updating CLI independently, as it may cause unexpected issues.

@react-native-community/clireact-native
^20.0.0^0.81.0, ^0.82.0, ^0.83.0, ^0.84.0, ^0.85.0
^19.0.0^0.80.0
^18.0.0^0.79.0
^15.0.0^0.76.0, ^0.77.0, ^0.78.0

Previous versions

Creating a new React Native project

Run the following command in your terminal prompt:

npx @react-native-community/cli@latest init MyApp

See more options for the init command here.

Usage in an existing React Native project

Once installed, you can run commands to interact with your projects by using the rnc-cli binary.

Example running start command in terminal:

yarn rnc-cli start

You can also add npm scripts to call it with whichever package manager you use:

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "rnc-cli start"
  }
}

to call it as

yarn start

Maintainers

Previously:

License

Everything inside this repository is MIT licensed.

Contributors

(top 30 of 389)

thymikee

466 commits

szymonrybczak

183 commits

grabbou

166 commits

davidaurelio

63 commits

react-native-community/cli

The React Native Community CLI — Command line tools to help you build React Native apps

2,934

stars

2,301

commits

TypeScript

primary language

Jun 25, 2026

updated

android
cli
hacktoberfest
ios
javascript
npm
react-native
typescript
yarn

README

React Native Community CLI

npm package

Command line tools for building apps with React Native, shipped as the @react-native-community/cli npm package.

See also the Community Template.

Docs

Compatibility

Our release cycle is independent of react-native.

[!Warning] Important: @react-native-community/cli is designed to work with specific react-native versions. We do not recommend updating CLI independently, as it may cause unexpected issues.

@react-native-community/clireact-native
^20.0.0^0.81.0, ^0.82.0, ^0.83.0, ^0.84.0, ^0.85.0
^19.0.0^0.80.0
^18.0.0^0.79.0
^15.0.0^0.76.0, ^0.77.0, ^0.78.0

Previous versions

Creating a new React Native project

Run the following command in your terminal prompt:

npx @react-native-community/cli@latest init MyApp

See more options for the init command here.

Usage in an existing React Native project

Once installed, you can run commands to interact with your projects by using the rnc-cli binary.

Example running start command in terminal:

yarn rnc-cli start

You can also add npm scripts to call it with whichever package manager you use:

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "rnc-cli start"
  }
}

to call it as

yarn start

Maintainers

Previously:

License

Everything inside this repository is MIT licensed.

Contributors

(top 30 of 389)

thymikee

466 commits

szymonrybczak

183 commits

grabbou

166 commits

davidaurelio

63 commits

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