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CLI Reference

Overview

Section titled “Overview”

The Rebase CLI (rebase) manages your project from scaffolding to deployment.

Installation

Section titled “Installation”
pnpm add -g @rebasepro/cli

Or use via pnpm dlx:

pnpm dlx @rebasepro/cli <command>

Commands

Section titled “Commands”

rebase init

Section titled “rebase init”

Initialize a new Rebase project:

rebase init [directory]

Sets up the project structure with frontend, backend, and shared packages.

rebase dev

Section titled “rebase dev”

Start the development server:

rebase dev

Starts both frontend and backend with hot reloading.

rebase schema generate

Section titled “rebase schema generate”

Generate Drizzle ORM schema from your TypeScript collections:

rebase schema generate

This reads your collections from config/collections/ and generates backend/src/schema.generated.ts with Drizzle table definitions, enums, and relations.

rebase db push

Section titled “rebase db push”

Push schema changes directly to the database (development only):

rebase db push

rebase db generate

Section titled “rebase db generate”

Generate SQL migration files from schema changes:

rebase db generate

Creates timestamped migration files in drizzle/ that can be reviewed and committed.

rebase db migrate

Section titled “rebase db migrate”

Run pending database migrations:

rebase db migrate

Applies all unapplied migrations to the database.

rebase db studio

Section titled “rebase db studio”

Open Drizzle Studio to browse your database visually:

rebase db studio

rebase generate-sdk

Section titled “rebase generate-sdk”

Generate a typed client SDK from your collection definitions:

rebase generate-sdk

Creates TypeScript types and a type-safe client for all your collections.

rebase doctor

Section titled “rebase doctor”

Run diagnostics to detect drift between your collections, the generated schema, and the current database state:

rebase doctor

rebase auth

Section titled “rebase auth”

Authentication management commands:

rebase auth create-user --email admin@example.com --password secret
rebase auth reset-password --email admin@example.com

Migration Workflow

Section titled “Migration Workflow”

The typical workflow for schema changes:

# 1. Edit your collection in config/collections/
# 2. Generate the Drizzle schema
rebase schema generate


# 3. Generate SQL migration
rebase db generate


# 4. Review the generated SQL in drizzle/


# 5. Apply the migration
rebase db migrate

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”