Mint CLI
The Mint CLI is the easiest way to build Mintlify apps from the command line.
Built with ❤︎ by Mintlify
Installation
Download the Mint CLI using the following command
npm i -g mint
Development
mint dev
Run this command at the root of your Mintlify project to preview changes locally.
Notes
mint dev
requires Node v19 or higher.
Custom Ports
Mintlify uses port 3000 by default. You can use the --port
flag to customize the port Mintlify runs on. For example, use this command to run in port 3333:
mint dev --port 3333
You will see an error like this if you try to run Mintlify in a port that's already taken:
Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use :::3000
Troubleshooting
Steps you can take if the dev CLI is not working (After each step try to run mint dev
again):
- Make sure you are running in a folder with a
docs.json
file. - Run
mint update
to ensure you have the most recent version of the CLI. - Make sure you are using Node v19 or higher.
- Navigate to the
.mintlify
folder in your home directory and delete its contents.
Additional Commands
mint broken-links
Check for broken internal links in your Mintlify project.
mint rename <from> <to>
Rename a file in a Mintlify project and update all internal link references.
mint openapi-check <openapiFilenameOrUrl>
Check your OpenAPI file for errors. You can pass in a filename (e.g. ./openapi.yaml
) or a URL (e.g. https://petstore3.swagger.io/api/v3/openapi.json
).
mint update
Updates to the most recent version of the Mint CLI.
mint upgrade
Upgrade from mint.json
to docs.json
. This command creates a docs.json
from your existing mint.json
.
Get Started
Create an account to start using Mintlify for your documentation.