CLI Overview
LocalCloud provides a powerful command-line interface (CLI) for managing your local AI development environment. All commands are available through bothlocalcloud
and the shorter lc
alias.
Command Structure
You can use either
localcloud
or lc
- they are identical. We’ll use lc
in examples for brevity.Global Flags
These flags are available for all commands:Flag | Short | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
--verbose | -v | Enable verbose output | false |
--config | -c | Config file path | ./.localcloud/config.yaml |
--project | -p | Project directory path | . |
Command Categories
Project Management
Initialize and manage your LocalCloud projects
lc setup
- Create new project with interactive wizardlc status
- View project and service statuslc info
- System and resource informationlc reset
- Clean up project data
Service Control
Start, stop, and monitor services
lc start
- Start all or specific serviceslc stop
- Stop all or specific serviceslc restart
- Restart serviceslc services
- List running serviceslc logs
- View service logslc ps
- Show running containers
AI Models
Manage Ollama language models
lc models list
- Show available modelslc models pull
- Download new modelslc models remove
- Remove modelslc models show
- Model details
Database Tools
Database management utilities
lc mongo
- MongoDB shell accesslc postgres
- PostgreSQL shell (psql)lc redis
- Redis CLI access
Networking
Expose services publicly
lc tunnel
- Create secure tunnelslc tunnel list
- Show active tunnelslc tunnel stop
- Stop tunnels
Components
Add or remove service components
lc component add
- Add new serviceslc component remove
- Remove serviceslc component list
- Show components
Quick Reference
Essential Commands
Service Management
Model Management
Command Aliases
Many commands have shorter aliases for convenience:Full Command | Aliases |
---|---|
lc services | lc svcs , lc ls |
lc models | lc model , lc m |
lc component | lc comp |
lc models remove | lc models rm , lc models delete |
Output Formats
Most commands support different output formats:Auto-completion
Enable tab completion for your shell:- Bash
- Zsh
- Fish