# @react-native-community/cli-server-api Latest version **20.2.0** (published 2026-06-25) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install @react-native-community/cli-server-api pnpm add @react-native-community/cli-server-api yarn add @react-native-community/cli-server-api bun add @react-native-community/cli-server-api ``` ## Health **Score 60/100 (C)** — status: active. Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score. Warnings: low downloads; no esm support. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 20.2.0 | | Published | 2026-06-25 | | First published | 2020-04-24 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | MIT | | TypeScript types | bundled | | Module format | CommonJS | | Dependencies | 10 | | Unpacked size | 80.5 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 2935 | | Maintainers | bartoszklonowski, titozzz, empyrical, cpojer, mattoakes, ferrannp, mike866, krizzu, trensik, thymikee, nicholaslee119, mmazzarolo, rewieer, janicduplessis, swaagie, kelset, johandutoit, vonovak, wojteg1337, naturalclar, connectdotz, pvinis, brentvatne, evanbacon, eliwhite, simek, alloy, cortinico, safaiyeh, dmitryrykun, lunaleaps, wootwootwoot, react-native-bot, szymonrybczak, react-native-community-bot, okwasniewski | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-community/cli-server-api - Repository: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli - Homepage: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/main/packages/cli-server-api - Issues: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@react-native-community/cli-server-api ## Dependencies (10) - [ws](https://npm.io/package/ws.md) ^6.2.3 - [open](https://npm.io/package/open.md) ^6.2.0 - [connect](https://npm.io/package/connect.md) ^3.6.5 - [nocache](https://npm.io/package/nocache.md) ^3.0.1 - [body-parser](https://npm.io/package/body-parser.md) ^2.2.2 - [compression](https://npm.io/package/compression.md) ^1.7.1 - [errorhandler](https://npm.io/package/errorhandler.md) ^1.5.1 - [serve-static](https://npm.io/package/serve-static.md) ^1.13.1 - [pretty-format](https://npm.io/package/pretty-format.md) ^29.7.0 - [@react-native-community/cli-tools](https://npm.io/package/@react-native-community/cli-tools.md) 20.2.0 ## Recent versions - 20.2.0 (latest) — 2026-06-25 - 17.0.1 (17.x) — 2025-11-05 - 18.0.1 (18.x) — 2025-11-05 - 19.1.2 (19.x) — 2025-11-05 - 20.0.0-alpha.2 (next) — 2025-07-24 - 16.0.3 (16.x) — 2025-04-17 - 14.1.2 (14.x) — 2024-12-12 - 12.3.7 (12.x) — 2024-06-05 - 11.4.1 (11.x) — 2024-02-19 - 7.0.4 (7.x) — 2022-07-18 - 7.0.1 (v7.0.1) — 2022-02-01 - 20.1.3 — 2026-03-24 - 20.1.2 — 2026-02-24 - 20.1.1 — 2026-01-28 - 20.1.0 — 2026-01-07 - … 150 more at https://npm.io/package/@react-native-community/cli-server-api/versions ## README # React Native Community CLI [![npm package](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@react-native-community/cli?label=latest%20stable)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-community/cli) Command line tools for building apps with [React Native](https://reactnative.dev), shipped as the `@react-native-community/cli` npm package. See also the [Community Template](https://github.com/react-native-community/template). ## Docs - [Initializing a new project](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/main/docs/init.md) - [Configuration](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/main/docs/configuration.md) - [Commands](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/main/docs/commands.md) - [Plugins](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/main/docs/plugins.md) - [Autolinking](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/main/docs/autolinking.md) ## 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/cli` | `react-native` | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------- | | [^20.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/main) | ^0.81.0, ^0.82.0, ^0.83.0, ^0.84.0, ^0.85.0 | | [^19.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/19.x) | ^0.80.0 | | [^18.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/18.x) | ^0.79.0 | | [^15.0.0](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/tree/15.x) | ^0.76.0, ^0.77.0, ^0.78.0 | [Previous versions](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/b26aa65/README.md) ## Creating a new React Native project Run the following command in your terminal prompt: ```sh npx @react-native-community/cli@latest init MyApp ``` See more options for the `init` command [here](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/init.md). ## 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: ```sh yarn rnc-cli start ``` You can also add npm scripts to call it with whichever package manager you use: ```json { "scripts": { "start": "rnc-cli start" } } ``` to call it as ```sh yarn start ``` ## Maintainers - Michał Pierzchała ([**@thymikee**](https://github.com/thymikee)) - [Callstack](https://callstack.com) - Alex Hunt ([**@huntie**](https://github.com/huntie)) - [Meta](https://meta.com) Previously: - Szymon Rybczak ([**@szymonrybczak**](https://github.com/szymonrybczak)) - Mike Grabowski ([**@grabbou**](https://github.com/grabbou)) - [Callstack](https://callstack.com) - Kacper Wiszczuk ([**@esemesek**](https://github.com/esemesek)) - [Callstack](https://callstack.com) - Adam Trzciński ([**@adamTrz**](https://github.com/adamTrz)) - [Callstack](https://callstack.com) ## License Everything inside this repository is [MIT licensed](./LICENSE). --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/@react-native-community/cli-server-api · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. 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