# @react-native/community-cli-plugin > Core CLI commands for React Native Latest version **0.87.1** (published 2026-08-26) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install @react-native/community-cli-plugin pnpm add @react-native/community-cli-plugin yarn add @react-native/community-cli-plugin bun add @react-native/community-cli-plugin ``` ## Health **Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active. Positive: esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; popular repo; extremely popular. Warnings: low downloads; no types; pre 1.0. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 0.87.1 | | Published | 2026-08-26 | | First published | 2023-08-11 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | MIT | | TypeScript types | none | | Module format | ESM + CommonJS | | Node | ^22.13.0 \|\| ^24.3.0 \|\| >= 26.0.0 | | Dependencies | 6 | | Unpacked size | 62.4 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) | | GitHub stars | 126779 | | Maintainers | react-native-bot, fb | | Keywords | react-native, tools | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native/community-cli-plugin - Repository: https://github.com/react/react-native - Homepage: https://github.com/react/react-native/tree/HEAD/packages/community-cli-plugin#readme - Issues: https://github.com/react/react-native/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@react-native/community-cli-plugin ## Dependencies (6) - [debug](https://npm.io/package/debug.md) ^4.4.0 - [metro](https://npm.io/package/metro.md) ^0.87.0 - [semver](https://npm.io/package/semver.md) ^7.1.3 - [invariant](https://npm.io/package/invariant.md) ^2.2.4 - [@react-native/asset-utils](https://npm.io/package/@react-native/asset-utils.md) 0.87.1 - [@react-native/dev-middleware](https://npm.io/package/@react-native/dev-middleware.md) 0.87.1 ## Recent versions - 0.87.1 (latest) — 2026-08-26 - 0.89.0-nightly-20261012-8566016ec (nightly) — 2026-10-12 - 0.88.0-rc.4 (next) — 2026-10-05 - 0.86.3 (0.86-stable) — 2026-08-24 - 0.83.10 (0.83-stable) — 2026-06-25 - 0.81.6 (0.81-stable) — 2026-02-05 - 0.80.3 (0.80-stable) — 2026-01-26 - 0.79.7 (0.79-stable) — 2025-10-21 - 0.77.3 (0.77-stable) — 2025-07-21 - 0.78.3 (0.78-stable) — 2025-07-09 - 0.76.9 (0.76-stable) — 2025-04-03 - 0.75.5 (0.75-stable) — 2025-02-06 - 0.74.89 (0.74-stable) — 2025-01-27 - 0.74.82 (false) — 2024-05-01 - 0.89.0-nightly-20261011-1c6e0c773 — 2026-10-11 - … 1183 more at https://npm.io/package/@react-native/community-cli-plugin/versions ## README # @react-native/community-cli-plugin [![npm]](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native/community-cli-plugin) [![npm downloads]](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native/community-cli-plugin) [npm]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@react-native/community-cli-plugin.svg?color=blue [npm downloads]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@react-native/community-cli-plugin.svg > This is an internal dependency of React Native. **Please don't depend on it directly.** CLI entry points supporting core React Native development features. Formerly [@react-native-community/cli-plugin-metro](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-community/cli-plugin-metro). ## Commands ### `start` Start the React Native development server. #### Usage ```sh npx @react-native-community/cli start [options] ``` #### Options | Option | Description | | - | - | | `--port ` | Set the server port. | | `--host ` | Set the server host. | | `--projectRoot ` | Set the path to the project root. | | `--watchFolders ` | Specify additional folders to be added to the watch list. | | `--assetPlugins ` | Specify additional asset plugins. | | `--sourceExts ` | Specify additional source extensions to bundle. | | `--max-workers ` | Set the maximum number of workers the worker-pool will spawn for transforming files. Defaults to the number of the cores available on your machine. | | `--transformer ` | Specify a custom transformer. | | `--reset-cache` | Remove cached files. | | `--custom-log-reporter-path ` | Specify a module path exporting a replacement for `TerminalReporter`. | | `--https` | Enable HTTPS connections. | | `--key `| Specify path to a custom SSL key. | | `--cert ` | Specify path to a custom SSL cert. | | `--config ` | Path to the CLI configuration file. | | `--no-interactive` | Disable interactive mode. | | `--client-logs` | **[Deprecated]** Enable plain text JavaScript log streaming for all connected apps. | ### `bundle` Build the bundle for the provided JavaScript entry file. #### Usage ```sh npx @react-native-community/cli bundle --entry-file [options] ``` #### Options | Option | Description | | - | - | | `--entry-file ` | Set the path to the root JavaScript entry file. | | `--platform ` | Set the target platform (either `"android"` or `"ios"`). Defaults to `"ios"`. | | `--transformer ` | Specify a custom transformer. | | `--dev [boolean]` | If `false`, warnings are disabled and the bundle is minified. Defaults to `true`. | | `--minify [boolean]` | Allows overriding whether bundle is minified. Defaults to `false` if `--dev` is set. Disabling minification can be useful for speeding up production builds for testing purposes. | | `--bundle-output ` | Specify the path to store the resulting bundle. | | `--bundle-encoding ` | Specify the encoding for writing the bundle (). | | `--resolver-option ` | Custom resolver options of the form key=value. URL-encoded. May be specified multiple times. | | `--sourcemap-output ` | Specify the path to store the source map file for the resulting bundle. | | `--sourcemap-sources-root ` | Set the root path for source map entries. | | `--sourcemap-use-absolute-path` | Report `SourceMapURL` using its full path. | | `--max-workers ` | Set the maximum number of workers the worker-pool will spawn for transforming files. Defaults to the number of the cores available on your machine. | | `--assets-dest ` | Specify the directory path for storing assets referenced in the bundle. | | `--reset-cache` | Remove cached files. | | `--read-global-cache` | Attempt to fetch transformed JS code from the global cache, if configured. Defaults to `false`. | | `--config ` | Path to the CLI configuration file. | ## Contributing Changes to this package can be made locally and tested against the `rn-tester` app, per the [Contributing guide](https://reactnative.dev/contributing/overview#contributing-code). 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