pyodide CLI#

This page documents the Pyodide Command Line Interface (CLI) interface. In addition to the commands defined by pyodide-build, documented below, other subcommands are defined in external packages (which can be installed with pip):

  • pyodide pack, defined in pyodide-pack is a package bundler for Pyodide

pyodide#

A command line interface for Pyodide.

Other CLI subcommands are registered via the plugin system by installing Pyodide compatible packages (e.g. pyodide-build).

pyodide [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options

--version#

auditwheel#

Auditwheel-like tool for emscripten wheels and shared libraries.

Registered by: auditwheel_emscripten

pyodide auditwheel [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

copy#

Copy shared libraries to the wheel directory. Similar to repair but does not modify the needed section of WASM module.

pyodide auditwheel copy [OPTIONS] WHEEL_FILE

Options

--libdir <libdir>#

Path to the directory containing the shared libraries.

Default

lib

--output-dir <output_dir>#

Directory to output repaired wheel or shared library. (default: overwrite the input file)

Arguments

WHEEL_FILE#

Required argument

exports#

Show exports of a wheel or a shared library file.

pyodide auditwheel exports [OPTIONS] WHEEL_OR_SO_FILE

Arguments

WHEEL_OR_SO_FILE#

Required argument

imports#

Show imports of a wheel or a shared library file.

pyodide auditwheel imports [OPTIONS] WHEEL_OR_SO_FILE

Arguments

WHEEL_OR_SO_FILE#

Required argument

repair#

[Experimental] Repair a wheel file: copy shared libraries to the wheel directory and modify the path in the wheel file.

pyodide auditwheel repair [OPTIONS] WHEEL_FILE

Options

--libdir <libdir>#

Path to the directory containing the shared libraries.

Default

lib

--output-dir <output_dir>#

Directory to output repaired wheel or shared library. (default: overwrite the input file)

Arguments

WHEEL_FILE#

Required argument

show#

Show shared library dependencies of a wheel or a shared library file.

pyodide auditwheel show [OPTIONS] WHEEL_OR_SO_FILE

Arguments

WHEEL_OR_SO_FILE#

Required argument

build#

Use pypa/build to build a Python package from source, pypi or url.

Registered by: pyodide-build

pyodide build [OPTIONS] [SOURCE_LOCATION]

Options

--exports <exports>#

Which symbols should be exported when linking .so files?

Default

requested

Arguments

SOURCE_LOCATION#

Optional argument

build-recipes#

Build packages using yaml recipes and create repodata.json

Registered by: pyodide-build

pyodide build-recipes [OPTIONS] PACKAGES...

Options

--recipe-dir <recipe_dir>#

The directory containing the recipe of packages. If not specified, the default is ./packages

--install, --no-install#

If true, install the built packages into the install_dir. If false, build packages without installing.

Default

False

--install-dir <install_dir>#

Path to install built packages and repodata.json. If not specified, the default is ./dist.

--cflags <cflags>#

Extra compiling flags. Default: SIDE_MODULE_CFLAGS

--cxxflags <cxxflags>#

Extra compiling flags. Default: SIDE_MODULE_CXXFLAGS

--ldflags <ldflags>#

Extra linking flags. Default: SIDE_MODULE_LDFLAGS

--target-install-dir <target_install_dir>#

The path to the target Python installation. Default: TARGETINSTALLDIR

--host-install-dir <host_install_dir>#

Directory for installing built host packages. Default: HOSTINSTALLDIR

--log-dir <log_dir>#

Directory to place log files

--force-rebuild, --no-force-rebuild#

Force rebuild of all packages regardless of whether they appear to have been updated

Default

False

--n-jobs <n_jobs>#

Number of packages to build in parallel

Default

4

Arguments

PACKAGES#

Required argument(s)

config#

Manage config variables used in pyodide

Registered by: pyodide-build

pyodide config [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

get#

Get a value of a single config variable used in pyodide

pyodide config get [OPTIONS] CONFIG_VAR

Arguments

CONFIG_VAR#

Required argument

list#

List config variables used in pyodide

pyodide config list [OPTIONS]

skeleton#

Add a new package build recipe or update an existing recipe

Registered by: pyodide-build

pyodide skeleton [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

pypi#

Create a new package from PyPI.

pyodide skeleton pypi [OPTIONS] NAME

Options

-u, --update#

Update an existing recipe instead of creating a new one

Default

False

--update-patched#

Force update the package even if it contains patches.

Default

False

--version <version>#

The version of the package, if not specified, latest version will be used.

--source-format <source_format>#

Which source format is preferred. Options are wheel or sdist. If not specified, then either a wheel or an sdist will be used.

--root <root>#

The root directory of the Pyodide.

--recipe-dir <recipe_dir>#

The directory containing the recipe of packages.If not specified, the default is packages in the root directory.

Arguments

NAME#

Required argument

Environment variables

PYODIDE_ROOT

Provide a default for --root

venv#

Create a Pyodide virtual environment

Registered by: pyodide-build

pyodide venv [OPTIONS] DEST

Arguments

DEST#

Required argument