CLI

Daytona provides command-line access to core features for interacting with Daytona Sandboxes, including managing their lifecycle, snapshots, and more.

The CLI reference lists all commands supported by the daytona command-line tool, complete with a description of their behavior, and any supported flags. You can access this documentation on a per-command basis by appending the --help/-h flag when invoking daytona.

Installation

Install the Daytona CLI to interact with Daytona sandboxes from the command line.

brew install daytonaio/cli/daytona

Trust the tap once so routine brew upgrade keeps the Daytona CLI up to date. Recent Homebrew versions require third-party taps to be explicitly trusted; without it, a bare brew upgrade skips the Daytona tap and the CLI goes stale:

brew trust daytonaio/cli

To upgrade the Daytona CLI to the latest version:

brew upgrade daytonaio/cli/daytona

Alternatively, install directly without Homebrew:

For Apple Silicon (arm64):

sudo curl -fL https://github.com/daytona/clients/releases/latest/download/daytona-darwin-arm64 -o /usr/local/bin/daytona && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/daytona

For Intel (amd64):

sudo curl -fL https://github.com/daytona/clients/releases/latest/download/daytona-darwin-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/daytona && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/daytona

After installing the Daytona CLI, use the daytona command to interact with Daytona sandboxes from the command line.

Sections

The reference groups commands into the following sections. Global flags that apply to every command are listed under daytona.

Section	Commands
Login and context	`daytona login`, `daytona logout`, `daytona profile`, `daytona whoami`
Sandboxes and resources	`daytona cpu-type`, `daytona disk-class`, `daytona image`, `daytona network-class`, `daytona region`, `daytona sandbox`, `daytona snapshot`, `daytona volume`
Organization management	`daytona audit`, `daytona billing`, `daytona invite`, `daytona key`, `daytona member`, `daytona org`, `daytona org-key`, `daytona project`, `daytona registry`, `daytona role`, `daytona secret`, `daytona service-account`
Platform operators	`daytona admin`
Other	`daytona completion`, `daytona config`, `daytona docs`, `daytona version`

daytona

Daytona — sandboxes, images, snapshots and your organization, from the terminal

daytona is the command line for the Daytona platform.

At a terminal it is interactive: tables, pickers and a confirmation before destructive actions. When piped, redirected or run with --output json it is a strict tool: no prompts, --yes required for destructive verbs, JSON on stdout, diagnostics on stderr. Authorization is decided by the server; the CLI only presents the credential you give it.

Get started:

daytona login                     browser login (or --device on a remote host)
daytona image create py312 --ref python:3.12   import a registry image once
daytona sandbox create --image py312
daytona sandbox exec <id> -- python -c 'print(1)'
daytona docs --full               the whole reference in one page

Global flags

Global flags apply to every command.

Long	Short	Type	Default	Description
`--api-key`		`string`		static credential sent as-is; disables the saved login for this call (env DAYTONA_API_KEY)
`--api-url`		`string`		API base URL (env DAYTONA_API_URL)
`--debug`		`bool`		log every request to stderr
`--file`	`-f`	`string`		JSON request body from a file (or - for stdin); explicit flags override its fields
`--no-wait`		`bool`		return once the server accepts the operation instead of waiting for it to finish
`--org`		`string`		organization id or name for this call (env DAYTONA_ORG)
`--output`	`-o`	`string`	`table`	output format: table\|json\|yaml
`--profile`		`string`		config profile to use (env DAYTONA_PROFILE)
`--project`		`string`		project id or name for this call (env DAYTONA_PROJECT)
`--quiet`	`-q`	`bool`		suppress progress and informational output on stderr
`--region`		`string`		region slug; filters lists and places creates (env DAYTONA_REGION)
`--timeout`		`string`	`10m`	how long to wait for an operation to finish
`--yes`	`-y`	`bool`		skip confirmation prompts (env DAYTONA_YES=1)

CLI

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