LangGraph CLI

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Quick Install

uv add langgraph-cli

🤔 What is this?

The LangGraph CLI is the official command-line interface for LangGraph. It provides tools to create, develop, build, and run LangGraph applications locally or in Docker.

📖 Documentation

For full documentation, see the LangGraph CLI reference. For conceptual guides and tutorials, see the LangGraph Docs.

For development mode with hot reloading:

uv add "langgraph-cli[inmem]"

Commands

`langgraph new` 🌱

Create a new LangGraph project from a template.

langgraph new [PATH] --template TEMPLATE_NAME

`langgraph dev` 🏃‍♀️

Run LangGraph API server in development mode with hot reloading.

langgraph dev [OPTIONS]
  --host TEXT                 Host to bind to (default: 127.0.0.1)
  --port INTEGER             Port to bind to (default: 2024)
  --no-reload               Disable auto-reload
  --debug-port INTEGER      Enable remote debugging
  --no-browser             Skip opening browser window
  -c, --config FILE        Config file path (default: langgraph.json)

`langgraph up` 🚀

Launch LangGraph API server in Docker.

langgraph up [OPTIONS]
  -p, --port INTEGER        Port to expose (default: 8123)
  --wait                   Wait for services to start
  --watch                  Restart on file changes
  --verbose               Show detailed logs
  -c, --config FILE       Config file path
  -d, --docker-compose    Additional services file

`langgraph build`

Build a Docker image for your LangGraph application.

langgraph build -t IMAGE_TAG [OPTIONS]
  --platform TEXT          Target platforms (e.g., linux/amd64,linux/arm64)
  --pull / --no-pull      Use latest/local base image
  -c, --config FILE       Config file path

`langgraph dockerfile`

Generate a Dockerfile for custom deployments.

langgraph dockerfile SAVE_PATH [OPTIONS]
  -c, --config FILE       Config file path

Configuration

The CLI uses a langgraph.json configuration file with these key settings:

{
  "dependencies": ["langchain_openai", "./your_package"],
  "graphs": {
    "my_graph": "./your_package/file.py:graph"
  },
  "env": "./.env",
  "python_version": "3.11",
  "pip_config_file": "./pip.conf",
  "dockerfile_lines": []
}

See the full documentation for detailed configuration options.

Development

To develop the CLI itself:

Clone the repository
Navigate to the CLI directory: cd libs/cli
Install development dependencies: uv sync
Make your changes to the CLI code
Test your changes:

# Run CLI commands directly
uv run langgraph --help

# Or use the examples
cd examples
uv sync
uv run langgraph dev  # or other commands

📕 Releases & Versioning

See our Releases and Versioning policies.

💁 Contributing

As an open-source project in a rapidly developing field, we are extremely open to contributions, whether it be in the form of a new feature, improved infrastructure, or better documentation.

For detailed information on how to contribute, see the Contributing Guide.

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