The quarkus
command lets you create projects, manage extensions and
do essential build and dev commands using the underlying project build tool.
The Quarkus CLI is available in several developer-oriented package managers such as:
If you already use (or want to use) one of these tools, it is the simplest way to install the Quarkus CLI and keep it updated.
In addition to these package managers, the Quarkus CLI is also installable via JBang. Choose the alternative that is the most practical for you:
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JBang - for Linux, macOS and Windows
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SDKMAN! - for Linux and macOS
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Homebrew - for Linux and macOS
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Chocolatey - for Windows
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Scoop - for Windows
The Quarkus CLI is available as a jar installable using JBang.
JBang will use your existing Java or install one for you if needed.
On Linux, macOS, and Windows (using WSL or bash compatible shell like Cygwin or MinGW)
curl -Ls https://sh.jbang.dev | bash -s - trust add https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/quarkus/quarkus-cli/
curl -Ls https://sh.jbang.dev | bash -s - app install --fresh --force quarkus@quarkusio
On Windows using Powershell:
iex "& { $(iwr https://ps.jbang.dev) } trust add https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/quarkus/quarkus-cli/"
iex "& { $(iwr https://ps.jbang.dev) } app install --fresh --force quarkus@quarkusio"
If JBang has already been installed, you can directly use it:
# This can also be used to update to the latest version
jbang app install --fresh --force quarkus@quarkusio
If you want to use a specific version, you can directly target a version:
# Create an alias in order to use a specific version
jbang app install --name qs2.2.5 io.quarkus:quarkus-cli:2.2.5.Final:runner
If you have built Quarkus locally, you can use that version:
# Use the latest (or locally built) snapshot (with qss as an alias)
jbang app install --force --name qss ~/.m2/repository/io/quarkus/quarkus-cli/999-SNAPSHOT/quarkus-cli-999-SNAPSHOT-runner.jar
Once installed quarkus
will be in your $PATH
and if you run quarkus --version
it will print the installed version:
quarkus --version
{quarkus-version}
Caution
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Use a recent JBang version
If you get an error about If you are installing JBang for the first time, start a new session to update your |
Caution
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Dependency required on RHEL 9.x
In order to install JBang, you need to install the dnf install tar |
SDKMAN! can be used to manage development environments. It can manage parallel versions of multiple Software Development Kits on most Unix based systems, making it a very good alternative to keep multiple JDK versions handy.
With SDKMAN!, you can also install popular Java tools, including the Quarkus CLI.
Note
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Make sure you have a JDK installed before installing the Quarkus CLI. To list the available versions of Java, use |
To install the Quarkus CLI using SDKMAN!, run the following command:
sdk install quarkus
It will install the latest version of the Quarkus CLI.
Once installed quarkus
will be in your $PATH
and if you run quarkus --version
it will print the installed version:
quarkus --version
{quarkus-version}
SDKMAN! will let you know when new versions are available so updates will be straightforward:
sdk upgrade quarkus
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS (and Linux).
You can use Homebrew to install (and update) the Quarkus CLI.
Note
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Make sure you have a JDK installed before installing the Quarkus CLI. We haven’t added an explicit dependency as we wanted to make sure you could use your preferred JDK version. You can install a JDK with |
To install the Quarkus CLI using Homebrew, run the following command:
brew install quarkusio/tap/quarkus
It will install the latest version of the Quarkus CLI. This command can also be used to update the Quarkus CLI.
Once installed quarkus
will be in your $PATH
and if you run quarkus --version
it will print the installed version:
quarkus --version
{quarkus-version}
You can upgrade the Quarkus CLI with:
brew update (1)
brew upgrade quarkus (2)
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Update all package definitions and Homebrew itself
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Upgrade Quarkus CLI to the latest version
Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows.
You can use Chocolatey to install (and update) the Quarkus CLI.
Note
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Make sure you have a JDK installed before installing the Quarkus CLI. You can install a JDK with |
To install the Quarkus CLI using Chocolatey, run the following command:
choco install quarkus
It will install the latest version of the Quarkus CLI.
Once installed quarkus
will be in your $PATH
and if you run quarkus --version
it will print the installed version:
quarkus --version
{quarkus-version}
You can upgrade the Quarkus CLI with:
choco upgrade quarkus
Scoop is a package manager for Windows. You can use Scoop to install (and update) the Quarkus CLI.
Note
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Make sure you have a JDK installed before installing the Quarkus CLI.
You can install a JDK with |
To install the Quarkus CLI using Scoop, run the following command:
scoop install quarkus-cli
It will install the latest version of the Quarkus CLI.
Once installed quarkus
will be in your $PATH
and if you run quarkus --version
it will print the installed version:
quarkus --version
{quarkus-version}
You can upgrade the Quarkus CLI with:
scoop update quarkus-cli
Use --help
to display help information with all the available commands:
quarkus --help
Usage: quarkus [-ehv] [--verbose] [-D=<String=String>]... [COMMAND]
Options:
-D=<String=String> Java properties
-e, --errors Display error messages.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-v, --version Print version information and exit.
--verbose Verbose mode.
Commands:
create Create a new project.
app Create a Quarkus application project.
cli Create a Quarkus command-line project.
extension Create a Quarkus extension project
build Build the current project.
dev Run the current project in dev (live coding) mode.
extension, ext Configure extensions of an existing project.
list, ls List platforms and extensions.
categories, cat List extension categories.
add Add extension(s) to this project.
remove, rm Remove extension(s) from this project.
registry Configure Quarkus registry client
list List enabled Quarkus registries
add Add a Quarkus extension registry
remove Remove a Quarkus extension registry
version Display version information.
image Perform a container image operation.
build Build a container image.
docker Build a container image using Docker.
buildpack Build a container image using Buildpack.
jib Build a container image using Jib.
openshift Build a container image using Openshift.
push Push a container image.
completion bash/zsh completion: source <(quarkus completion)
Tip
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While this document is a useful reference, the client help is the definitive source. If you don’t see the output you expect, use |
To create a new project we use the create
command
(the app
subcommand is implied when not specified):
quarkus create
-----------
applying codestarts...
📚 java
🔨 maven
📦 quarkus
📝 config-properties
🔧 dockerfiles
🔧 maven-wrapper
🚀 resteasy-codestart
-----------
[SUCCESS] ✅ quarkus project has been successfully generated in:
--> /<output-dir>/code-with-quarkus
This will create a folder called 'code-with-quarkus' in your current working directory using default groupId, artifactId and version values (groupId='org.acme', artifactId='code-with-quarkus' and version='1.0.0-SNAPSHOT').
Note: the emoji shown above may not match precisely. The appearance of emoji can vary by font, and terminal/environment. IntelliJ IDEA, for example, has several long-running issues open regarding the behavior/rendering of emoji in the terminal.
As of 2.0.2.Final, you should specify the groupId, artifactId and version using group:artifactId:version coordinate syntax directly on the command line. You can selectively omit segments to use default values:
# Create a project with groupId=org.acme, artifactId=bar, and version=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
quarkus create app bar
# Create a project with groupId=com.foo, artifactId=bar, and version=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
quarkus create app com.foo:bar
# Create a project with groupId=com.foo, artifactId=bar, and version=1.0
quarkus create app com.foo:bar:1.0
The output will show your project being created:
-----------
applying codestarts...
📚 java
🔨 maven
📦 quarkus
📝 config-properties
🔧 dockerfiles
🔧 maven-wrapper
🚀 resteasy-codestart
-----------
[SUCCESS] ✅ quarkus project has been successfully generated in:
--> /<output-dir>/bar
-----------
Use the help option to display options for creating projects:
quarkus create app --help
quarkus create cli --help
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Previous versions of the CLI used options |
Both quarkus create
and quarkus extension list
allow you to explicitly specify a version of Quarkus in one of two ways:
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Specify a specific Platform Release BOM
A Quarkus Platform release BOM is identified by
groupId:artifactId:version
(GAV) coordinates. When specifying a platform release BOM, you may use empty segments to fall back to default values (shown withquarkus create app --help
). If you specify only one segment (no:
), it is assumed to be a version.For example:
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With the
2.0.0.Final
version of the CLI, specifying-P :quarkus-bom:
is equivalent to-P io.quarkus:quarkus-bom:2.0.0.Final
. Specifying-P 999-SNAPSHOT
is equivalent to-P io.quarkus:quarkus-bom:999-SNAPSHOT
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With the
2.1.0.Final
version of the CLI,io.quarkus.platform
is the default group id. Specifying-P :quarkus-bom:
is equivalent to-P io.quarkus.platform:quarkus-bom:2.1.0.Final
. Note that you need to specify the group id to work with a snapshot, e.g.-P io.quarkus::999-SNAPSHOT
is equivalent to-P io.quarkus:quarkus-bom:999-SNAPSHOT
.Note: default values are subject to change. Using the
--dry-run
option will show you the computed value.
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Specify a Platform Stream
A platform stream operates against a remote registry. Each registry defines one or more platform streams, and each stream defines one or more platform release BOM files that define how projects using that stream should be configured.
Streams are identified using
platformKey:streamId
syntax. A specific stream can be specified using-S platformKey:streamId
. When specifying a stream, empty segments will be replaced with discovered defaults, based on stream resource resolution rules.
quarkus ext --help
The Quarkus CLI can be used to list Quarkus extensions.
quarkus ext ls
The format of the result can be controlled with one of four options:
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--name
Display the name (artifactId) only -
--concise
Display the name (artifactId) and description -
--full
Display concise format and version/status-related columns. -
--origins
Display concise information along with the Quarkus platform release origin of the extension.
The behavior of quarkus ext ls
will vary depending on context.
If you invoke the Quarkus CLI from outside of a project, Quarkus will list all the extensions available for the Quarkus release used by the CLI itself.
You can also list extensions for a specific release of Quarkus using -P
or -S
, as described in Specifying the Quarkus version.
This mode uses the --origins
format by default.
When working with a Quarkus project, the CLI will list the extensions the current project has installed, using the --name
format by default.
Use the --installable
or -i
option to list extensions that can be installed from the Quarkus platform the project is using.
You can narrow or filter the list using search (--search
or -s
).
quarkus ext list --concise -i -s jdbc
JDBC Driver - DB2 quarkus-jdbc-db2
JDBC Driver - PostgreSQL quarkus-jdbc-postgresql
JDBC Driver - H2 quarkus-jdbc-h2
JDBC Driver - MariaDB quarkus-jdbc-mariadb
JDBC Driver - Microsoft SQL Server quarkus-jdbc-mssql
JDBC Driver - MySQL quarkus-jdbc-mysql
JDBC Driver - Oracle quarkus-jdbc-oracle
JDBC Driver - Derby quarkus-jdbc-derby
Elytron Security JDBC quarkus-elytron-security-jdbc
Agroal - Database connection pool quarkus-agroal
The Quarkus CLI can add Quarkus one or more extensions to your project with the 'add' command:
quarkus ext add kubernetes health
[SUCCESS] ✅ Extension io.quarkus:quarkus-kubernetes has been installed
[SUCCESS] ✅ Extension io.quarkus:quarkus-smallrye-health has been installed
To build your project using the Quarkus CLI (using the default configuration in this example):
quarkus build
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ---------------------< org.acme:code-with-quarkus >---------------------
[INFO] Building code-with-quarkus 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 8.331 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2021-05-27T10:13:28-04:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Output will vary depending on the build tool your project is using (Maven, Gradle, or JBang). |
quarkus dev --help
To start dev mode from the Quarkus CLI do:
quarkus dev
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ---------------------< org.acme:code-with-quarkus >---------------------
[INFO] Building code-with-quarkus 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
...
Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 5005
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--/ __ \/ / / / _ | / _ \/ //_/ / / / __/
-/ /_/ / /_/ / __ |/ , _/ ,< / /_/ /\ \
--\___\_\____/_/ |_/_/|_/_/|_|\____/___/
2021-05-27 10:15:56,032 INFO [io.quarkus] (Quarkus Main Thread) code-with-quarkus 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT on JVM (powered by Quarkus 999-SNAPSHOT) started in 1.387s. Listening on: http://localhost:8080
2021-05-27 10:15:56,035 INFO [io.quarkus] (Quarkus Main Thread) Profile dev activated. Live Coding activated.
2021-05-27 10:15:56,035 INFO [io.quarkus] (Quarkus Main Thread) Installed features: [cdi, resteasy-reactive, smallrye-context-propagation]
--
Tests paused, press [r] to resume
Note
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Output will vary depending on the build tool your project is using (Maven, Gradle, or JBang). |
Warning
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Compatibility with Quarkus 1.x
The version 2 Quarkus CLI can not be used with 1.x Quarkus projects or releases. Use the Maven/Gradle plugins when working with Quarkus 1.x projects. |
Automatic command completion is available for Bash and Zsh:
# Setup autocompletion in the current shell
source <(quarkus completion)
If you choose to use an alias for the quarkus command, adjust command completion with the following commands:
# Add an alias for the quarkus command
alias q=quarkus
# Add q to list of commands included in quarkus autocompletion
complete -F _complete_quarkus q
The Quarkus CLI allows building container images without tampering with your project configuration (adding / removing container image extensions). To build the image for your project:
quarkus image build
The image build
command can be used directly, or a subcommand can be selected. The available subcommands are:
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docker
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buildpacks
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jib
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openshift
Each subcommand corresponds to an image building tool supported by Quarkus and gives access to specific configuration options.
For example, to use a Cloud Native Buildpack with a custom builder image, use the following:
quarkus image build buildpack --builder-image <your builder image>