This page describes how to setup and use the QMK CLI.
The QMK CLI makes building and working with QMK keyboards easier. We have provided a number of commands to help you work with QMK:
qmk compile
qmk doctor
Simply add the qmk_firmware/bin
directory to your PATH
. You can run the qmk
commands from any directory.
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/qmk_firmware/bin
You may want to add this to your .profile
, .bash_profile
, .zsh_profile
, or other shell startup scripts.
This command allows you to compile firmware from any directory. You can compile JSON exports from https://config.qmk.fm or compile keymaps in the repo.
Usage for Configurator Exports:
qmk compile <configuratorExport.json>
Usage for Keymaps:
qmk compile -kb <keyboard_name> -km <keymap_name>