ARDUINO-CLI-DAEMON(1)

💖 ARDUINO-CLI-DAEMON(1) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the page for arduino-cli-daemon — and it's part of the Arduino Command Line Manual, so you already know it's gonna serve. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

arduino-cli-daemon — Run the Arduino CLI as a gRPC daemon.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

arduino-cli daemon [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Run the Arduino CLI as a gRPC daemon.

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you're turning the CLI into a lil background service that other programs can talk to over gRPC. main character energy fr fr. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --daemonize[=false] — Do not terminate daemon process if the parent process dies. lowkey commitment issues in the best way 💀
• --debug[=false] — Enable debug logging of gRPC calls. yes bestie, we're snooping on every single call 🔍
• --debug-file="" — Append debug logging to the specified file. write it all down, journaling is self care 🍓
• --debug-filter=[] — Display only the provided gRPC calls. so you can mute the noise and only watch the ones you're obsessed with
• -h, --help[=false] — help for daemon. the classic "wait what does this even do" button ✨
• --max-grpc-recv-message-size=16777216 — Sets the maximum message size in bytes the daemon can receive. that's the default, and yes it's a big number, she can hold a lot 💖
• --port="50051" — The TCP port the daemon will listen to. 50051 is the default, so if you don't say anything she just plants herself there like a queen 👑

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these aren't even daemon-specific, they're the family traits, passed down from the parent command, iconic behavior

• --additional-urls=[] — Comma-separated list of additional URLs for the Boards Manager.
• --config-dir="" — Sets the default data directory (Arduino CLI will look for configuration file in this directory).
• --config-file="" — The custom config file (if not specified the default will be used).
• --json[=false] — Print the output in JSON format.
• --log[=false] — Print the logs on the standard output.
• --log-file="" — Path to the file where logs will be written.
• --log-format="text" — The output format for the logs, can be: text, json
• --log-level="info" — Messages with this level and above will be logged. Valid levels are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic
• --no-color[=false] — Disable colored output. (not me though, I will never disable colored output 💅)

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

debian/build/bin/arduino-cli daemon

look at her go. no flags, no drama, just a daemon doing daemon things. periodt. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

arduino-cli(1)

💜 HISTORY 💜

15-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this one's part of the Arduino Command Line Manual, it was auto generated by spf13/cobra (the icon that keeps on giving), and the whole thing is dated Aug 2026. mwah, go run a daemon, you're doing amazing sweetie 💖✨🦋