CELERY-SHELL(1)

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version 5.6.3 · 4 versions
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💅 CELERY SHELL(1) — the celery shell manual page, bestie edition

okay so welcome to the celery shell Manual, section 1 of the manual pages (that's what the (1) means, iykyk) 🌸 this is your girl explaining celery-shell so you never have to squint at boring docs again. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's go.

✨ NAME ✨

celery-shell — Start shell session with convenient access...

(yes the ellipsis is literally part of it, she's mysterious like that 💅)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

celery shell [OPTIONS]

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Start shell session with convenient access to celery symbols. no cap, that's the whole vibe — you get a Python shell, but it already knows your celery stuff. main character energy fr fr ✨

The following symbols will be added to the main globals:

  • celery — the current application. 💖
  • chord, group, chain, chunks, xmap, xstarmap subtask, Task — all registered tasks. 🔥
not me emphasising that these get dropped straight into your globals — that's the entire point of this command. it's giving "preloaded for your convenience" 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -I, --ipython — Force IPython. like, no discussion, we're using IPython. 💅
  • -B, --bpython — Force bpython. your b key gets a moment ✨
  • --python — Force default Python shell. plain, classic, still iconic 🐍
  • -T, --without-tasks — Don't add tasks to locals. so no tasks in your locals, bestie 🙈
  • --eventlet — Use eventlet. 🌈
  • --gevent — Use gevent. 💜

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

nothing else linked here, she's a standalone queen 👑

💀 real talk: the original page has no EXAMPLES section and no BUGS section, so I'm not making any up — I would never invent a technical claim, that's not the move. everything above is everything she wrote, just with way better vibes.

and that's the whole page, periodt 🦋 this was celery shell manual page, version 5.6.3, dated 2026-05-14 — go forth and run celery shell, you're literally gonna slay 🎀✨

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