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id: fastapi-cli
version: "0.0.32"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# fastapi-cli — Run and manage FastAPI apps from the command line with FastAPI CLI. 🚀

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install fastapi-cli
uv add fastapi-cli
poetry add fastapi-cli

## Description

# FastAPI CLI

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**Source Code**: <a href="https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli" target="_blank">https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi-cli</a>

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Run and manage FastAPI apps from the command line with FastAPI CLI. 🚀

## Description

**FastAPI CLI** is a command line program `fastapi` that you can use to serve your FastAPI app, manage your FastAPI project, and more.

When you install FastAPI (e.g. with `pip install "fastapi[standard]"`), it includes a package called `fastapi-cli`, this package provides the `fastapi` command in the terminal.

To run your FastAPI app for development, you can...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

FastAPI CLI is a command-line tool that serves and manages FastAPI applications, automatically detecting your app and running it with development auto-reload or production modes via Uvicorn.

Verdict: FastAPI CLI is a well-maintained, actively developed tool with no known vulnerabilities and permissive licensing. It has low install friction and integrates tightly with Uvicorn for serving FastAPI applications. Suitable for both development and production use, though still in Beta status (Development Status :: 4).

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