3 This page describes how to setup and use the QMK CLI.
7 The QMK CLI makes building and working with QMK keyboards easier. We have provided a number of commands to help you work with QMK:
14 Simply add the `qmk_firmware/bin` directory to your `PATH`. You can run the `qmk` commands from any directory.
17 export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/qmk_firmware/bin
20 You may want to add this to your `.profile`, `.bash_profile`, `.zsh_profile`, or other shell startup scripts.
26 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.
28 **Usage for Configurator Exports**:
31 qmk compile <configuratorExport.json>
34 **Usage for Keymaps**:
37 qmk compile -kb <keyboard_name> -km <keymap_name>