CLI

Daytona v2

Documentation for Daytona v2, currently in alpha. For the latest release, see Daytona v0.

Daytona provides command-line access to core features for interacting with Daytona Sandboxes, including managing their lifecycle, snapshots, and more.

The CLI reference lists all commands supported by the daytona command-line tool, complete with a description of their behavior, and any supported flags. You can access this documentation on a per-command basis by appending the --help/-h flag when invoking daytona.

Installation

Install the Daytona CLI to interact with Daytona sandboxes from the command line.

Mac

brew install daytonaio/cli/daytona

Trust the tap once so routine brew upgrade keeps the Daytona CLI up to date. Recent Homebrew versions require third-party taps to be explicitly trusted; without it, a bare brew upgrade skips the Daytona tap and the CLI goes stale:

brew trust daytonaio/cli

To upgrade the Daytona CLI to the latest version:

brew upgrade daytonaio/cli/daytona

Alternatively, install directly without Homebrew:

For Apple Silicon (arm64):

sudo curl -fL https://github.com/daytona/clients/releases/latest/download/daytona-darwin-arm64 -o /usr/local/bin/daytona && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/daytona

For Intel (amd64):

sudo curl -fL https://github.com/daytona/clients/releases/latest/download/daytona-darwin-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/daytona && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/daytona

Linux

Choose the command for your Linux architecture. Both commands download the latest binary from GitHub releases and install it to /usr/local/bin, overwriting any existing version.

For amd64 (x86_64):

sudo curl -fL https://github.com/daytona/clients/releases/latest/download/daytona-linux-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/daytona && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/daytona

For arm64 (aarch64):

sudo curl -fL https://github.com/daytona/clients/releases/latest/download/daytona-linux-arm64 -o /usr/local/bin/daytona && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/daytona

Windows

powershell -Command "irm https://get.daytona.io/windows | iex"

After installing the Daytona CLI, use the daytona command to interact with Daytona sandboxes from the command line.

Sections

The reference groups commands into the following sections. Global flags that apply to every command are listed under daytona.

Section	Commands
Login and context	daytona login, daytona logout, daytona profile, daytona whoami
Sandboxes and resources	daytona cpu-type, daytona image, daytona mac-model, daytona region, daytona reservation, daytona sandbox, daytona snapshot
Organization management	daytona audit, daytona billing, daytona invite, daytona key, daytona member, daytona org, daytona org-key, daytona project, daytona registry, daytona role, daytona secret, daytona service-account
Other	daytona completion, daytona config, daytona docs, daytona version

daytona

Daytona — sandboxes, images, snapshots and your organization, from the terminal

daytona is the command line for the Daytona platform.

At a terminal it is interactive: tables, pickers and a confirmation before destructive actions. When piped, redirected or run with —output json it is a strict tool: no prompts, —yes required for destructive verbs, JSON on stdout, diagnostics on stderr. Authorization is decided by the server; the CLI only presents the credential you give it.

Get started:

daytona login                     browser login (or --device on a remote host)
daytona image create py312 --ref python:3.12   import a registry image once
daytona sandbox create --image py312
daytona sandbox exec <id> -- python -c 'print(1)'
daytona docs --full               the whole reference in one page

Global flags

Global flags apply to every command.

Long	Short	Type	Default	Description
--api-key		string		static credential sent as-is; disables the saved login for this call (env DAYTONA_API_KEY)
--api-url		string		API base URL (env DAYTONA_API_URL)
--debug		bool		log every request to stderr
--file	-f	string		JSON request body from a file (or - for stdin); explicit flags override its fields
--no-wait		bool		return once the server accepts the operation instead of waiting for it to finish
--org		string		organization id or name for this call (env DAYTONA_ORG)
--output	-o	string	table	output format: table|json|yaml
--profile		string		config profile to use (env DAYTONA_PROFILE)
--project		string		project id or name for this call (env DAYTONA_PROJECT)
--quiet	-q	bool		suppress progress and informational output on stderr
--region		string		region slug; filters lists and places creates (env DAYTONA_REGION)
--timeout		string	10m	how long to wait for an operation to finish
--yes	-y	bool		skip confirmation prompts (env DAYTONA_YES=1)