Commands:¶

install

[pkgname, ...] Installs a list of packages. [-d, --depsOnly] Install only dependencies. [-p, --passNim] Forward specified flag to compiler.

develop

[pkgname, ...] Clones a list of packages for development.

Symlinks the cloned packages or any package

in the current working directory.

check

Verifies the validity of a package in the current working directory.

init

[pkgname] Initializes a new Nimble project in the

current directory or if a name is provided a

new directory of the same name.

publish

Publishes a package on nim-lang/packages. The current working directory needs to be the toplevel directory of the Nimble package.

uninstall

[pkgname, ...] Uninstalls a list of packages. [-i, --inclDeps] Uninstall package and dependent package(s).

build

[opts, ...] [bin] Builds a package.

run

[opts, ...] bin Builds and runs a package.

A binary name needs

to be specified after any compilation options, any flags after the binary name are passed to the binary when it is run.

c, cc, js

[opts, ...] f.nim Builds a file inside a package. Passes options

to the Nim compiler.

test

Compiles and executes tests

[-c, --continue]

Don't stop execution on a failed test.

doc, doc2

[opts, ...] f.nim Builds documentation for a file inside a

package. Passes options to the Nim compiler.

refresh

[url] Refreshes the package list. A package list URL

can be optionally specified.

search

pkg/tag Searches for a specified package. Search is

performed by tag and by name.

[--ver]

Query remote server for package version.

list

Lists all packages.

[--ver]

Query remote server for package version.

[-i, --installed]

Lists all installed packages.

tasks

Lists the tasks specified in the Nimble package's Nimble file.

path

pkgname ... Shows absolute path to the installed packages

specified.

dump

[pkgname] Outputs Nimble package information for

external tools. The argument can be a

.nimble file, a project directory or the name of an installed package.

For more information read the Github readme:¶

https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble#readme