Defang

Defang is a radically simpler way for developers to develop, deploy, and debug cloud applications.

This repo includes:

• Public releases of the Defang CLI; click here for the latest version
• Samples in Golang, Python, and Node.js that show how to accomplish various tasks and deploy them to the DOP using a Docker Compose file using the Defang CLI.
• Samples that show how to deploy an app using the Defang Pulumi Provider.

Getting started

• Read our Getting Started page
• Follow the installation instructions from the Installing page
• Take a look at our Samples folder for example projects in various programming languages.
• Try the AI integration by running defang generate
• Start your new service with defang compose up

Installing

Install the Defang CLI from one of the following sources:

• Using the Homebrew package manager DefangLabs/defang tap:

  brew install DefangLabs/defang/defang

• Using a shell script:

  eval "$(curl -fsSL s.defang.io/install)"

• Using Go:

  go install github.com/DefangLabs/defang/src/cmd/cli@latest

• Using the Nix package manager:

  • with Nix-Env:

    nix-env -if https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang/archive/main.tar.gz

  • or with Flakes:

    nix profile install github:DefangLabs/defang#defang-bin --refresh

• Using winget:

  winget install defang

• Using a PowerShell script:

  iwr https://s.defang.io/defang_win_amd64.zip -OutFile defang.zip
  Expand-Archive defang.zip . -Force

• Download the latest binary of the Defang CLI.

Support

• File any issues right here on GitHub

Command completion

The Defang CLI supports command completion for Bash, Zsh, Fish, and Powershell. To get the shell script for command completion, run the following command:

defang completion [bash|zsh|fish|powershell]

If you're using Bash, you can add the following to your ~/.bashrc file:

source <(defang completion bash)

If you're using Zsh, you can add the following to your ~/.zshrc file:

source <(defang completion zsh)

or pipe the output to a file called _defang in the directory with the completions.

If you're using Fish, you can add the following to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish file:

defang completion fish | source

If you're using Powershell, you can add the following to your $HOME\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 file:

Invoke-Expression -Command (defang completion powershell | Out-String)

Environment Variables

The Defang CLI recognizes the following environment variables:

• COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME - The name of the project to use; overrides the name in the compose.yaml file
• DEFANG_ACCESS_TOKEN - The access token to use for authentication; if not specified, uses token from defang login
• DEFANG_CD_BUCKET - The S3 bucket to use for the BYOC CD pipeline; defaults to defang-cd-bucket-…
• DEFANG_CD_IMAGE - The image to use for the Continuous Deployment (CD) pipeline; defaults to public.ecr.aws/defang-io/cd:public-beta
• DEFANG_DEBUG - set this to 1 or true to enable debug logging
• DEFANG_DISABLE_ANALYTICS - If set to true, disables sending analytics to Defang; defaults to false
• DEFANG_FABRIC - The address of the Defang Fabric to use; defaults to fabric-prod1.defang.dev
• DEFANG_HIDE_HINTS - If set to true, hides hints in the CLI output; defaults to false
• DEFANG_HIDE_UPDATE - If set to true, hides the update notification; defaults to false
• DEFANG_NO_CACHE - If set to true, disables pull-through caching of container images; defaults to false
• DEFANG_PREFIX - The prefix to use for all BYOC resources; defaults to Defang
• DEFANG_PROVIDER - The name of the cloud provider to use, auto (default), aws, digitalocean, or defang
• DEFANG_PULUMI_DIR - Run Pulumi from this folder, instead of spawning a cloud task; requires --debug (BYOC only)
• DEFANG_PULUMI_VERSION - Override the version of the Pulumi image to use (aws provider only)
• NO_COLOR - If set to any value, disables color output; by default, color output is enabled depending on the terminal
• TZ - The timezone to use for log timestamps: an IANA TZ name like UTC or Europe/Amsterdam; defaults to Local
• XDG_STATE_HOME - The directory to use for storing state; defaults to ~/.local/state

Development

At Defang we use the Nix package manager for our dev environment, in conjunction with DirEnv.

To get started quickly, install Nix and DirEnv, then create a .envrc file to automatically load the Defang developer environment:

echo use flake >> .envrc
direnv allow