elm Command Examples

Compile and run Elm source files. More information: https://elm-lang.org.

• Initialize an Elm project, generates an elm.json file:

elm init

• Start interactive Elm shell:

elm repl

• Compile an Elm file, output the result to an index.html file:

elm make {{source}}

• Compile an Elm file, output the result to a JavaScript file:

elm make {{source}} --output={{destination}}.js

• Start local web server that compiles Elm files on page load:

elm reactor

• Install Elm package from https://package.elm-lang.org:

elm install {{author}}/{{package}}