@hoststack.dev/cli

Official command-line interface for HostStack — the European PaaS for deploying web services, databases, cron jobs, and domains on Hetzner infrastructure.

Think Render.com, but hosted in Europe, built for developers who care about latency and data residency.

• Website: hoststack.dev
• Documentation: hoststack.dev/docs
• CLI reference: hoststack.dev/docs/cli
• Source: github.com/gethoststack/cli

Installation

npm install -g @hoststack.dev/cli
# or
bun add -g @hoststack.dev/cli
# or
pnpm add -g @hoststack.dev/cli

Requires Node.js 18+.

Quick start

# Authenticate with an API key from hoststack.dev → Settings → API Keys
hoststack login --key hs_live_your_api_key

# Confirm you're in
hoststack whoami

# List your services
hoststack services list

# Trigger a deploy
hoststack deploy trigger svc_abc123

# Tail runtime logs
hoststack logs svc_abc123

Commands

Auth

• hoststack login — authenticate with your API key
• hoststack whoami — show current user and team

Resources

• hoststack projects — manage projects
• hoststack services — manage services (web, worker, cron, static site)
• hoststack domains — manage custom domains
• hoststack db — manage databases (Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis); db connect <id> opens an interactive psql / mysql / mongo / redis-cli session
• hoststack volumes — manage persistent disks attached to a service
• hoststack env — manage environment variables (per service)
• hoststack environments — manage environments (production / staging / development / preview) per project
• hoststack cron — manage cron job executions

Operations

• hoststack deploy — trigger, list, and cancel deployments
• hoststack logs <service-id> — stream runtime logs

Infrastructure as code

• hoststack init — generate a starter hoststack.yaml
• hoststack validate — validate your hoststack.yaml

Run hoststack help for the full list.

Configuration

Config is stored at ~/.hoststack/config.json. Environment variables override the config file:

| Variable | Description | | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | | HOSTSTACK_API_KEY | API key (e.g. hs_live_…) | | HOSTSTACK_API_URL | API base URL (defaults to https://hoststack.dev) | | HOSTSTACK_TEAM_ID | Active team ID |

Related packages

• @hoststack.dev/sdk — TypeScript SDK for programmatic access
• @hoststack.dev/mcp — MCP server for Claude, Cursor, and other AI agents
• Terraform provider — see hoststack.dev/docs for installation and resource reference

Support

• Issues: github.com/gethoststack/cli/issues
• Docs: hoststack.dev/docs
• Homepage: hoststack.dev

License

MIT © HostStack Contributors