Description

This library provides a logseq CLI for DB graphs created using the database-version. By default, the CLI works offline with local graphs. This allows for running commands automatically on CI/CD platforms like Github Actions. Most CLI commands also connect to the current DB graph in a desktop app (a.k.a. in-app graph) if the HTTP API Server is turned on.

Install

Install the logseq CLI with npm install -g @logseq/cli.

Usage

This section assumes you have installed the CLI from npm or via the dev setup. If you haven't, substitute node cli.mjs for logseq e.g. node.cli.mjs -h.

All commands work with both local graphs and the current in-app graph except for append (in-app graph only), validate (local graph only) and export (local graph only). For a command to work with an in-app graph, the HTTP API Server must be turned on.

Now let's use the CLI!

$ logseq -h
Usage: logseq [command] [options]

Options:
  -v, --version Print version

Commands:
list                 List local graphs
show                 Show DB graph(s) info
search [options]     Search DB graph
query [options]      Query DB graph(s)
export [options]     Export DB graph as Markdown
export-edn [options] Export DB graph as EDN
import-edn [options] Import into DB graph with EDN
append [options]     Appends text to current page
mcp-server [options] Run a MCP server
validate [options]   Validate DB graph
help                 Print a command's help

$ logseq list
DB Graphs:
db-test
docs
woot
...

File Graphs:
docs
...

$ logseq show db-test

|                         Name |                                              Value |
|------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
|              Graph directory |                    /Users/me/logseq/graphs/db-test |
|             Graph created at |                                     Jul 12th, 2025 |
|         Graph schema version |                              {:major 65, :minor 7} |
| Graph initial schema version |                              {:major 65, :minor 7} |
|      Graph created by commit | https://github.com/logseq/logseq/commit/3c93fd2637 |
|            Graph imported by |                                  :cli/create-graph |

To run a command against the current desktop graph, set $LOGSEQ_API_SERVER_TOKEN once or set -a each time with a valid token for the desktop's HTTP API server:

# Search your current graph and print highlighted results one per line like grep
$ logseq search woot -a my-token
Search found 100 results:
dev:db-export woot woot.edn && dev:db-create woot2 woot.edn
dev:db-diff woot woot2
...
# Can also authenticate api with $LOGSEQ_API_SERVER_TOKEN
$ export LOGSEQ_API_SERVER_TOKEN=my-token
$ logseq search woot
...

Here are more examples of all the available commands:

# Search a local graph
$ logseq search page -g woot
Search found 23 results:
Node page
Annotation page
...

# Query a graph locally using `d/entity` id(s) like an integer or a :db/ident
# Can also specify a uuid string to fetch an entity
$ logseq query 10 :logseq.class/Tag -g woot
({:db/id 10,
  :db/ident :logseq.kv/graph-git-sha,
  :kv/value "f736895b1b-dirty"}
 {:block/uuid #uuid "00000002-5389-0208-3000-000000000000",
  :block/updated-at 1751990934670,
  :logseq.property.class/extends #{{:db/id 1}},
  :block/created-at 1751990934670,
  :logseq.property/built-in? true,
  :block/tags #{{:db/id 2}},
  :block/title "Tag",
  :db/id 2,
  :db/ident :logseq.class/Tag,
  :block/name "tag"})

# Query a graph using a datalog query
$ logseq query '[:find (pull ?b [*]) :where [?b :kv/value]]' -g woot
[{:db/id 5, :db/ident :logseq.kv/db-type, :kv/value "db"}
 {:db/id 6,
  :db/ident :logseq.kv/schema-version,
  :kv/value {:major 65, :minor 7}}

# Query the current graph using the api server
# An api query can be a datalog query or a simple query
$ logseq query '(task DOING)' -a my-token
 [{:journalDay 20250717,
   :name "jul 17th, 2025",
   :title "Jul 17th, 2025",
   :type "journal",
   :uuid "00000001-2025-0717-0000-000000000000",
   :id 36418,
   :content "Jul 17th, 2025"},
  :title
  "DOING Logseq CLI\nid:: 68795144-e5f6-48e8-849d-79cd6473b952\n:LOGBOOK:\nCLOCK: [2025-07-17 Thu 12:37:09]\n:END:",
  :propertiesOrder ["id"],
  :id 37013,
  :order "aF",
  :uuid "68795144-e5f6-48e8-849d-79cd6473b952"}
  ...

# Export local graph as markdown
$ logseq export -g yep
Exported 41 pages to yep_markdown_1756128259.zip

# Export current graph as EDN
$ logseq export-edn -a my-token
Exported 16 properties, 3 classes and 16 pages to yep_1763407592.edn
# Export local graph as EDN to specified file
$ logseq export-edn -g woot -f woot.edn
Exported 16 properties, 1 classes and 36 pages to woot.edn

# Import into current graph with EDN
$ logseq import-edn -f woot-ontology.edn
Imported 16 properties, 1 classes and 0 pages!

# Validate a local graph. Useful to run in CI
$ logseq validate -g woot
Read graph woot with counts: {:entities 317, :pages 159, :blocks 147, :classes 17, :properties 112, :objects 64, :property-pairs 669, :datoms 3964}
Valid!

# Append text to current page
$ logseq append add this text -a my-token
Success!

# Start mcp-server against a local desktop graph
$ logseq mcp-server -g yep
MCP Streamable HTTP Server started on 127.0.0.1:12315
# Start mcp-server against a local graph file
$ logseq mcp-server -g ~/Downloads/logseq_db_yep_1751032977.sqlite
MCP Streamable HTTP Server started on 127.0.0.1:12315

API

This library is under the parent namespace logseq.cli.

Dev

Most of this library is also compatible with ClojureScript for use on the frontend. This library follows the practices that the Logseq frontend follows. Most of the same linters are used, with configurations that are specific to this library. See this library's CI file for linting examples.

Setup

First install the following dependencies:

• Install node.js >= 22 and yarn.
• Run yarn install to install npm dependencies.
• Install babashka.

To install the CLI locally so that local changes are immediately reflected in logseq, yarn link.

Testing

Testing is done with nbb-logseq and nbb-test-runner. Some basic usage:

# Run all tests
$ yarn test
# List available options
$ yarn test -H
# Run tests with :focus metadata flag
$ yarn test -i focus

Managing dependencies

See standard nbb/cljs library advice in graph-parser.

Build

To build and install a local version of the CLI:

$ bb build:vendor-nbb-deps && npm pack && npm install -g ./logseq-cli-*.tgz
# Run this to bring local code back to a clean state. Not running this will cause local dev issues
$ git checkout nbb.edn && rm -rf vendor logseq-cli*.tgz

The above is useful for testing the build process and ensuring the released tarball has no issues.