dev - Prisma — ContextQMD

The prisma dev command starts a local Prisma Postgres database that you can run Prisma ORM commands against. It's useful for development and testing and allows easy migration to Prisma Postgres in production.

Usage

bash

prisma dev [options]

Options

Option	Description	Default
`-n`, `--name`	Name of the server (helps isolate state between projects)	`default`
`-p`, `--port`	Main port number the Prisma Dev server will listen on	`51213`
`-P`, `--db-port`	Port number the database server will listen on	`51214`
`--shadow-db-port`	Port number the shadow database server will listen on	`51215`
`-d`, `--detach`	Run the server in the background	`false`
`--debug`	Enable debug logging	`false`

Subcommands

Command	Description
`prisma dev ls`	List available servers
`prisma dev rm`	Remove servers
`prisma dev start`	Start one or more stopped servers
`prisma dev stop`	Stop servers

Examples

Start a local Prisma Postgres server

npm

npx prisma dev

Output:

text

✔  Great Success!

   Your  prisma dev  server default is ready and listening on ports 63567-63569.

╭──────────────────────────────────╮
│[q]uit  [h]ttp url  [t]cp urls    │
╰──────────────────────────────────╯

Start with a specific name

Create a named instance for project isolation:

npm

npx prisma dev --name="mydbname"

Run in detached mode

Run the server in the background:

npm

npx prisma dev --detach

This frees up your terminal. Use prisma dev ls to see running servers and prisma dev stop to stop them.

Specify custom ports

npm

npx prisma dev --port 5000 --db-port 5001 --shadow-db-port 5002