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Last updated Oct 6, 2026 View as Markdown

YouCan CLI offer many commands to build your themes

Command	Description
auth login	Authorize a YouCan Store
auth logout	Logout from a YouCan store
theme init	starts a dev server and watches over the current directory
theme list	List of development themes
theme dev	Start a local server for developing your theme
theme delete	Delete an existing theme
theme pack	Package a theme

Login

Authorize YouCan CLI with your YouCan Partner account, in case of multi-store, a list of development stores will be displayed and must choose one to continue.

youcan auth login

Logout

Remove YouCan CLI’s authorization to access your account. This command will invalidate your current token.

youcan auth logout

Theme Init

Clones the default starter theme into a new directory, and creates a development theme from it. You are prompted for the theme's name, author, version, and support and documentation URLs. The CLI writes them to the theme's theme_info in config/settings_schema.json before uploading.

youcan theme init

Flags

Flag	Alias	Description
--url	-u	The Git URL of the starter theme to clone. Defaults to https://github.com/youcan-shop/origins.
--inplace	-i	Create the development theme from the current directory instead of cloning.

Theme List

It lists all of your development themes

youcan theme list

Theme Dev

Set up a local server to work on your YouCan theme. It launches a Chromium browser with a preview of your theme and listens for changes in the theme code, then automatically uploads the changes and reloads the preview to display the most recent theme update.

youcan theme dev

Flags

Flag	Alias	Description
—preview	-preview	Starts the preview browser

Theme Delete

It lists all of your development themes and prompts you to select one to delete.

youcan theme delete

Theme Pack

It Package a theme

youcan theme pack