CLI Options

React Storybook comes with two CLI utilities. They are start-storybook and build-storybook.

They have some options you can pass to alter the storybook behaviors. We have seen some of them in previous docs.

Here are all those options:

For start-storybook

  1. Usage: start-storybook [options]
  3. Options:
  5. --help                        output usage information
  6. -V, --version                 output the version number
  7. -p, --port [number]           Port to run Storybook
  8. -h, --host [string]           Host to run Storybook
  9. -s, --static-dir <dir-names>  Directory where to load static files from, comma-separated list
  10. -c, --config-dir [dir-name]   Directory where to load Storybook configurations from
  11. --https                       Serve Storybook over HTTPS. Note: You must provide your own certificate information.
  12. --ssl-ca <ca>                 Provide an SSL certificate authority. (Optional with --https, required if using a self-signed certificate)
  13. --ssl-cert <cert>             Provide an SSL certificate. (Required with --https)
  14. --ssl-key <key>               Provide an SSL key. (Required with --https)
  15. --smoke-test                  Exit after successful start
  16. --ci                          CI mode (skip interactive prompts, don't open browser)
  17. --quiet                       Suppress verbose build output
  18. --no-dll                      Do not use dll reference
  19. --debug-webpack               Display final webpack configurations for debugging purposes

For build-storybook

  1. Usage: build-storybook [options]
  3. Options:
  5. -h, --help                    output usage information
  6. -V, --version                 output the version number
  7. -s, --static-dir <dir-names>  Directory where to load static files from, comma-separated list
  8. -o, --output-dir [dir-name]   Directory where to store built files
  9. -c, --config-dir [dir-name]   Directory where to load Storybook configurations from
  10. -w, --watch                   Enable watch mode
  11. --loglevel [level]            Control level of logging during build. Can be one of: [silly, verbose, info (default), warn, error, silent]
  12. --quiet                       Suppress verbose build output
  13. --no-dll                      Do not use dll reference
  14. --debug-webpack               Display final webpack configurations for debugging purposes