scribase dev

Boots the full local Scribase stack — Postgres plus optional application services — with no Docker and no configuration file required. All state is kept in .scribase/ beside your project (or in SCRIBASE_HOME).

Subcommands

`scribase dev` (bare)

Starts the full local stack: Postgres, auth, storage, realtime, and edge functions. Blocks until interrupted (Ctrl-C). Equivalent to scribase dev serve.

Terminal

scribase dev

`scribase dev --services <list>`

Boot only a subset of services. Comma-separated list.

Terminal

scribase dev --services auth,storage
scribase dev --services realtime

Valid service names: auth, storage, realtime, functions (alias: edge). Use all to enable every service.

Before starting, a preflight lists which service binaries were found next to the scribase executable or on PATH:

preflight: service binaries
  auth       found    /usr/local/bin/gotrue
  storage    MISSING  `storage-api`

A missing binary is dropped from the boot set with a message; the remaining services still come up.

`scribase dev up [--schema FILE]`

Starts the local Postgres cluster only (no application services). Prints the connection string and returns.

Terminal

scribase dev up
scribase dev up --schema ./schema.scribase

With --schema, the schema file is compiled and applied immediately after the database is ready.

`scribase dev status`

Shows every local database cluster and branch.

Terminal

scribase dev status

Output:

primary                  running  primary
my-feature               stopped  branch

`scribase dev url`

Prints the primary database connection string.

Terminal

scribase dev url
# postgresql://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:54322/postgres

`scribase dev down`

Stops the local database, keeping data intact. scribase dev up brings it back.

Terminal

scribase dev down

`scribase dev destroy`

Stops and deletes all local databases and branch clusters. Irreversible.

Terminal

scribase dev destroy

Configuration

Variable	Description
`SCRIBASE_HOME`	Override the `.scribase` workspace directory

Service binary overrides:

Variable	Default binary
`ORION_AUTH_BIN`	`gotrue`
`ORION_STORAGE_BIN`	`storage-api`
`ORION_REALTIME_BIN`	`realtime`
`ORION_FUNCTIONS_BIN`	`edge-runtime`

Notes

The local Postgres cluster binds to a random available port. scribase dev url always shows the current address.
Two checkouts of the same project do not share a database; deleting the checkout removes its databases.
The local stack does not use Docker. The scribase binary manages Postgres process lifecycle directly.