---
title: 'init - CLI command'
description: 'Adds Nx to any type of workspace. It installs nx, creates an nx.json configuration file and optionally sets up distributed caching. For more info, check https://nx.dev/recipes/adopting-nx.'
---

# init

Adds Nx to any type of workspace. It installs nx, creates an nx.json configuration file and optionally sets up distributed caching. For more info, check https://nx.dev/recipes/adopting-nx.

## Usage

```shell
nx init
```

Install `nx` globally to invoke the command directly using `nx`, or use `npx nx`, `yarn nx`, or `pnpm nx`.

## Options

### help

Type: `boolean`

Show help

### version

Type: `boolean`

Show version number