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title: 'daemon - CLI command'
description: "EXPERIMENTAL: Nx DaemonThe Nx Daemon is a local server which runs in the background in order to intelligently cache information about the workspace's project graph."
---

# daemon

EXPERIMENTAL: Nx DaemonThe Nx Daemon is a local server which runs in the background in order to intelligently cache information about the workspace's project graph.

## Usage

```bash
nx daemon
```

[Install `nx` globally]({{framework}}/getting-started/nx-setup#install-nx) to invoke the command directly using `nx`, or use `npx nx`, `yarn nx`, or `pnpx nx`.

## Options

### background

Default: `true`

### help

Show help

### version

Show version number