---
title: 'daemon - CLI command'
description: 'Prints information about the Nx Daemon process'
---

# daemon

Prints information about the Nx Daemon process

## Usage

```bash
nx daemon
```

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

## Options

### background

Type: boolean

Default: true

### help

Type: boolean

Show help

### version

Type: boolean

Show version number