CLI Basics

This tutorial teaches the essential Sruja CLI commands for day‑to‑day work.

Install and Verify

Option A – install script (downloads from GitHub Releases):

curl -fsSL https://sruja.ai/install.sh | bash
sruja --version

Option B – from Git (requires Rust):

cargo install sruja-cli --git https://github.com/sruja-ai/sruja
sruja --version

Option C – build from source:

git clone https://github.com/sruja-ai/sruja.git && cd sruja && make build
# Add target/release to PATH or copy target/release/sruja to a directory on PATH
sruja --version

If sruja is not found, ensure the install directory is on your PATH (install script uses ~/.local/bin by default; Option B uses ~/.cargo/bin; Option C uses target/release).

Create a Model

import { * } from 'sruja.ai/stdlib'


App = system "My App" {
Web = container "Web Server"
DB = database "Database"
}
User = person "User"

User -> App.Web "Visits"
App.Web -> App.DB "Reads/Writes"

view index {
include *
}

Lint and Compile

sruja lint example.sruja
sruja compile example.sruja

Format

sruja fmt example.sruja > example.formatted.sruja

Tree View

sruja tree example.sruja

Export to Mermaid

sruja export mermaid example.sruja > example.mmd