Create a Privy app from the command line

Creating a Privy app from the terminal takes two commands: find your account, then create the app.

privy accounts list

Copy the id of the account (workspace) the app should live in.

Preview, then create

privy apps create --account ACCOUNT_ID --name my-app \
  --secret-store env --env-output .env.local --dry-run

privy apps create --account ACCOUNT_ID --name my-app \
  --secret-store env --env-output .env.local --yes

Privy generates an app secret when the app is created, and the CLI makes you choose where it goes:

--secret-store	Where the secret goes
env	A server env file (--env-output), as PRIVY_APP_SECRET unless you set --env-key
keychain	Your OS keychain, for use with other CLI commands
both	Both of the above
none	Nowhere. You’ll need to create a new API key later

The env file must be git-ignored or untracked, and an existing variable is only replaced with --overwrite-env. The secret is never printed.

Point your project at it

Creating an app doesn’t select it. Use the id from the output:

privy --app APP_ID project init --yes
privy project show

Now every privy command run in this folder targets the new app. Next, turn on login methods.

Deleting a test app

Only development apps can be deleted, and you have to type the exact name:

privy --app APP_ID apps delete --confirm-name my-app --yes

More in Apps and project context and the apps create reference.