# Commands

The Lightning CLI offers various useful commands to help you with the development of your Lightning App. These commands are, in chronological usage order:

* [Create](create.md)
* [Build](build.md)
* [Serve](serve.md)
* [Watch](watch.md)
* [Dev](dev.md)
* [Docs](docs.md)
* [Dist](dist.md)
* [Upload](upload.md)
* [Update](update.md)

You can run the  command `lng -h` (*help*) to print out an overview of the available Lightning CLI commands.

> You must run *all* Lightning CLI commands (except `lng create` and `lng update`)  from the *root folder* of your App.