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The NATS Command Line Interface.

From nats 0.5.1-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running nats --help (exit 0). permalink

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usage: nats [<flags>] <command> [<args> ...]

NATS Utility

NATS Server and JetStream administration.

See 'nats cheat' for a quick cheatsheet of commands

Commands:
  account    Account information and status
  audit      Audit a NATS deployment
  auth       NATS Decentralized Authentication
  backup     Backup, restore, inspect and edit JetStream streams
  bench      Benchmark utility
  consumer   JetStream consumer management
  context    Manage nats configuration contexts
  counter    Access distributed Counters
  errors     Error code documentation
  events     Show Advisories and Events
  jwt        Inspect NATS JWTs
  kv         Interacts with a JetStream based Key-Value store
  latency    Perform latency tests between two NATS servers
  object     Interacts with a JetStream based Object store
  publish    Generic data publish utility
  reply      Generic service reply utility
  request    Generic request-reply request utility
  rtt        Compute round-trip time to NATS server
  schema     Schema tools
  server     Server information
  service    Services discovery and management
  stream     JetStream stream management
  subscribe  Generic subscription client
  top        Shows top-like statistic for connections on a specific server
  trace      Trace message delivery within an NATS network

Global Flags:
  -h, --help                    Show context-sensitive help
      --version                 Show application version.
  -s, --server=URL              NATS server urls ($NATS_URL)
      --user=USER               Username or Token ($NATS_USER)
      --password=PASSWORD       Password ($NATS_PASSWORD)
      --token=TOKEN             Token ($NATS_TOKEN)
      --connection-name=NAME    Nickname to use for the underlying NATS Connection
      --creds=LOCATION          User credentials ($NATS_CREDS)
      --nkey=LOCATION           User NKEY ($NATS_NKEY)
      --jwt=LOCATION            User JWT ($NATS_JWT)
      --seed=LOCATION           User seed ($NATS_SEED)
      --tlscert=FILE            TLS public certificate ($NATS_CERT)
      --tlskey=FILE             TLS private key ($NATS_KEY)
      --tlsca=FILE              TLS certificate authority chain ($NATS_CA)
      --[no-]tlsfirst           Perform TLS handshake before expecting the server greeting
      --timeout=5s              Time to wait on responses from NATS ($NATS_TIMEOUT)
      --socks-proxy=PROXY       SOCKS5 proxy for connecting to NATS server ($NATS_SOCKS_PROXY)
      --js-api-prefix=PREFIX    Subject prefix for access to JetStream API
      --js-event-prefix=PREFIX  Subject prefix for access to JetStream Advisories
      --js-domain=DOMAIN        JetStream domain to access
      --inbox-prefix=PREFIX     Custom inbox prefix to use for inboxes
      --colors=SCHEME           Sets a color scheme to use ($NATS_COLOR)
      --context=NAME            Configuration context ($NATS_CONTEXT)
      --trace                   Trace API interactions
      --no-context              Disable the selected context
Options (24)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow context-sensitive helphelp
--versionShow application version.help
-s, --server URLNATS server urls ($NATS_URL)help
--user USERUsername or Token ($NATS_USER)help
--password PASSWORDPassword ($NATS_PASSWORD)help
--token TOKENToken ($NATS_TOKEN)help
--connection-name NAMENickname to use for the underlying NATS Connectionhelp
--creds LOCATIONUser credentials ($NATS_CREDS)help
--nkey LOCATIONUser NKEY ($NATS_NKEY)help
--jwt LOCATIONUser JWT ($NATS_JWT)help
--seed LOCATIONUser seed ($NATS_SEED)help
--tlscert FILETLS public certificate ($NATS_CERT)help
--tlskey FILETLS private key ($NATS_KEY)help
--tlsca FILETLS certificate authority chain ($NATS_CA)help
--timeout 5sTime to wait on responses from NATS ($NATS_TIMEOUT)help
--socks-proxy PROXYSOCKS5 proxy for connecting to NATS server ($NATS_SOCKS_PROXY)help
--js-api-prefix PREFIXSubject prefix for access to JetStream APIhelp
--js-event-prefix PREFIXSubject prefix for access to JetStream Advisorieshelp
--js-domain DOMAINJetStream domain to accesshelp
--inbox-prefix PREFIXCustom inbox prefix to use for inboxeshelp
--colors SCHEMESets a color scheme to use ($NATS_COLOR)help
--context NAMEConfiguration context ($NATS_CONTEXT)help
--traceTrace API interactionshelp
--no-contextDisable the selected contexthelp

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