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/usr/lib/dart/bin/dartvm

The Dart SDK, including the VM, JS and Wasm compilers, analysis, core libraries, and more.

From dart 3.13.7-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running dartvm --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: dartvm [<vm-flags>] <dart-script-file> [<script-arguments>]

Executes the Dart script <dart-script-file> with the given list of <script-arguments>.

Common VM flags:
--enable-asserts
  Enable assert statements.
--help or -h
  Display this message (add -v or --verbose for information about
  all VM options).
--packages=<path>
  Where to find a package spec file.
--define=<key>=<value> or -D<key>=<value>
  Define an environment declaration. To specify multiple declarations,
  use multiple instances of this option.
--observe[=<port>[/<bind-address>]]
  The observe flag is a convenience flag used to run a program with a
  set of options which are often useful for debugging under Dart DevTools.
  These options are currently:
      --enable-vm-service[=<port>[/<bind-address>]]
      --serve-devtools
      --pause-isolates-on-exit
      --pause-isolates-on-unhandled-exceptions
      --warn-on-pause-with-no-debugger
      --timeline-streams="Compiler, Dart, GC, Microtask"
  This set is subject to change.
  Please see these options (--help --verbose) for further documentation.
--write-service-info=<file_uri>
  Outputs information necessary to connect to the VM service to the
  specified file in JSON format. Useful for clients which are unable to
  listen to stdout for the Dart VM service listening message.
--snapshot-kind=<snapshot_kind>
--snapshot=<file_name>
  These snapshot options are used to generate a snapshot of the loaded
  Dart script:
    <snapshot-kind> controls the kind of snapshot, it could be
                    kernel(default) or app-jit
    <file_name> specifies the file into which the snapshot is written
--version
  Print the SDK version.
Options (13)
OptionDescriptionSource
--enable-assertsEnable assert statements.help
--packages pathWhere to find a package spec file.help
--observe port>[/<bind-addressThe observe flag is a convenience flag used to run a program with a set of options which are often useful for debugging under Dart DevTools.help
--enable-vm-service port>[/<bind-addresshelp
--serve-devtoolshelp
--pause-isolates-on-exithelp
--pause-isolates-on-unhandled-exceptionshelp
--warn-on-pause-with-no-debuggerhelp
--timeline-streams "Compilerhelp
--write-service-info file_uriOutputs information necessary to connect to the VM service to the specified file in JSON format.help
--snapshot-kind snapshot_kindhelp
--snapshot file_nameThese snapshot options are used to generate a snapshot of the loaded Dart script: <snapshot-kind> controls the kind of snapshot, it could be kernel(default) or app-jit <file_name> specifies the file…help
--versionPrint the SDK version.help

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