> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/treeverse/dvc/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Commands overview

> Complete reference of all DVC commands organized by category

DVC provides a comprehensive set of commands for managing data, pipelines, experiments, and collaboration. This page lists documented commands organized by their primary function.

## Initialize & setup

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="init" icon="rocket" href="/commands/init">
    Initialize DVC repository
  </Card>

  <Card title="config" icon="gear" href="/commands/config">
    Get or set config options
  </Card>

  <Card title="destroy" icon="trash" href="/commands/destroy">
    Remove DVC files, local DVC config and data cache
  </Card>

  <Card title="version" icon="tag" href="/commands/version">
    Display DVC version and system/environment information
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Data management

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="add" icon="plus" href="/commands/add">
    Track data files or directories with DVC
  </Card>

  <Card title="checkout" icon="arrow-rotate-left" href="/commands/checkout">
    Checkout data files from cache
  </Card>

  <Card title="commit" icon="check" href="/commands/commit">
    Save changed data to cache
  </Card>

  <Card title="status" icon="circle-info" href="/commands/status">
    Show changed stages and compare local cache with remote storage
  </Card>

  <Card title="diff" icon="code-compare" href="/commands/diff">
    Show added, modified, or deleted data between commits
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Remote storage

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="remote" icon="server" href="/commands/remote">
    Set up and manage data remotes
  </Card>

  <Card title="push" icon="cloud-arrow-up" href="/commands/push">
    Upload tracked files or directories to remote storage
  </Card>

  <Card title="pull" icon="cloud-arrow-down" href="/commands/pull">
    Download tracked files or directories from remote storage
  </Card>

  <Card title="fetch" icon="download" href="/commands/fetch">
    Download files or directories from remote storage to cache
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Pipelines & stages

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="stage" icon="diagram-project" href="/commands/stage">
    Commands to list and create stages
  </Card>

  <Card title="run" icon="play" href="/commands/run">
    Legacy command (deprecated - use stage add instead)
  </Card>

  <Card title="repro" icon="play" href="/commands/repro">
    Reproduce complete or partial pipelines by executing stages
  </Card>

  <Card title="dag" icon="network-wired" href="/commands/dag">
    Visualize DVC project DAG (directed acyclic graph)
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Experiments

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="exp run" icon="flask" href="/commands/exp-run">
    Run a new experiment
  </Card>

  <Card title="exp show" icon="table" href="/commands/exp-show">
    Display experiments and their metrics
  </Card>

  <Card title="exp diff" icon="code-compare" href="/commands/exp-diff">
    Compare experiments
  </Card>

  <Card title="exp apply" icon="check" href="/commands/exp-apply">
    Apply an experiment to the workspace
  </Card>

  <Card title="exp branch" icon="code-branch" href="/commands/exp-branch">
    Create a Git branch from an experiment
  </Card>

  <Card title="exp remove" icon="trash" href="/commands/exp-remove">
    Remove experiments
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Metrics & parameters

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="metrics" icon="chart-line" href="/commands/metrics">
    Commands to display and compare metrics
  </Card>

  <Card title="params" icon="sliders" href="/commands/params">
    Commands to display params
  </Card>

  <Card title="plots" icon="chart-column" href="/commands/plots">
    Commands to visualize and compare plot data
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Cache management

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="cache" icon="box-archive" href="/commands/cache">
    Manage cache settings
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Command categories

### By use case

* **Getting started**: `init`, `config`, `remote`, `add`
* **Daily workflow**: `status`, `add`, `push`, `pull`, `checkout`
* **Pipeline development**: `stage`, `repro`, `dag`, `params`, `metrics`
* **Experimentation**: `exp run`, `exp show`, `exp diff`
* **Data analysis**: `metrics`, `plots`, `params`, `diff`
* **Collaboration**: `push`, `pull`, `fetch`, `remote`
* **Maintenance**: `cache`, `destroy`

### By data flow

1. **Track**: `add`
2. **Store**: `push`, `commit`, `cache`
3. **Retrieve**: `pull`, `fetch`, `checkout`
4. **Inspect**: `status`, `diff`

## Getting help

For detailed help on any command, use:

```bash theme={null}
dvc <command> --help
```

Or for subcommands:

```bash theme={null}
dvc <command> <subcommand> --help
```

## Common options

Most DVC commands support these common options:

* `-h, --help` - Show help message
* `-q, --quiet` - Be quiet (less output)
* `-v, --verbose` - Be verbose (more output)
* `--version` - Show program version

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Get started with DVC in 5 minutes
  </Card>

  <Card title="User guides" icon="book" href="/guide/tracking-data">
    Step-by-step guides for common workflows
  </Card>

  <Card title="Python API" icon="code" href="/api/overview">
    Python API documentation
  </Card>

  <Card title="Configuration" icon="gear" href="/config/overview">
    Learn about DVC configuration options
  </Card>
</CardGroup>