datasette/docs/datasette-serve-help.txt

$ datasette serve --help

Usage: datasette serve [OPTIONS] [FILES]...

  Serve up specified SQLite database files with a web UI

Options:
  -i, --immutable PATH      Database files to open in immutable mode
  -h, --host TEXT           Host for server. Defaults to 127.0.0.1 which means only
                            connections from the local machine will be allowed. Use
                            0.0.0.0 to listen to all IPs and allow access from other
                            machines.
  -p, --port INTEGER RANGE  Port for server, defaults to 8001. Use -p 0 to automatically
                            assign an available port.  [0<=x<=65535]
  --uds TEXT                Bind to a Unix domain socket
  --reload                  Automatically reload if code or metadata change detected -
                            useful for development
  --cors                    Enable CORS by serving Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
  --load-extension TEXT     Path to a SQLite extension to load
  --inspect-file TEXT       Path to JSON file created using "datasette inspect"
  -m, --metadata FILENAME   Path to JSON/YAML file containing license/source metadata
  --template-dir DIRECTORY  Path to directory containing custom templates
  --plugins-dir DIRECTORY   Path to directory containing custom plugins
  --static MOUNT:DIRECTORY  Serve static files from this directory at /MOUNT/...
  --memory                  Make /_memory database available
  --config CONFIG           Deprecated: set config option using configname:value. Use
                            --setting instead.
  --setting SETTING...      Setting, see docs.datasette.io/en/stable/config.html
  --secret TEXT             Secret used for signing secure values, such as signed
                            cookies
  --root                    Output URL that sets a cookie authenticating the root user
  --get TEXT                Run an HTTP GET request against this path, print results and
                            exit
  --version-note TEXT       Additional note to show on /-/versions
  --help-settings           Show available settings
  --pdb                     Launch debugger on any errors
  -o, --open                Open Datasette in your web browser
  --create                  Create database files if they do not exist
  --crossdb                 Enable cross-database joins using the /_memory database
  --ssl-keyfile TEXT        SSL key file
  --ssl-certfile TEXT       SSL certificate file
  --help                    Show this message and exit.