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        Port for server, defaults to 8001. Use -p 0 to automatically
                            assign an available port.

  --debug                   Enable debug mode - useful for development
  --reload                  Automatically reload if database or code change detected -
                            useful for development

  --cors                    Enable CORS by serving Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
  --load-extension PATH     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           Set config option using configname:value
                            datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/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
  --version-note TEXT       Additional note to show on /-/versions
  --help-config             Show available config options
  --help                    Show this message and exit.