Socket CLI Commands

Each page in this section covers one Socket CLI command, with its --help output and examples. You can see the same help in your terminal by running socket <command> --help. For an introduction to the CLI and how to install it, see the Guide to Socket CLI.

Socket API

• socket analytics: look up analytics data for your organization or a repository
• socket audit-log: look up the audit log for an organization
• socket ci: create a scan and report, and exit with an error if the result is unhealthy
• socket organization: manage Socket organization account details
• socket package: look up published package details and scores
• socket repository: manage registered repositories
• socket scan: create and manage Socket scans
• socket scan github: create scans for GitHub repositories
• socket threat-feed: view the Socket threat feed

Local tools

• socket fix: fix CVEs in dependencies
• socket optimize: optimize dependencies with @socketregistry overrides
• socket manifest: generate a dependency manifest for certain ecosystems
• socket manifest cdxgen: run cdxgen to generate an SBOM
• socket npm and socket npx: run npm and npx with Socket security scanning
• socket raw-npm: run npm without the Socket wrapper
• socket raw-npx: run npx without the Socket wrapper

CLI configuration

• socket login: set up the CLI with an API token and defaults
• socket logout: log out and clear stored Socket credentials
• socket config: view and change the local CLI configuration
• socket install and socket uninstall: install or remove tab completion
• socket wrapper: turn the Socket npm/npx wrapper on or off