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blowhorn desktop

blowhorn desktop: build, install, start, status.

The blowhorn desktop commands. Each one's --help prints the same text.

Command What it does
desktop build Package the Electron desktop app as an ad-hoc-signed universal macOS build.
desktop install Install the Electron desktop app dependencies with pnpm (pnpm install --frozen-lockfile).
desktop start Launch the Electron desktop app through pnpm dev; refuse when one is already running.
desktop status Show whether desktop dependencies and packaged output are present.

blowhorn desktop build

Package the Electron desktop app as an ad-hoc-signed universal macOS build.

output 
blowhorn desktop build [OPTIONS]
Flag Type Default Description
--dir-only boolean false Build the unpacked app directory instead of a distributable
--json boolean false Emit machine-readable JSON output
--platform string Accepted and ignored by 'blowhorn desktop': this command never acts on a platform, so --platform has no effect here -- including a value inherited from BLOWHORN_PLATFORM or defaults.platform in .blowhorn.yaml
--pace string Accepted by 'blowhorn desktop build' because --pace is a global flag, but this command does no paced work -- it opens no browser and sleeps between nothing -- so the value changes nothing about how it runs and appears only in the Pace column of the -v summary. Resolved as CLI flag, then BLOWHORN_PACE, then defaults.pace in .blowhorn.yaml (normal when none is set); an unrecognized value is rejected before anything runs

Also takes the shared flags: --config, --log-dir, --profile, --exclude, --headless, --chrome-launch, --headed, --dry-run, --verbose.

Examples:

terminal 
blowhorn desktop build
blowhorn desktop build --dir-only

Output: json with --json, text otherwise.

blowhorn desktop install

Install the Electron desktop app dependencies with pnpm (pnpm install --frozen-lockfile).

output 
blowhorn desktop install [OPTIONS]
Flag Type Default Description
--json boolean false Emit machine-readable JSON output
--platform string Accepted and ignored by 'blowhorn desktop': this command never acts on a platform, so --platform has no effect here -- including a value inherited from BLOWHORN_PLATFORM or defaults.platform in .blowhorn.yaml
--pace string Accepted by 'blowhorn desktop install' because --pace is a global flag, but this command does no paced work -- it opens no browser and sleeps between nothing -- so the value changes nothing about how it runs and appears only in the Pace column of the -v summary. Resolved as CLI flag, then BLOWHORN_PACE, then defaults.pace in .blowhorn.yaml (normal when none is set); an unrecognized value is rejected before anything runs

Also takes the shared flags: --config, --log-dir, --profile, --exclude, --headless, --chrome-launch, --headed, --dry-run, --verbose.

Examples:

terminal 
blowhorn desktop install
blowhorn desktop install --dry-run

Output: json with --json, text otherwise.

blowhorn desktop start

Launch the Electron desktop app through pnpm dev; refuse when one is already running.

output 
blowhorn desktop start [OPTIONS]
Flag Type Default Description
--wait boolean false Wait for the desktop app process to exit instead of detaching
--json boolean false Emit machine-readable JSON output
--platform string Accepted and ignored by 'blowhorn desktop': this command never acts on a platform, so --platform has no effect here -- including a value inherited from BLOWHORN_PLATFORM or defaults.platform in .blowhorn.yaml
--pace string Accepted by 'blowhorn desktop start' because --pace is a global flag, but this command does no paced work -- it opens no browser and sleeps between nothing -- so the value changes nothing about how it runs and appears only in the Pace column of the -v summary. Resolved as CLI flag, then BLOWHORN_PACE, then defaults.pace in .blowhorn.yaml (normal when none is set); an unrecognized value is rejected before anything runs

Also takes the shared flags: --config, --log-dir, --profile, --exclude, --headless, --chrome-launch, --headed, --dry-run, --verbose.

Examples:

terminal 
blowhorn desktop start
blowhorn desktop start --wait

Output: json with --json, text otherwise.

blowhorn desktop status

Show whether desktop dependencies and packaged output are present. Read-only: it names the package manager an install would start from (a matching pnpm, else corepack unprobed, else npm exec) and runs no corepack download; 'desktop install' is what checks corepack can run the pinned pnpm.

output 
blowhorn desktop status [OPTIONS]
Flag Type Default Description
--json boolean false Emit machine-readable JSON output
--platform string Accepted and ignored by 'blowhorn desktop': this command never acts on a platform, so --platform has no effect here -- including a value inherited from BLOWHORN_PLATFORM or defaults.platform in .blowhorn.yaml
--pace string Accepted by 'blowhorn desktop status' because --pace is a global flag, but this command does no paced work -- it opens no browser and sleeps between nothing -- so the value changes nothing about how it runs and appears only in the Pace column of the -v summary. Resolved as CLI flag, then BLOWHORN_PACE, then defaults.pace in .blowhorn.yaml (normal when none is set); an unrecognized value is rejected before anything runs

Also takes the shared flags: --config, --log-dir, --profile, --exclude, --headless, --chrome-launch, --headed, --dry-run, --verbose.

Examples:

terminal 
blowhorn desktop status
blowhorn desktop status --json

Output: json with --json, text otherwise.

Last modified October 18, 2026