First steps with Kānuka

After installing Kānuka, you can check that it is available by running the kanuka command:

$ kanuka
Welcome to Kānuka! Run 'kanuka --help' to see available commands.

Run kanuka --help to see a list of all the available commands.

Note

Kānuka is under very active development, and so features will be constantly added and changed over time. It is NOT production ready.

Choose Your Path

Kānuka provides two main feature sets that can be used independently or together:

🏗️ Grove (Development Environments)

Perfect for creating reproducible development environments and managing project dependencies.

# Initialize a development environment
kanuka grove init

# Add packages to your environment
kanuka grove add nodejs python3

# Enter your development shell
kanuka grove enter

Next steps for Grove: Check out the Grove introduction or jump to Grove getting started.

🔐 Secrets Management

Ideal for securely sharing environment variables and API keys across your team.

# Initialize secrets management
kanuka secrets init

# Create your encryption keys
kanuka secrets create

# Encrypt your .env file
kanuka secrets encrypt

Next steps for Secrets: Continue to project initialization or learn about encryption concepts.

Getting Help

• Run kanuka --help to see all available commands
• Use kanuka <command> --help for specific command help
• Check the CLI reference for comprehensive documentation