nuxt build

Build your Nuxt application.

npx nuxt build [ROOTDIR] [--cwd=<directory>] [--logLevel=<silent|info|verbose>] [--prerender] [--preset] [--dotenv] [--envName] [-e, --extends=<layer-name>]

The build command creates a .output directory with all your application, server and dependencies ready for production.

Arguments

Argument	Description
ROOTDIR="."	Specifies the working directory (default: .)

Options

Option	Default	Description
--cwd=<directory>		Specify the working directory, this takes precedence over ROOTDIR (default: .)
--logLevel=<silent|info|verbose>		Specify build-time log level
--prerender		Build Nuxt and prerender static routes
--preset=<preset>		Specify Nitro server preset. Available presets depend on Nitro (e.g. node-server, vercel, netlify, static)
--dotenv		Path to .env file to load, relative to the root directory
--envName		The environment to use when resolving configuration overrides (default is production when building, and development when running the dev server)
-e, --extends=<layer-name>		Extend from a Nuxt layer

This command sets process.env.NODE_ENV to production.

--prerender will always set the preset to static