# devbox generate
Source: https://www.jetify.com/docs/docs/devbox/cli-reference/devbox-generate/index

Top level command for generating Devcontainers, Dockerfiles, and other useful files for your Devbox Project.

```bash theme={null}
devbox generate <devcontainer|dockerfile|direnv> [flags]
```

## Options[​](#options "Direct link to Options")

| Option                | Description                                            |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `-c, --config string` | path to directory containing a devbox.json config file |
| `-h, --help`          | help for generate                                      |
| `-q, --quiet`         | Quiet mode: Suppresses logs.                           |

## Subcommands[​](#subcommands "Direct link to Subcommands")

* [devbox generate devcontainer](/docs/devbox/cli-reference/devbox-generate-devcontainer/) -
  Generate Dockerfile and devcontainer.json files under .devcontainer/ directory
* [devbox generate direnv](/docs/devbox/cli-reference/devbox-generate-direnv/) - Generate a .envrc
  file to use with direnv
* [devbox generate dockerfile](/docs/devbox/cli-reference/devbox-generate-dockerfile/) - Generate a
  Dockerfile that replicates devbox shell
* [devbox generate readme](/docs/devbox/cli-reference/devbox-generate-readme/) - Generate markdown
  readme file for your project

## SEE ALSO[​](#see-also "Direct link to SEE ALSO")

* [devbox](/docs/devbox/cli-reference/devbox/) - Instant, easy, predictable development environments

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