---
type: docs
title: "dashboard CLI command reference"
linkTitle: "dashboard"
description: "Detailed information on the dashboard CLI command"
---

## Description

Start [Dapr dashboard](https://github.com/dapr/dashboard).

## Supported platforms

- [Self-Hosted]({{< ref self-hosted >}})
- [Kubernetes]({{< ref kubernetes >}})

## Usage
```bash
dapr dashboard [flags]
```

## Flags

| Name | Environment Variable | Default | Description |
|------|----------------------|---------|-------------|
| `--help`, `-h`       | |               | Prints this help message |
| `--kubernetes`, `-k` | | `false`       | Opens Dapr dashboard in local browser via local proxy to Kubernetes cluster |
| `--namespace`, `-n`  | | `dapr-system` | The namespace where Dapr dashboard is running |
| `--port`, `-p`       | | `8080`        | The local port on which to serve Dapr dashboard |
| `--version`, `-v`    | | `false`       | Print the version for Dapr dashboard |

## Examples

### Start dashboard locally
```bash
dapr dashboard
```

### Start dashboard service locally on a specified port
```bash
dapr dashboard -p 9999
```

### Port forward to dashboard service running in Kubernetes
```bash
dapr dashboard -k
```

### Port forward to dashboard service running in Kubernetes on a specified port
```bash
dapr dashboard -k -p 9999
```