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description: Compose CLI reference
keywords: fig, composition, compose, docker, orchestration, cli,  reference
title: Compose command-line reference
notoc: true
---

The following pages describe the usage information for the [docker-compose](overview.md) subcommands. You can also see this information by running `docker-compose [SUBCOMMAND] --help` from the command line.

* [docker-compose](overview.md)
* [build](build.md)
* [config](config.md)
* [create](create.md)
* [down](down.md)
* [events](events.md)
* [exec](exec.md)
* [help](help.md)
* [images](images.md)
* [kill](kill.md)
* [logs](logs.md)
* [pause](pause.md)
* [port](port.md)
* [ps](ps.md)
* [pull](pull.md)
* [push](push.md)
* [restart](restart.md)
* [rm](rm.md)
* [run](run.md)
* [scale](scale.md)
* [start](start.md)
* [stop](stop.md)
* [top](top.md)
* [unpause](unpause.md)
* [up](up.md)

## Where to go next

* [CLI environment variables](envvars.md)
* [docker-compose Command](overview.md)
