---
createdAt: 2024-08-11
updatedAt: 2025-11-22
title: Build Dictionaries
description: Learn how to build your Intlayer dictionaries from content declaration files.
keywords:
- Build
- Dictionaries
- CLI
- Intlayer
slugs:
- doc
- concept
- cli
- build
---
# Build Dictionaries
To build your dictionaries, you can run the commands:
```bash
npx intlayer build
```
or in watch mode
```bash
npx intlayer build --watch
```
This command will find your declaration content files as default as `./src/**/*.content.{ts|js|mjs|cjs|json|tsx|jsx}`. And build the dictionaries in the `.intlayer` directory.
## Aliases:
- `npx intlayer dictionaries build`
- `npx intlayer dictionary build`
- `npx intlayer dic build`
## Arguments:
- **`--base-dir`**: Specify the base directory for the project. To retrieve the intlayer configuration, the command will look for the `intlayer.config.{ts,js,json,cjs,mjs}` file in the base directory.
> Example: `npx intlayer build --base-dir ./src`
- **`--env`**: Specify the environment (e.g., `development`, `production`). Useful in the case you use environment variables in your intlayer configuration file.
> Example: `npx intlayer build --env production`
- **`--env-file`**: Provide a custom environment file to load variables from. Useful in the case you use environment variables in your intlayer configuration file.
> Example: `npx intlayer build --env-file .env.production.local`
- **`--with`**: Start command in parallel with the build.
> Example: `npx intlayer build --with "next dev --turbopack"`
- **`--skip-prepare`**: Skip the prepare step.
> Example: `npx intlayer build --skip-prepare`
- **`--no-cache`**: Disable the cache.
> Example: `npx intlayer build --no-cache`
