Command line

You start DGen by running its program, dgen (dgen.exe on Windows). With no options, it serves the studio and opens it in your browser.

Command	What it does
`dgen`	Serves the studio on `http://localhost:4890` (or the port of your config) and opens it in your browser.
`dgen --version`	Prints the version and its build, then exits.
`dgen --help`	Prints the help (what DGen is, the commands, the options, your DGen folder), then exits. Also `dgen -h` and `dgen help`.

Options

Option	What it does
`--home <folder>`	Runs on this DGen folder for this run, outside your profiles. The `DGEN_HOME` variable does the same.
`--no-open`	Serves the studio without opening a browser tab. Open `http://localhost:4890` yourself.
`--host <address>`	The network address DGen listens on. `127.0.0.1` when left out: only this computer can open the studio.

A word or option DGen does not know prints what it did not understand and the usage, and starts nothing.

`--host` and your network

dgen --host 0.0.0.0 lets every machine on your network open the studio, for example a tablet on your Wi-Fi. DGen then prints the addresses to open, and a loud warning: anyone who reaches it sees and loads your Daz library. Use it only on a network you trust, and never on a public one.

The port

DGen serves on port 4890. To use another one, set port in your profile's config.json (in your DGen folder):

{ "port": 4891 }

Keep the other keys of the file as they are. If you start DGen while it already runs, from version 1.32.12 it opens the studio's tab again; in 1.32.11 the second start stops, its port already taken.

Stop DGen

Close its console window (Windows), or press Ctrl C in its terminal (Mac, Linux).

Internal commands

dgen bake <kind> ... is what DGen runs by itself to build a body, a clip or a room from your library. You never need to run it.