---
title: snrd
description: The Sonr blockchain daemon (server) command
---

The main command for running and interacting with the Sonr blockchain node.

## Usage

```shell
snrd [command]
```

## Available Commands

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `auth` | User authentication with Passkeys |
| `comet` | CometBFT subcommands |
| `config` | Utilities for managing application configuration |
| `debug` | Tool for helping with debugging your application |
| `export` | Export state to JSON |
| `genesis` | Application's genesis-related subcommands |
| `gov` | Governance utilities |
| `help` | Help about any command |
| `index-eth-tx` | Index historical eth txs |
| `init` | Initialize private validator, p2p, genesis, and application configuration files |
| `keys` | Manage your application's keys |
| `prune` | Prune app history states by keeping the recent heights and deleting old heights |
| `query` | Querying subcommands |
| `rollback` | Rollback Cosmos SDK and CometBFT state by one height |
| `snapshots` | Manage local snapshots |
| `start` | Run the full node |
| `status` | Query remote node for status |
| `tx` | Transactions subcommands |
| `version` | Print the application binary version information |
| `wallet` | Wallet operations |

## Flags

<TypeTable
  type={{
    "broadcast-mode": { type: "string", default: "sync", description: "Transaction broadcasting mode (sync|async)" },
    "chain-id": { type: "string", description: "Specify Chain ID for sending Tx" },
    "fees": { type: "string", description: "Fees to pay along with transaction (e.g., 10aatom)" },
    "from": { type: "string", description: "Name or address of private key with which to sign" },
    "gas-adjustment": { type: "float", default: "1", description: "Adjustment factor to be multiplied against the estimate returned by the tx simulation; if the gas limit is set manually this flag is ignored" },
    "gas-prices": { type: "string", description: "Gas prices to determine the transaction fee (e.g., 10aatom)" },
    "help": { type: "boolean", description: "Help for snrd" },
    "home": { type: "string", default: "~/.sonr", description: "Directory for config and data" },
    "keyring-backend": { type: "string", default: "os", description: "Select keyring's backend (os|file|test)" },
    "log_format": { type: "string", default: "plain", description: "The logging format (json|plain)" },
    "log_level": { type: "string", default: "info", description: "The logging level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|panic|disabled or '*:&lt;level&gt;,&lt;key&gt;:&lt;level&gt;')" },
    "log_no_color": { type: "boolean", description: "Disable colored logs" },
    "node": { type: "string", default: "tcp://localhost:26657", description: "&lt;host&gt;:&lt;port&gt; to tendermint rpc interface for this chain" },
    "trace": { type: "boolean", description: "Print out full stack trace on errors" },
  }}
/>

## Examples

### Start a node

```shell
snrd start
```

### Query node status

```shell
snrd status
```

### Initialize a new node

```shell
snrd init my-node --chain-id sonrtest_1-1
```

### Get help for any command

```shell
snrd [command] --help
```

## See Also

- [snrd auth](./snrd_auth) - User authentication with Passkeys
- [snrd genesis](./snrd_genesis) - Genesis-related subcommands
- [snrd init](./snrd_init) - Initialize node configuration
- [snrd keys](./snrd_keys) - Manage application keys
- [snrd query](./snrd_query) - Query blockchain state
- [snrd tx](./snrd_tx) - Submit transactions