Usage: nodemon [options] [script.js] [args] Options: --config file ............ alternate nodemon.json config file to use -e, --ext ................ extensions to look for, ie. js,jade,hbs. -x, --exec app ........... execute script with "app", ie. -x "python -v". -w, --watch dir........... watch directory "dir" or files. use once for each directory or file to watch. -i, --ignore ............. ignore specific files or directories. -q, --quiet .............. minimise nodemon messages to start/stop only. -V, --verbose ............ show detail on what is causing restarts. -I, --no-stdin ........... don't try to read from stdin. -C, --on-change-only ..... execute script on change only, not startup --no-colors .............. disable color output -d, --delay n ............ debounce restart for "n" seconds. --exitcrash .............. exit on crash, allows use of nodemon with daemon tools like forever.js. -v, --version ............ current nodemon version. -h, --help ............... you're looking at it. --help <topic> ........... help on a specific feature. Try "--help topics". -- <your args> ........... to tell nodemon stop slurping arguments. Note: if the script is omitted, nodemon will try to read "main" from package.json and without a nodemon.json, nodemon will monitor .js, .coffee, and .litcoffee by default. To learn more about nodemon.json config: nodemon --help config See also the sample: https://github.com/remy/nodemon/wiki/Sample-nodemon.json Examples: $ nodemon server.js $ nodemon --config my/custom/nodemon.json server.js $ nodemon -w ../foo server.js apparg1 apparg2 $ PORT=8000 nodemon --debug-brk server.js $ nodemon --exec python app.py $ nodemon --exec "make build" -e "styl hbs" $ nodemon app.js -- -v For more details see http://github.com/remy/nodemon/