Environment Variables

This page covers the runtime knobs of the CLI. Looking to customize the build (Vite, Lingui)? See customization.

Environment variables

Variable	Purpose
CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN	Authenticate with a personal access token instead of login - useful in CI
CROWDIN_BASE_URL	Crowdin API base URL, e.g. https://<org>.api.crowdin.com - set it when using a personal token with Crowdin Enterprise
PORT	Default port for dev (8080 when unset)
CROWDIN_DEV_CORS_ORIGIN	Extra origins allowed to fetch from the dev server
CROWDIN_TEMPLATES_REPO	GitHub owner/name repository create fetches starter templates from (default crowdin-community/serverless-apps-starter-kit) - useful for forks
CROWDIN_TEMPLATES_REF	Branch or tag of the templates repository (default main)

login detects your Crowdin Enterprise organization automatically - no extra configuration needed.

Note

Credentials stored by login take precedence over CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN - on a machine where you have signed in, the token is ignored. Run logout first to force the personal token.

The app’s .env file

CROWDIN_APP_ID identifies the app the folder is linked to. It lives in the app’s .env file, where create and link write it - the CLI reads it from that file only, so setting it as a shell or CI environment variable has no effect.

.env is gitignored in the starter templates, so it does not travel with the repository: teammates cloning the app (and CI checkouts) need to run crowdin-serverless-apps login and link once before dev or publish work.