truss init - Baseten

truss init [OPTIONS] TARGET_DIRECTORY

Creates a new Truss project in the specified directory with the standard file structure.

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-b, --backend

TrussServer | TRT_LLM

default:"TrussServer"

Server type to create. Default: TrussServer.

-n, --name

TEXT

Value assigned to model_name in config.yaml.

--python-config / --no-python-config

Use code-first tooling to build the model. Default: --no-python-config.

--log

humanfriendly | W | WARNING | I | INFO | D | DEBUG

default:"humanfriendly"

Logging verbosity. humanfriendly (default) is pretty-printed; INFO, DEBUG, WARNING produce structured logs.

--non-interactive

Disable interactive prompts. Use in CI/automated contexts where stdin isn’t a TTY.

TARGET_DIRECTORY

TEXT

required

Directory where the Truss project is created.

Examples: Create a new Truss project:

truss init my-model

You should see:

Truss my-model was created in /path/to/my-model

This creates the following directory structure:

my-model/
├── config.yaml
├── data/
├── model/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── model.py
└── packages/

Create a Truss with a custom name:

truss init --name "My Model" my-model

Create a Truss with TRT_LLM backend:

truss init --backend TRT_LLM my-trt-model

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