# `homeboy daemon`
Run and inspect the local-only Homeboy HTTP API daemon.
## Synopsis
```sh
homeboy daemon <COMMAND>
```
## Subcommands
- `start` — start the local daemon in the background
- `serve` — run the daemon in the foreground
- `stop` — stop the background daemon recorded in the state file
- `status` — show daemon state and selected local address
## Related
- [self](self.md)
- [status](status.md)