# shelbi quit

Quit the current project, ending its sessions after the orchestrator writes its handoff, or quit Shelbi entirely with --all.

```text
shelbi quit [OPTIONS]
```

`shelbi quit` closes the current project. The hub daemon asks the project's
orchestrator to write its handoff (so the next open resumes with context), ends
the project's sessions, and marks the project closed. Other projects keep
running. Worktrees and branches are left intact, so the work picks up again the
next time you open the project.

Pass `--all` to quit Shelbi entirely: the daemon closes every project, ends all
sessions, and then stops itself. Nothing restarts it until you open a project
again.

Quitting is not detaching. [`shelbi detach`](/docs/cli/detach) disconnects
clients but leaves every session running in the background. Inside the
dashboard the same two actions are in the command palette as **Quit Project**
and **Quit Shelbi**.

With no daemon running nothing is open, so `shelbi quit` reports that and exits
`0`.

## Flags

| Flag | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--all` | flag | off | Quit Shelbi entirely (every project and the hub daemon) instead of just the current project. |
| `--root <PATH>` | string | install-time default / `$SHELBI_ROOT` / `~/.shelbi` | Override the Shelbi root directory. The flag wins over both the env var and the compile-time default. |
| `-p, --project <PROJECT>` | string | env / cwd lookup | Project to quit. Ignored with `--all`. |

## Examples

Quit the project the current directory belongs to:

```bash
shelbi quit
```

Quit a specific project from anywhere:

```bash
shelbi quit -p myapp
```

Quit every project and stop the hub daemon:

```bash
shelbi quit --all
```

## See also

- [`shelbi detach`](/docs/cli/detach): leave everything running and disconnect
  your clients instead.
- [`shelbi daemon`](/docs/cli/daemon): the hub daemon that `--all` stops.