# shards

> Dependency management tool for the Crystal language.
> More information: <https://crystal-lang.org/reference/the_shards_command>.

- Create a skeleton shard.yml file:

`shards init`

- Install dependencies from a shard.yml file:

`shards install`

- Update all dependencies:

`shards update`

- List all installed dependencies:

`shards list`

- List version of dependency:

`shards version {{path/to/dependency_directory}}`