Tonto can be used from VS Code, the terminal, or both.
Requirements
| Tool | Version |
|---|---|
| Node.js | >=20.17.0 recommended for current packages and the Next.js documentation site. |
| npm | >=7.7.0 for workspaces and global installs. |
| VS Code | ^1.92.0 for the current extension package. |
VS Code extension
Install the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace:
Lenke.tonto
The extension contributes:
.tontoand.tontodiagramlanguages.- Syntax highlighting and language configuration.
- Language-server validation and completions.
- Commands for JSON, Tonto, gUFO, PlantUML, TPM, project initialization, and guidance generation.
- Diagram views and an alpha
.tontodiagrameditor.
CLI
Install the CLI globally:
npm install -g tonto-cli
Check that the command is available:
tonto-cli --version
tonto-cli help
The CLI package exports the command tonto-cli.
Tonto Package Manager
Install TPM globally:
npm install -g tpm
Check that the command is available:
tpm --version
tpm help
TPM reads tonto.json and installs Git-based ontology dependencies into tonto_dependencies.
Documentation package
This documentation is a statically exported Next.js application inside the Tonto monorepo.
From the repository root:
npm install
npm run docs:dev
npm run docs:check
The production export is written to:
packages/tonto-documentation/out