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# UI Component CLI Extension release notes

# UI Component CLI Extension release notes {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

The ServiceNow®
UI Component CLI Extension provides an abstraction around various component development workflows including project scaffolding, starting a local development server, and deploying a component into a ServiceNow instance. UI Component CLI Extension was enhanced and updated in the Xanadu release.

## UI Component CLI Extension highlights for the Xanadu release {#ui_component_cli_extension_rn__ui-component-cli-extension-rn-highlights}

Improve developer server performance with module caching.{#ui_component_cli_extension_rn__ui-component-cli-extension-rn-highlights-1}

See [UI Component Extension](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/xanadu/cli/cli) for more information.{#ui_component_cli_extension_rn__ui-component-cli-extension-rn-highlights-2}

## New in the Xanadu release {#ui_component_cli_extension_rn__ui-component-cli-extension-rn-new-features}

Module caching
:   Module caching improves developer server performance by storing a module in memory when imported and returning the module from the cache for future uses.

## Activation information {#ui_component_cli_extension_rn__ui-component-cli-extension-rn-activation}

To install the UI Component CLI extension, install the ServiceNow CLI and add the UI component extension. For details, see [Environment Setup](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/xanadu/cli/getting-started).{#ui_component_cli_extension_rn__ui-component-cli-extension-rn-activation-1}

## Additional requirements {#ui_component_cli_extension_rn__ui-component-cli-extension-rn-additional-reqs}

The UI Component CLI extension requires either Windows 10 or a MacOS with Yosemite or later.{#ui_component_cli_extension_rn__ui-component-cli-extension-rn-additional-reqs-1}