# Appcelerator CLI 8.1.0 RC - 14 August 2020

Appcelerator CLI 8.1.0 RC is a release candidate for a minor release that includes new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

# Component versions

The following components are shipped with CLI 8.1.0:

ALOY-1732 (opens new window) - Add ability to run in the background without UI
- This change is dependent on the to be released Titanium SDK ticket TIMOB-27896 (opens new window) and is shipping ahead of time to make upgrades to that version smoother

ALOY-1253 (opens new window) - Alloy: Support WPATH in widget XML view attribute values
ALOY-1733 (opens new window) - Add templates for webpack usage
ALOY-1735 (opens new window) - Add vscode settings file to projects
CLI-1391 (opens new window) - Allow specifying Native Module templates
- Module templates will now be prompted for when creating a module. You can also specify them by using the --android-code-base and the --ios-code-base options
CLI-1392 (opens new window) - Improve handling of no MBaaS entitlement
CLI-1393 (opens new window) - Allow passing template option through when creating a classic application
- The --template option will now be respected when creating an application with the --classic flag

ALOY-1256 (opens new window) - Widget/Require as top-level element uses controller as view
ALOY-1720 (opens new window) - Version string comparison will break for SDK 10.0.0
ALOY-1734 (opens new window) - JS files imported in "alloy.js" don't have access to Alloy globals as of Titanium 9.0.0
ALOY-1736 (opens new window) - aloy new fails if dev dependencies do not exist in package.Json