Man1 - qutebrowser.1

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NAME

qutebrowser - a keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5.

SYNOPSIS

qutebrowser [/-OPTION/ [/…/]] [/:COMMAND/ [/…/]] [/URL/ [/…/]]

DESCRIPTION

qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. It’s based on Python and Qt5 and is free software, licensed under the GPL.

It was inspired by other browsers/addons like dwb and Vimperator/Pentadactyl.

Note the commands and settings of qutebrowser are not described in this manpage, but in the help integrated in qutebrowser - use the “:help” command to show it.

OPTIONS

positional arguments

:command

Commands to execute on startup.

URL

URLs to open on startup (empty as a window separator).

optional arguments

-h, –help

show this help message and exit

-B BASEDIR, –basedir BASEDIR

Base directory for all storage.

-C CONFIG, –config-py CONFIG

Path to config.py.

-V, –version

Show version and quit.

-s OPTION VALUE, –set OPTION VALUE

Set a temporary setting for this session.

-r SESSION, –restore SESSION

Restore a named session.

-R, –override-restore

Don’t restore a session even if one would be restored.

–target {auto,tab,tab-bg,tab-silent,tab-bg-silent,window,private-window}

How URLs should be opened if there is already a qutebrowser instance running.

–backend {webkit,webengine}

Which backend to use.

–desktop-file-name DESKTOP_FILE_NAME

Set the base name of the desktop entry for this application. Used to set the app_id under Wayland. See https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qguiapplication.html#desktopFileName-prop

–untrusted-args

Mark all following arguments as untrusted, which enforces that they are URLs/search terms (and not flags or commands)

debug arguments

-l {critical,error,warning,info,debug,vdebug}, –loglevel {critical,error,warning,info,debug,vdebug}

Override the configured console loglevel

–logfilter LOGFILTER

Comma-separated list of things to be logged to the debug log on stdout.

–loglines LOGLINES

How many lines of the debug log to keep in RAM (-1: unlimited).

-d, –debug

Turn on debugging options.

–json-logging

Output log lines in JSON format (one object per line).

–nocolor

Turn off colored logging.

–force-color

Force colored logging

–nowindow

Don’t show the main window.

-T, –temp-basedir

Use a temporary basedir.

–no-err-windows

Don’t show any error windows (used for tests/smoke.py).

–qt-arg NAME VALUE

Pass an argument with a value to Qt. For example, you can do –qt-arg geometry 650x555+200+300 to set the window geometry.

–qt-flag QT_FLAG

Pass an argument to Qt as flag.

-D DEBUG_FLAGS, –debug-flag DEBUG_FLAGS

Pass name of debugging feature to be turned on.

FILES

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~.config/qutebrowser/config.py/: Configuration file.

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~.config/qutebrowser/autoconfig.yml/: Configuration done via the GUI.

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~.config/qutebrowser/quickmarks/: Saved quickmarks.

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~.local/share/qutebrowser//: Various state information.

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~.cache/qutebrowser//: Temporary data.

Note qutebrowser conforms to the XDG basedir specification - if XDG_CONFIG_HOME, XDG_DATA_HOME or XDG_CACHE_HOME are set in the environment, the directories configured there are used instead of the above defaults.

BUGS

Bugs are tracked in the Github issue tracker at https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues.

If you found a bug, use the built-in :report command to create a bug report with all information needed.

If you prefer, you can also write to the mailinglist at qutebrowser@lists.qutebrowser.org instead.

For security bugs, please contact me directly at me@the-compiler.org, GPG ID 0xFD55A072.

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

RESOURCES

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Website: https://www.qutebrowser.org/

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Mailinglist: qutebrowser@lists.qutebrowser.org / https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser

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Announce-only mailinglist: qutebrowser-announce@lists.qutebrowser.org / https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser-announce

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IRC: #qutebrowser on Libera Chat (webchat, via Matrix)

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Github: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser

AUTHOR

qutebrowser was written by Florian Bruhin. All contributors can be found in the README file distributed with qutebrowser.

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-22 Tue 16:59