kde-inhibit

temporarily inhibits various KDE Plasma desktop functions while a specified

TLDR

Inhibit power management while command runs

$ kde-inhibit --power [command] [arguments]

Inhibit screen saver

$ kde-inhibit --screenSaver [command] [arguments]

Inhibit color correction (night mode)

$ kde-inhibit --colorCorrect [command]

SYNOPSIS

kde-inhibit [options] command [arguments]

kde-inhibit temporarily inhibits various KDE Plasma desktop functions while a specified command is running. This prevents the desktop from interfering with long-running tasks or media playback.The inhibition automatically ends when the command exits. Multiple inhibition types can be combined by specifying multiple options.

PARAMETERS

--power

Inhibit power management (prevent sleep/suspend)

--screenSaver

Inhibit screen saver activation

--colorCorrect

Inhibit color correction (night light/night mode)

INSTALL

sudo apt install kde-cli-tools

sudo dnf install kde-cli-tools

sudo pacman -S kde-cli-tools

sudo apk add kde-cli-tools

CAVEATS

Only works in KDE Plasma desktop environment. Requires the command to keep running; inhibition ends when it exits. Does not work with commands that immediately background themselves.

HISTORY

kde-inhibit is part of KDE's command-line tools, providing a way to control desktop behavior from scripts and applications without requiring direct DBus interaction.