pw-mon

Monitor the default PipeWire instance

$ pw-mon

$ pw-mon -r remote_name

$ pw-mon -N never

$ pw-mon -h

pw-mon [options]

pw-mon monitors objects on a PipeWire instance in real-time. It displays information about nodes, ports, links, and other graph objects as they are created, modified, or destroyed.
This tool is useful for debugging audio routing, observing device connections, and understanding PipeWire's internal state during runtime.

-r, --remote name

Connect to a specific remote PipeWire instance

Color output mode: never, always, or auto

Display help message

Output can be verbose on systems with many audio devices and applications. Consider piping output through filtering tools for specific monitoring tasks.

Part of PipeWire, the modern multimedia framework for Linux. Provides real-time visibility into the PipeWire graph for debugging and monitoring purposes.

pipewire(1), pw-metadata(1), pw-cli(1), pw-top(1)