qutebrowser
A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5.
TLDR
Open qutebrowser with a specified storage directory
Open a qutebrowser instance with temporary settings
Restore a named session of a qutebrowser instance
Launch qutebrowser, opening all URLs using the specified method
Open qutebrowser with a temporary base directory and print logs to stdout as JSON
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
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
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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.