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wireplumber

Session and policy manager for PipeWire

TLDR

Enable with systemd
$ systemctl --user --now enable wireplumber
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Run manually
$ wireplumber
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Use custom config file
$ wireplumber --config-file [path/to/file]
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Display help
$ wireplumber --help
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Display version
$ wireplumber --version
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SYNOPSIS

wireplumber [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

wireplumber is a modular session/policy manager for PipeWire. It handles device routing, audio policy decisions, and session management for the PipeWire multimedia framework.The tool provides a GObject-based high-level library that wraps PipeWire's API for easier integration.

PARAMETERS

-c, --config-file FILE

Use the specified main configuration file instead of `wireplumber.conf`.
-n, --name NAME
Use a custom daemon name (useful for running multiple instances).
-d, --debug LEVEL
Set log level (e.g. `D` for debug, `I` for info, `W` for warnings, `E` for errors) or a GLib-style domain:level spec.
-v, --verbose
Increase log verbosity (equivalent to `--debug=D`).
--help
Display help information.
--version
Display version information.

CAVEATS

Requires PipeWire to be running. Usually managed by systemd on modern systems. Configuration is Lua-based.

SEE ALSO

wpctl(1), pipewire(1), pw-cli(1)

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