wireplumber
Session and policy manager for PipeWire
TLDR
Enable with systemd
$ systemctl --user --now enable wireplumber
Run manually$ wireplumber
Use custom config file$ wireplumber --config-file [path/to/file]
Display help$ wireplumber --help
Display version$ wireplumber --version
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.
INSTALL
sudo apt install wireplumber
sudo dnf install wireplumber
sudo pacman -S wireplumber
sudo apk add wireplumber
sudo zypper install wireplumber
brew install wireplumber
nix profile install nixpkgs#wireplumber
CAVEATS
Requires PipeWire to be running. Usually managed by systemd on modern systems. Configuration is Lua-based.
