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NAME

6       qutebrowser - a keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5.
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SYNOPSIS

9       qutebrowser [-OPTION [...]] [:COMMAND [...]] [URL [...]]
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DESCRIPTION

12       qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. It’s
13       based on Python and Qt5 and is free software, licensed under the GPL.
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15       It was inspired by other browsers/addons like dwb and
16       Vimperator/Pentadactyl.
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18       Note the commands and settings of qutebrowser are not described in this
19       manpage, but in the help integrated in qutebrowser - use the ":help"
20       command to show it.
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OPTIONS

23   positional arguments
24       :command
25           Commands to execute on startup.
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27       URL
28           URLs to open on startup (empty as a window separator).
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30   options
31       -h, --help
32           show this help message and exit
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34       -B BASEDIR, --basedir BASEDIR
35           Base directory for all storage.
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37       -C CONFIG, --config-py CONFIG
38           Path to config.py.
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40       -V, --version
41           Show version and quit.
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43       -s OPTION VALUE, --set OPTION VALUE
44           Set a temporary setting for this session.
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46       -r SESSION, --restore SESSION
47           Restore a named session.
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49       -R, --override-restore
50           Don’t restore a session even if one would be restored.
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52       --target
53       {auto,tab,tab-bg,tab-silent,tab-bg-silent,window,private-window}
54           How URLs should be opened if there is already a qutebrowser
55           instance running.
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57       --backend {webkit,webengine}
58           Which backend to use.
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60       --desktop-file-name DESKTOP_FILE_NAME
61           Set the base name of the desktop entry for this application. Used
62           to set the app_id under Wayland. See
63           https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qguiapplication.html#desktopFileName-prop
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65       --untrusted-args
66           Mark all following arguments as untrusted, which enforces that they
67           are URLs/search terms (and not flags or commands)
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69   debug arguments
70       -l {critical,error,warning,info,debug,vdebug}, --loglevel
71       {critical,error,warning,info,debug,vdebug}
72           Override the configured console loglevel
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74       --logfilter LOGFILTER
75           Comma-separated list of things to be logged to the debug log on
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78       --loglines LOGLINES
79           How many lines of the debug log to keep in RAM (-1: unlimited).
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81       -d, --debug
82           Turn on debugging options.
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84       --json-logging
85           Output log lines in JSON format (one object per line).
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87       --nocolor
88           Turn off colored logging.
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90       --force-color
91           Force colored logging
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93       --nowindow
94           Don’t show the main window.
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96       -T, --temp-basedir
97           Use a temporary basedir.
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99       --no-err-windows
100           Don’t show any error windows (used for tests/smoke.py).
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102       --qt-arg NAME VALUE
103           Pass an argument with a value to Qt. For example, you can do
104           --qt-arg geometry 650x555+200+300 to set the window geometry.
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106       --qt-flag QT_FLAG
107           Pass an argument to Qt as flag.
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109       -D DEBUG_FLAGS, --debug-flag DEBUG_FLAGS
110           Pass name of debugging feature to be turned on.
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FILES

113       •   ~/.config/qutebrowser/config.py: Configuration file.
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115       •   ~/.config/qutebrowser/autoconfig.yml: Configuration done via the
116           GUI.
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118       •   ~/.config/qutebrowser/quickmarks: Saved quickmarks.
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120       •   ~/.local/share/qutebrowser/: Various state information.
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122       •   ~/.cache/qutebrowser/: Temporary data.
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124       Note qutebrowser conforms to the XDG basedir specification - if
125       XDG_CONFIG_HOME, XDG_DATA_HOME or XDG_CACHE_HOME are set in the
126       environment, the directories configured there are used instead of the
127       above defaults.
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BUGS

130       Bugs are tracked in the Github issue tracker at
131       https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues.
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133       If you found a bug, use the built-in :report command to create a bug
134       report with all information needed.
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136       If you prefer, you can also write to the mailinglist at
137       qutebrowser@lists.qutebrowser.org instead.
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139       For security bugs, please contact me directly at me@the-compiler.org,
140       GPG ID 0xFD55A072.
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143       This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
144       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
145       Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
146       option) any later version.
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148       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
149       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
150       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
151       General Public License for more details.
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153       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
154       with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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RESOURCES

157       •   Website: https://www.qutebrowser.org/
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159       •   Mailinglist: qutebrowser@lists.qutebrowser.org /
160           https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/qutebrowser
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162       •   Announce-only mailinglist:
163           qutebrowser-announce@lists.qutebrowser.org /
164           https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/qutebrowser-announce
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166       •   IRC: #qutebrowser on Libera Chat (webchat, via Matrix)
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168       •   Github: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser
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AUTHOR

171       qutebrowser was written by Florian Bruhin. All contributors can be
172       found in the README file distributed with qutebrowser.
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