NAME

       qutebrowser - a keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. It’s based on Python and Qt
       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).

   options
       -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.

       --qt-wrapper {PyQt6,PyQt5}
           Which Qt wrapper to use. This can also be set via the QUTE_QT_WRAPPER environment
           variable. If both are set, the command line argument takes precedence.

       --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-6/qguiapplication.html#desktopFileName-prop

       --untrusted-args
           Mark all following arguments as untrusted, which enforces that they are URLs/search
           terms (and not flags or commands)

   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

       •   ~/.config/qutebrowser/config.py: Configuration file.

       •   ~/.config/qutebrowser/autoconfig.yml: Configuration done via the GUI.

       •   ~/.config/qutebrowser/quickmarks: Saved quickmarks.

       •   ~/.local/share/qutebrowser/: Various state information.

       •   ~/.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 security@qutebrowser.org (or if GPG encryption is
       desired, contact me@the-compiler.org with GPG ID 0x916EB0C8FD55A072).

       Alternatively, report a vulnerability via GitHub’s private reporting feature.

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

       •   Website: https://www.qutebrowser.org/

       •   Mailinglist: qutebrowser@lists.qutebrowser.org /
           https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/qutebrowser

       •   Announce-only mailinglist: qutebrowser-announce@lists.qutebrowser.org /
           https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/qutebrowser-announce

       •   IRC: #qutebrowser on Libera Chat (webchat, via Matrix)

       •   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.