swww-daemon(1)

NAME
swww-daemon

SYNOPSIS
swww-daemon [-q|--quiet] [-f|--format <xrgb|xbgr|rgb|bgr>] [--no-cache]

OPTIONS

-f,--format <xrgb|xbgr|rgb|bgr>
    Force the daemon to use a specific wl_shm format.

    IMPORTANT: make sure this is a value your compositor actually supports! 'swww-daemon' will automatically select the best format for itself during initialization; this is only here for fallback, debug, and workaround purposes.

-l,--layer <background|bottom>
    Which layer to display the background in. Defaults to `background`.

    We do not accept layers `top` and `overlay` because those would make your desktoop unusable by simply putting an image on top of everything else. If there is ever a use case for these, we can reconsider it.

--no-cache
    Don't search the cache for the last wallpaper for each output. Useful if you always want to select which image 'swww' loads manually using 'swww img'

-q,--quiet
    Makes the daemon only log errors.

-h, --help
    Print help (see a summary with '-h')

-V, --version
    Print version

DESCRIPTION

The swww-daemon will run continuously, waiting for commands in ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/swww-${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}.socket (or /tmp/swww/swww-${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}.socket, if $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set). The daemon will take care of both creating and deleting that file when it is initialized or killed.

SEE ALSO
swww(1)