footclient(1) General Commands Manual footclient(1) (NAME) footclient - foot (SYNOPSIS) footclient [OPTIONS] footclient [OPTIONS] [COMMAND OPTIONS] ( ) ( ) . (DESCRIPTION) footclient foot(1) --server . ( foot) . footclient . (OPTIONS) -t,--term=TERM TERM ( TERMINFO (ENVIRONMENT) ). : foot. -T,--title=TITLE . : foot. -a,--app-id=ID app-id . : foot ( ) footclient ( ). --class=ID --app-id. toplevel-tag=TAG toplevel-tag . . : -w,--window-size-pixels=WIDTHxHEIGHT . : 700x500. -W,--window-size-chars=WIDTHxHEIGHT . : . -m,--maximized (maximized). --maximized --fullscreen . -F,--fullscreen (fullscreen). --maximized --fullscreen . -L,--login-shell (login shell) '-' argv[0]. -D,--working-directory=DIR . : footclient. -s,--server-socket=PATH PATH $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/foot-$WAYLAND_DISPLAY.sock. -H,--hold . -N,--no-wait . -o,--override=[SECTION.]KEY=VALUE . SECTION main . -E,--client-environment footclient . foot . TERM footclient. -d,--log-level={info,warning,error,none} (log) stderr syslog . : warning. -l,--log-colorize=[{never,always,auto}] stderr. -v,--version -e xterm -e. foot(1) . (EXIT STATUS) footclient ( ) 220 . -N,--no-wait foot footclient 0 . footclient 230 . foot . ( ) . (TERMINFO) terminfo TERM ( foot) . Foot terminfo : foot foot-direct foot . foot foot-direct . ( ) . terminfo foot RGB . foot ( ). terminfo *-direct ncurses . terminfo *-direct Emacs . foot foot-direct xterm-256color . terminfo foot . terminfo . terminfo foot terminfo foot foot foot-direct ~/.terminfo/f/ . (ENVIRONMENT) footclient XDG_RUNTIME_DIR PATH --server-socket ( ). WAYLAND_DISPLAY PATH --server-socket ( ). PATH footclient : $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/foot-$WAYLAND_DISPLAY.sock $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/foot.sock /tmp/foot.sock. TERM terminfo/termcap. . --term term foot.ini(5) . COLORTERM truecolor RGB . PWD ( foot). SHELL ( /etc/shells ). foot.ini(5) . TERM_PROGRAM TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION . (unset) foot . foot.ini(5) . (SIGNALS) footclient : o SIGUSR1: ([colors-dark]). o SIGUSR2: ([colors-light]). SIGUSR1/SIGUSR2 footclient . SIGUSR1/SIGUSR2 . : footclient --no-wait . (SEE ALSO) foot(1) 2026-09-03 footclient(1)