POWERLINE-DAEMON(1)                Powerline               POWERLINE-DAEMON(1)

NAME
       powerline-daemon - Daemon that improves powerline performance.

SYNOPSIS

          powerline-daemon [--quiet] [--socket=S] [--kill] [--foreground]
                           [--replace]

DESCRIPTION

       --quiet, -q
              Without other options: do not complain about already running
              powerline-daemon instance. Will still exit with 1. With --kill
              and --replace: do not show any messages. With --foreground:
              ignored. Does not silence exceptions in any case.

       --socket, -s S
              Specify socket which will be used for connecting to daemon.

       --kill, -k
              Kill an already running instance.

       --foreground, -f
              Run in the foreground (don't daemonize).

       --replace, -r
              Replace an already running instance.

       -h, --help
              Display help and exit.

AUTHOR
       Written by Kim Silkebaekken, Nikolay Pavlov, Kovid Goyal and
       contributors. The glyphs in the font patcher are created by Fabrizio
       Schiavi.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report powerline-daemon bugs to <https://github.com/powerline/
       powerline/issues>.

SEE ALSO
       powerline(1)

beta                           December 23, 2025           POWERLINE-DAEMON(1)