hyprctl Command Examples

Control parts of the Hyprland Wayland compositor. More information: https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Using-hyprctl.

• Reload Hyprland configuration:

hyprctl reload

• Return the active window name:

hyprctl activewindow

• List all connected input devices:

hyprctl devices

• List all outputs with respective properties:

hyprctl workspaces

• Call a dispatcher with an argument:

hyprctl dispatch exec {{app}}

• Set a configuration keyword dynamically:

hyprctl keyword {{keyword}} {{value}}

• Display version:

hyprctl version