gsr-ui-cli(1)

gsr-ui-cli1

Command-line interface for gsr-ui

Usage

gsr-ui-cli command

Overview

gsr-ui-cli is the command-line application to control gsr-ui without using gsr-ui's own hotkeys.

Commands

--help, -h

Show help message.

toggle-show

Show/hide the UI.

toggle-record

Start/stop regular recording.

start-record

Start regular recording. Does nothing if recording is already running.

stop-record

Stop regular recording. Does nothing if recording is not running.

toggle-pause

Pause/unpause recording (only applies to regular recording).

toggle-record-region

Start/stop recording a region.

toggle-record-window

Start/stop recording a window (or desktop portal on Wayland).

toggle-stream

Start/stop streaming.

start-stream

Start streaming. Does nothing if streaming is already running.

stop-stream

Stop streaming. Does nothing if streaming is not running.

toggle-replay

Start/stop replay.

start-replay

Start replay. Does nothing if replay is already running.

stop-replay

Stop replay. Does nothing if replay is not running.

replay-save

Save the current replay.

replay-save-1-min

Save a replay of the last 1 minute.

replay-save-10-min

Save a replay of the last 10 minutes.

take-screenshot

Take a screenshot.

take-screenshot-region

Take a screenshot of a selected region.

take-screenshot-window

Take a screenshot of a window (or desktop portal on Wayland).

reload-config

Reloads the config.

status

Prints "running" and exits with 0 if gsr-ui is running, otherwise prints "not running" and exits with 1.

Examples

gsr-ui-cli toggle-show

Show or hide the main window.

gsr-ui-cli toggle-record

Start or stop screen recording.

Authors

This manual page was written by the Debian team.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to: [email protected] ⟨mailto:[email protected]⟩.
Please take a look at the FAQ part of the README before reporting a bug: https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder-ui/about.

From gpu-screen-recorder-ui 1.15.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.