pw-dump(1)

pw-dump1

The pipewire state dumper

Usage

pw-dump [options]

Overview

The pw-dump program produces a representation of the current PipeWire state as JSON, including the information on nodes, devices, modules, ports, and other objects.

Options

-h | --help

Show help.

-r | --remote=NAME

The name of the remote instance to dump. If left unspecified, a connection is made to the default PipeWire instance.

-m | --monitor

Monitor PipeWire state changes, and output JSON arrays describing changes.

-N | --no-colors

Disable color output.

-C | --color=WHEN

Whether to enable color support. WHEN is never, always, or auto.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Authors

The PipeWire Developers <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>; PipeWire is available from <https://pipewire.org>

From pipewire 1:1.6.10-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.