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HOWL(1) General Commands Manual HOWL(1)

howlsmall and extensible Wayland compositor

howl [-hv] [-c path]

howl is a small Wayland compositor that is controlled externally by its client program howlc(1). The options are as follows:

Print a help message describing the usage of the program.
Print the program version.
path
Specify the path from which the autostart file will be executed.

howlc(1)

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howl and howlc are maintained at https://git.sr.ht/~wf/howl.

August 7, 2026