---
name: "chirpw"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "chirp"
version: "1:20250502-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/chirpw"
---

# chirpw(1)

A tool for programming two-way radio equipment

## NAME

chirpw - A tool for programming two-way radio equipment

## SYNOPSIS

**chirpw** \[-h\] \[--module module\] \[--version\] \[--profile\] \[--onlydriver ONLYDRIVER \[ONLYDRIVER ...\]\] \[--inspect\] \[--page PAGE\] \[--action {upload,download,query\_rr,query\_mg,query\_rb,query\_dm,new}\] \[--restore\] \[--force-language FORCE\_LANGUAGE\] \[--no-linux-gdk-backend\] \[--install-desktop-app\] \[-q\] \[-v\] \[--log LOG\_FILE\] \[--log-level LOG\_LEVEL\] \[file ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **chirpw** command.

**chirpw** is a tool for programming two-way radio equipment It provides a generic user interface to the programming data and process that can drive many radio models under the hood.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`--'). A summary of options is included below.

- **--help**

  Show summary of options.

### positional arguments:

- file

  File to open

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show summary of options

- **--module** module

  Load module on startup

- **--version**

  Print version and exit

- **--profile**

  Enable profiling

- **--onlydriver** ONLYDRIVER \[ONLYDRIVER ...\]

  Include this driver while loading

- **--inspect**

  Show wxPython inspector

- **--page** PAGE

  Select this page of the default editor at start

- **--action** {upload,download,query\_rr,query\_mg,query\_rb,query\_dm,new}

  Start UI action immediately

- **--restore**

  Restore previous tabs

- **--force-language** FORCE\_LANGUAGE

  Force locale to this ISO language code

- **--no-linux-gdk-backend**

  Do not force GDK\_BACKEND=x11

- **--install-desktop-app**

  Prompt to install a desktop icon

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Decrease verbosity

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Increase verbosity

- **--log** LOG\_FILE

  Log messages to a file

- **--log-level** LOG\_LEVEL

  Log file verbosity (critical, error, warn, info, debug). Defaults to 'debug'.

## AUTHOR

chirpw was written by Dan Smith.

This manual page was written using help2man for the Debian project (and may be used by others).