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gnome-service-client(1)

gnome-service-client1

Gnome service client

Usage

gnome-service-client [option ...] -- COMMAND

Overview

gnome-service-client provides a way to spawn a Wayland client and optionally set a default window tag for all its windows.

It requires a compositor that supports the org.gnome.Mutter.ServiceChannel D-Bus API, such as GNOME Shell or GNOME Kiosk.

Options

--help, -h

Show a help message and exit.

--tag, -t

Optionally specifies the tag to set for all windows of the client.

Examples

Start the client "gnome-calculator" without any tag

gnome-service-client -- gnome-calculator

Start the client "gnome-tour" with the tag "demo"

gnome-service-client -t demo -- gnome-tour

Additional information

For further information, visit the website <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/blob/main/README.md>.

Bugs

The bug tracker can be reached by visiting the website <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues>. Before sending a bug report, please verify that you have the latest version of gnome-shell. Many bugs (major and minor) are fixed at each release, and if yours is out of date, the problem may already have been solved.

From mutter 51.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by mutter49. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.