---
name: "holdingnuts"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "holdingnuts"
version: "0.0.5-4"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/holdingnuts"
---

# holdingnuts(6)

a poker client and server

## NAME

HoldingNuts - a poker client and server

## SYNOPSIS

**holdingnuts \[-c** *config-dir* **\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**HoldingNuts** is an open source multi-platform poker client and server.

You can play the popular Texas Hold'em variant with people all over the world,  meet your friends, run your own games and even setup your own poker-network.

This is the client part which is used to connect to a running instance of the [**holdingnuts-server**(6)](/holdingnuts-server/6.md) game-server.

## OPTIONS

- \-c config-dir

  Use an alternate *config-dir* instead of the default *~/.holdingnuts*.

## FILES

*~/.holdingnuts/client.cfg*

The default client configuration file.

*~/.holdingnuts/client.log*

The default client log file.

## WWW

The project webpage: **http://www.holdingnuts.net/**

The project wiki: **http://wiki.holdingnuts.net/**

The online manual: **http://wiki.holdingnuts.net/manual**

## AUTHOR

Dominik Geyer \<dominik.geyer@holdingnuts.net\> is the main author, but the whole list of contributors is found at

**http://www.holdingnuts.net/about**

## SEE ALSO

[**holdingnuts-server**(6)](/holdingnuts-server/6.md)