---
name: "iwd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "iwd"
version: "3.12-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/iwd"
---

# iwd(8)

Internet wireless daemon

## Name

iwd - Internet wireless daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**iwd** \[*options* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

Daemon for managing Wireless devices on Linux.

The iNet Wireless Daemon (iwd) project aims to provide a comprehensive Wi-Fi connectivity solution for Linux based devices.  The core goal of the project is to optimize resource utilization: storage, runtime memory and link-time costs.  This is accomplished by not depending on any external libraries and utilizes features provided by the Linux Kernel to the maximum extent possible.  The result is a self-contained environment that only depends on the Linux Kernel and the runtime C library.

## OPTIONS

- **--version, -v**

  Show version number and exit.

- **--help, -h**

  Show help message and exit.

## ENVIRONMENT

*$STATE\_DIRECTORY* is used for network configuration files.  See *iwd.network* for details.

*$CONFIGURATION\_DIRECTORY* is used for daemon configuration settings.  Only the file **main.conf** is currently read from this directory.  See *iwd.config* for details.

See *iwd.debug* for further environment variables for debugging.

## SEE ALSO

[iwd.config(5)](/iwd.config/5.md), [iwd.network(5)](/iwd.network/5.md), [iwd.debug(7)](/iwd.debug/7.md), [iwctl(1)](/iwctl/1.md), [iwmon(1)](/iwmon/1.md), [hwsim(1)](/hwsim/1.md), [ead(8)](/ead/8.md), [systemd.exec(5)](/systemd.exec/5.md)

\<http://iwd.wiki.kernel.org\>

## Author

Marcel Holtmann \<marcel@holtmann.org\>, Denis Kenzior \<denkenz@gmail.com\>, Andrew Zaborowski \<andrew.zaborowski@intel.com\>, Tim Kourt \<tim.a.kourt@linux.intel.com\>, James Prestwood \<prestwoj@gmail.com\>

## Copyright

2013-2019 Intel Corporation