libinput-analyze(1)

libinput-analyze1

Analyze device data

Usage

libinput analyze [--help] <feature> [<args>]

Overview

The libinput analyze tool analyzes device data. Depending on what is to be analyzed, this tool may not create a libinput context.

This is a debugging tool only, its output may change at any time. Do not rely on the output.

This tool may need to be run as root to have access to the /dev/input/eventX nodes.

Options

--help

Print help

Features

Features that can be analyzed include

libinput-analyze-buttons(1)

analyze the button states of a recording

libinput-analyze-per-slot-delta(1)

analyze the delta per event per slot

libinput-analyze-recording(1)

analyze a recording made with libinput-record(1)

libinput-analyze-touch-down-state(1)

analyze the state of each touch in a recording

Libinput

Part of the libinput(1) suite

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From libinput-tools 1.32.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.