---
name: "pd-gui"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "puredata-gui"
version: "0.55.2+ds-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pd-gui"
---

# pd-gui(1)

User Interface for Pure Data

## NAME

pd-gui - User Interface for Pure Data

## SYNOPSIS

**pd-gui**

**pd-gui** server:port

## DESCRIPTION

Pure Data (Pd) is a graphical programming environment for real-time audio synthesis and related applications.

This is the graphical user interface for Pd, that communicates with Pd via a network socket. Normally, Pd will automatically start this user interface for you. However, if you want to run Pd and pd-gui on different machines, you will have to launch the GUI manually.

If you specify *server:port*, pd-gui will try to connect to Pd running on the remote *server* and listening on *port*.

If you do not specify anything, pd-gui will simply launch Pd for you.

## SEE ALSO

[pd(1)](/pd/1.md)

This manpage was written by IOhannes m zmoelnig \<zmoelnig@iem.at\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).