---
name: "seatd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "seatd"
version: "0.9.3-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/seatd"
---

# seatd(1)

A seat management daemon

## NAME

seatd - A seat management daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**seatd** \[options\]

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Show help message and quit.

- **-n \<fd\>**

  FD to notify readiness on. A single newline will be written and the fd closed when seatd is ready to serve requests. This is compatible with s6's notification protocol.

- **-u \<user\>**

  User to own the seatd socket.

- **-g \<group\>**

  Group to own the seatd socket.

- **-l \<loglevel\>**

  Log-level to use. Must be one of debug, info, error or silent. Defaults to error.

- **-v**

  Show the version number and quit.

## DESCRIPTION

seatd provides central seat management, mediating access to shared resources such as displays and input devices in a multi-session, multi-seat environment.

seatd operates over a UNIX domain socket, with **libseat** providing the client-side of the protocol.

The location of the socket for seatd is set at compile-time.

## ENVIRONMENT

**SEATD\_VTBOUND**

If set to "0", the seat will not be bound to a VT.

## SEE ALSO

The libseat library, **\<libseat.h\>**, [**seatd-launch**(1)](/seatd-launch/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Maintained by Kenny Levinsen \<contact@kl.wtf\>, who is assisted by other open-source contributors. For more information about seatd development, see https://sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd.