---
name: "snixembed"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "snixembed"
version: "0.3.3-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/snixembed"
---

# snixembed(1)

proxy the StatusNotifierItem protocol to the XEmbed System Tray

## NAME

snixembed - proxy the StatusNotifierItem protocol to the XEmbed System Tray

## SYNOPSIS

**snixembed** \[**--fork**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The snixembed daemon proxies StatusNotifierItems as XEmbedded System Tray icons.

## OPTIONS

- **--fork**

  Set up in the foreground, then fork to background process.

  This can be used to avoid race conditions with applications that expect a StatusNotifierWatcher to be ready on startup. Start these applications only after snixembed --fork has completed.

## BUGS

Not all of the StatusNotifierItem specification is supported. Current support includes: mouse events, context menus, tooltips. There is also limited AppIndicator support.

## AUTHORS

Maintained by Steef Hegeman, who is assisted by other open source contributors.

More information and up-to-date sources can be found at https://git.sr.ht/~steef/snixembed.