---
name: "wayland-info"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wayland-utils"
version: "1.3.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wayland-info"
---

# wayland-info(1)

display information utility for Wayland

## NAME

wayland-info - display information utility for Wayland

## SYNOPSIS

**wayland-info** \[option ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**wayland-info** is a utility for displaying information about the Wayland protocols supported by a Wayland compositor.

It can be used to check which Wayland protocols and versions are advertised by the Wayland compositor.

**wayland-info** also provides additional information for a subset of Wayland protocols it knows about, namely Linux DMABUF, presentation time, tablet and XDG output protocols.

## OPTIONS

**wayland-info** accepts the following line options:

- **-h, --help**

  Print a summary of command line options, and quit.

- **-i, --interface *interface***

  Only print information about the Wayland globals containing the string *interface* in their name.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **WAYLAND\_DISPLAY**

  The name of the display (socket) of an already running Wayland server, without the path. The directory path is always taken from **XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR**. If **WAYLAND\_DISPLAY** is not set, the socket name is "wayland-0".

## SEE ALSO

[**weston**(1)](/weston/1.md)