---
name: "wikicurses"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wikicurses"
version: "1.4-12"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wikicurses"
---

# wikicurses(1)

curses interface for MediaWiki

## NAME

wikicurses - curses interface for MediaWiki

## SYNOPSIS

wikicurses \[-h\] \[--wiki WIKI\] \[-d \| -f \| -p\] \[search\]

## CONTROLS

### General

j or down

Scroll down

k or up

Scroll up

^b or pagedown

Scroll down one page

^f or pageup

Scroll up one page

g or home

Scroll to top

G or end

Scroll to bottom

### Pager

c

Open table of contents

o

Open search box

q or :q\[uit\]

Exit

:bmark

Bookmark page

:bmarks

Open bookmarks

:links

Open list of internal links in page

:iwlinks

Open list of interwiki links in page

:extlinks

Open list of external links in page to open in browser

:langs

Open list of languages the article is available in

:wikis

Open list of configured wikis, see [**wikicurses.conf**(5)](/wikicurses.conf/5.md)

:feeds

Open a list of featured feeds on the current wiki

:clearcache

Clears the cache; exiting the program has an equivalent effect

:edit

Edit wiki page (opens in $EDITOR)

:help

Display man page

:back, h, or left

Go backward in history

:forward, l, or right

Go forward in history

:random

Go to a random page

/

Search page and highlight matching text. Supports regular expressions.

### Bookmarks Menu

x or delete

Delete selected bookmark

u

Undo deletion

### Search

tab

Tab completion for page title

## OPTIONS

- **-h,** --help

  Display help message

- **-w,** --wiki \<wiki\>

  Url or name of wiki to use

- **-f,** --feed \<name\>

  view featured feed

- \--dumpcolors

  write current color settings to config file

## COLOR SETTINGS

To use colors other than the defaults, you need a file called ~/.config/wikicurses/colors.  To create this file with the current color settings, run wikicurses --dumpcolors.  This is a configuration file containing various things that can be colored.  Each has allows setting display settings (bold, underline, or standout), foreground color, background color, and text alignment.  Multiple settings can be set by separating with spaces.  The color options are the same as in urwid (see http://urwid.org/manual/displayattributes.html).

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

HOME, XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME

Determines where to look for and store configuration files.

EDITOR

The name of the command to use as a text editor, defaulting to vim.

BROWSER

The name of the command to use as a web browser, defaulting to lynx.

## EXAMPLES

wikicurses Wiki

Look up "Wiki" on the default wiki

wikicurses -w ArchWiki Dwm

Look up "Dwm" on the Archlinux Wiki, where "ArchWiki" is configured in [**wikicurses.conf**(5)](/wikicurses.conf/5.md)

wikicurses -w http://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php penguin

Look up "penguin" on Wiktionary

wikicurses -f potd

Open "potd" (Picture of the Day) feed

## SEE ALSO

[**wikicurses.conf**(5)](/wikicurses.conf/5.md)

## BUGS

https://github.com/ids1024/wikicurses/issues