---
name: "xkbcli-dump-keymap-x11"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libxkbcommon-x11"
version: "1.13.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xkbcli-dump-keymap-x11"
---

# xkbcli-dump-keymap-x11(1)

Debugger for XKB keyboard keymaps on X11

## NAME

**xkbcli-dump-keymap-x11** – Debugger for XKB keyboard keymaps on X11

## SYNOPSIS

**xkbcli-dump-keymap-x11** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**xkbcli-dump-keymap-x11** is a commandline tool to dump XKB keymaps from X servers.

This requires an X server to be running.

This is a debugging tool, its behavior or output is not guaranteed to be stable.

- **--format** *keymap\_format*

  Specify the keymap format (numeric or label, e.g. “v1”)

- **--no-pretty**

  Disable pretty-printing for keymap serialization.

- **--drop-unused**

  Disable unused bits serialization.

- **--help**

  Print help and exit

- **--verbose**

  Enable verbose debugging output

## SEE ALSO

[xkbcli(1)](/xkbcli/1.md), [xkbcli-interactive-x11(1)](/xkbcli-interactive-x11/1.md), [xkbcli-dump-keymap-wayland(1)](/xkbcli-dump-keymap-wayland/1.md), *The libxkbcommon online documentation:* **https://xkbcommon.org**