---
name: "zim"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "zim"
version: "0.25-1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/zim/1p"
---

# zim(1p)

A desktop wiki and outliner

## NAME

zim - A desktop wiki and outliner

## SYNOPSIS

**zim** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*NOTEBOOK* \[*PAGE*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Zim** is a desktop wiki writtin in perl using Gtk2.

Try to execute `"zim --doc"` to view the user manual.

## OPTIONS

- **--doc**

  Open the zim documentation.

- **-l**, **--list**

  Show the notebook dialog even if a default notebook is set.

- **--export** *OPTIONS*

  Export pages to another format. OPTIONS should at least contain 'dir' and 'format', and optionally 'template', and 'media'.

  Example:

  ```
          zim --export dir=./html,format=html ./Wiki
  ```

  This will export all pages in the notebook dir "./Wiki" to a dir "./html" using the html format.

- **-p**, **--profile** *NAME*

  Open using a certain profile. For example use `"-p reader"` to open a notebook read-only.

- **--pidfile** *FILE*

  Write the process id of to *FILE*.

- **--geometry** *W*x*H*\[+*X*+*Y*\]

  Set the size of the main window to *W*x*H* pixels and position the window at *X*,*Y*.

- **--gtk-path** *path*

  Set the path to the gtk+ libraries. Used on win32 when the system does not allow overloading the PATH environment variable.

- **--iconify**

  Start zim iconified. If the TrayIcon plugin is enabled this option will start zim in the system tray.

- **--quiet**

  Do not print any information to the terminal.

- **--daemon**

  Keep a daemon running to kick-start new instances even when no window is open.

- **--no-daemon**

  Do not start the daemon but just run in single process mode.

- **-V**, **--verbose**

  Print more verbose information to the terminal.

- **-D**, **--debug**

  Print developer information to the terminal.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Print version and copyright information and quit.

## AUTHOR

Jaap Karssenberg \<pardus@cpan.org\>

Copyright (c) 2005, 2008 Jaap G Karssenberg. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER- CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.

## SEE ALSO

Zim(3)