#include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include const std::string USAGE = R"#(usage: hyprctl [(opt)flags] [command] [(opt)args] commands: monitors workspaces clients activewindow layers devices binds dispatch keyword version kill splash hyprpaper reload setcursor getoption cursorpos switchxkblayout flags: -j -> output in JSON --batch -> execute a batch of commands, separated by ';' )#"; void request(std::string arg, int minArgs = 0) { const auto SERVERSOCKET = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0); const auto ARGS = std::count(arg.begin(), arg.end(), ' '); if (ARGS < minArgs) { std::cout << "Not enough arguments, expected at least " << minArgs; return; } if (SERVERSOCKET < 0) { std::cout << "Couldn't open a socket (1)"; return; } // get the instance signature auto instanceSig = getenv("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE"); if (!instanceSig) { std::cout << "HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE was not set! (Is Hyprland running?)"; return; } std::string instanceSigStr = std::string(instanceSig); sockaddr_un serverAddress = {0}; serverAddress.sun_family = AF_UNIX; std::string socketPath = "/tmp/hypr/" + instanceSigStr + "/.socket.sock"; strcpy(serverAddress.sun_path, socketPath.c_str()); if (connect(SERVERSOCKET, (sockaddr*)&serverAddress, SUN_LEN(&serverAddress)) < 0) { std::cout << "Couldn't connect to " << socketPath << ". (3)"; return; } auto sizeWritten = write(SERVERSOCKET, arg.c_str(), arg.length()); if (sizeWritten < 0) { std::cout << "Couldn't write (4)"; return; } std::string reply = ""; char buffer[8192] = {0}; sizeWritten = read(SERVERSOCKET, buffer, 8192); if (sizeWritten < 0) { std::cout << "Couldn't read (5)"; return; } reply += std::string(buffer, sizeWritten); while (sizeWritten == 8192) { sizeWritten = read(SERVERSOCKET, buffer, 8192); if (sizeWritten < 0) { std::cout << "Couldn't read (5)"; return; } reply += std::string(buffer, sizeWritten); } close(SERVERSOCKET); std::cout << reply; } void requestHyprpaper(std::string arg) { const auto SERVERSOCKET = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0); if (SERVERSOCKET < 0) { std::cout << "Couldn't open a socket (1)"; return; } // get the instance signature auto instanceSig = getenv("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE"); if (!instanceSig) { std::cout << "HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE was not set! (Is Hyprland running?)"; return; } std::string instanceSigStr = std::string(instanceSig); sockaddr_un serverAddress = {0}; serverAddress.sun_family = AF_UNIX; std::string socketPath = "/tmp/hypr/" + instanceSigStr + "/.hyprpaper.sock"; strcpy(serverAddress.sun_path, socketPath.c_str()); if (connect(SERVERSOCKET, (sockaddr*)&serverAddress, SUN_LEN(&serverAddress)) < 0) { std::cout << "Couldn't connect to " << socketPath << ". (3)"; return; } auto sizeWritten = write(SERVERSOCKET, arg.c_str(), arg.length()); if (sizeWritten < 0) { std::cout << "Couldn't write (4)"; return; } char buffer[8192] = {0}; sizeWritten = read(SERVERSOCKET, buffer, 8192); if (sizeWritten < 0) { std::cout << "Couldn't read (5)"; return; } close(SERVERSOCKET); std::cout << std::string(buffer); } int dispatchRequest(int argc, char** argv) { if (argc < 4) { std::cout << "Usage: hyprctl dispatch \n\ Execute a hyprland keybind dispatcher with the given argument"; return 1; } std::string rq = "/dispatch"; for (int i = 2; i < argc; i++) { if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) continue; rq += " " + std::string(argv[i]); } request(rq); return 0; } int keywordRequest(int argc, char** argv) { if (argc < 4) { std::cout << "Usage: hyprctl keyword \n\ Execute a hyprland keyword with the given argument"; return 1; } std::string rq = "/keyword"; for (int i = 2; i < argc; i++) rq += " " + std::string(argv[i]); request(rq); return 0; } int hyprpaperRequest(int argc, char** argv) { if (argc < 4) { std::cout << "Usage: hyprctl hyprpaper \n\ Execute a hyprpaper command with the given argument"; return 1; } std::string rq = std::string(argv[2]) + " " + std::string(argv[3]); requestHyprpaper(rq); return 0; } int setcursorRequest(int argc, char** argv) { if (argc < 4) { std::cout << "Usage: hyprctl setcursor \n\ Sets the cursor theme for everything except GTK and reloads the cursor"; return 1; } std::string rq = "setcursor " + std::string(argv[2]) + " " + std::string(argv[3]); request(rq); return 0; } int outputRequest(int argc, char** argv) { if (argc < 4) { std::cout << "Usage: hyprctl output \n\ creates / destroys a fake output\n\ with create, name is the backend name to use (available: auto, x11, wayland, headless)\n\ with destroy, name is the output name to destroy"; return 1; } std::string rq = "output " + std::string(argv[2]) + " " + std::string(argv[3]); request(rq); return 0; } void batchRequest(std::string arg) { std::string rq = "[[BATCH]]" + arg.substr(arg.find_first_of(" ") + 1); request(rq); } std::deque splitArgs(int argc, char** argv) { std::deque result; for (auto i = 1 /* skip the executable */; i < argc; ++i) result.push_back(std::string(argv[i])); return result; } bool isNumber(const std::string& str, bool allowfloat) { if (str.empty()) return false; return std::ranges::all_of(str.begin(), str.end(), [&](char c) { return isdigit(c) != 0 || c == '-' || (allowfloat && c == '.'); }); } int main(int argc, char** argv) { int bflag = 0, sflag = 0, index, c; bool parseArgs = true; if (argc < 2) { printf("%s\n", USAGE.c_str()); return 1; } std::string fullRequest = ""; std::string fullArgs = ""; const auto ARGS = splitArgs(argc, argv); for (auto i = 0; i < ARGS.size(); ++i) { if (ARGS[i] == "--") { // Stop parsing arguments after -- parseArgs = false; continue; } if (parseArgs && (ARGS[i][0] == '-') && !isNumber(ARGS[i], true) /* For stuff like -2 */) { // parse if (ARGS[i] == "-j" && !fullArgs.contains("j")) { fullArgs += "j"; } else if (ARGS[i] == "--batch") { fullRequest = "--batch "; } else { printf("%s\n", USAGE.c_str()); return 1; } continue; } fullRequest += ARGS[i] + " "; } if (fullRequest.empty()) { printf("%s\n", USAGE.c_str()); return 1; } fullRequest.pop_back(); // remove trailing space fullRequest = fullArgs + "/" + fullRequest; int exitStatus = 0; if (fullRequest.contains("/--batch")) batchRequest(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/monitors")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/clients")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/workspaces")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/activewindow")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/layers")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/version")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/kill")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/splash")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/devices")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/reload")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/getoption")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/binds")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/cursorpos")) request(fullRequest); else if (fullRequest.contains("/switchxkblayout")) request(fullRequest, 2); else if (fullRequest.contains("/seterror")) request(fullRequest, 1); else if (fullRequest.contains("/output")) exitStatus = outputRequest(argc, argv); else if (fullRequest.contains("/setcursor")) exitStatus = setcursorRequest(argc, argv); else if (fullRequest.contains("/dispatch")) exitStatus = dispatchRequest(argc, argv); else if (fullRequest.contains("/keyword")) exitStatus = keywordRequest(argc, argv); else if (fullRequest.contains("/hyprpaper")) exitStatus = hyprpaperRequest(argc, argv); else if (fullRequest.contains("/--help")) printf("%s", USAGE.c_str()); else { printf("%s\n", USAGE.c_str()); return 1; } printf("\n"); return exitStatus; }