hyprland-wiki/pages/Configuring/Environment-variables.md

You can use the `env` keyword to set environment variables prior to the initialization of
the Display Server, e.g.:
```ini
env = GTK_THEME,Nord
```

{{< hint type=important >}}
Hyprland puts the raw string to the envvar with the `env` keyword. You should _not_ add quotes around the values.

e.g.:
```ini
env = QT_QPA_PLATFORM,wayland
```

and ***NOT***
```ini
env = QT_QPA_PLATFORM,"wayland"
```
{{< /hint >}}

Please avoid putting those environment variables in /etc/environment. That will cause all
sessions (including Xorg ones) to pick up your wayland-specific environment on traditional
Linux distros.

# XDG Specifications

- `XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Hyprland`
- `XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland`
- `XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=Hyprland`

XDG specific environment variables are often detected through portals and applications that may
set those for you, however it is not a bad idea to set them explicitly.

# QT Variables

- `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1` - [(From the QT documentation)](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/highdpi.html)
enables automatic scaling, based on the monitor's pixel density
- `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland;xcb` - Tell QT applications to use the Wayland backend, and fall back to x11 if Wayland is unavailable
- `QT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_WINDOWDECORATION=1` - Disables window decorations on QT applications
- `QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct` - Tells QT based applications to pick your theme from qt5ct, use with Kvantum.

# NVIDIA Specific

To force GBM as a backend, set the following environment variables:

- `GBM_BACKEND=nvidia-drm`
- `__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia`

> See [Archwiki Wayland Page](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland#Requirements) for more details on those variables.

- `LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia` - Hardware acceleration on NVIDIA GPUs

> See [Archwiki Hardware Acecleration Page](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration)
> for details and necessary values before setting this variable.

- `__GL_GSYNC_ALLOWED` - Controls if G-Sync capable monitors should use Variable Refresh Rate (VRR)

> See [Nvidia Documentation](https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-32bit-ARM/375.26/README/openglenvvariables.html) for details.

- `__GL_VRR_ALLOWED` - Controls if Adaptive Sync should be used. Recommended to set as "0" to avoid having problems on some games.

- `WLR_DRM_NO_ATOMIC=1` - use legacy DRM interface instead of atomic mode setting. Might fix flickering issues.

# Toolkit Backend Variables

- `SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland` - Run SDL2 applications on Wayland. Remove or set to x11 if games that provide older versions of SDL cause
  compatibility issues
- `_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1` - Fix possibly broken Java applications. Set to 1 until Wakefield is available.
- `CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland` - Clutter package already has wayland enabled, this variable will force Clutter applications
  to try and use the Wayland backend

- `GDK_BACKEND` - Force backend for wayland-enabled GTK3 and GTK4 backends. Available options are "wayland" or "x11". If GTK XWayland
  applications cause issues when set to "wayland", try "wayland,x11"

# Theming Related Variables

- `GTK_THEME` - Set a GTK theme manually, for those who want to avoid appearance tools such as lxappearance or nwg-look
- `XCURSOR_THEME` - Set your cursor theme. The theme needs to be installed and readable by your user.
- `XCURSOR_SIZE` - Set cursor size. See [here](../../FAQ/) for why you might want this variable set.