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Command-line tools
Aurora's own programs and helpers
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
aurora-ai | Aurora AI from the terminal (the ask and why helpers use it). |
aurora-assistant | The Aurora Assistant. --focus, --ask TEXT, --file PATH [--summarize], --writing. |
aurora-autostart | Starts the apps registered in XDG autostart, honoring OnlyShowIn, NotShowIn, Hidden and TryExec. |
aurora-clipboard | Clipboard history store (fed by wl-paste --watch). |
aurora-devhub | Dev Hub. |
aurora-files | Files. Takes folders or locations (aurora-files ~/Downloads, aurora-files smb://nas/share). |
aurora-gamehub | Game Hub. |
aurora-greeter | The login screen (run by greetd). |
aurora-idle | Screen blanking, locking and suspend on inactivity (started by the session). |
aurora-idle-suspend | Suspends on inactivity when allowed (battery or plugged in). |
aurora-input-methods | |
aurora-installer | Opens the installer in the live session. |
aurora-lock | Lock the screen. |
aurora-look | Writes the GTK stylesheet imports for the chosen window style. |
aurora-quicklook | Quick Look a file: aurora-quicklook FILE. |
aurora-session | Starts a desktop session (used by the login screen): Aurora (Wayfire) or Aurora Compatibility (labwc). |
aurora-settings | Settings. --page NAME opens a page (for example display, storage). |
aurora-shell | The desktop shell: top bar, dock, desktop, Spotlight, notifications. With a command, talks to the running shell (see Shell commands). |
aurora-taskmanager | Task Manager. |
aurora-wayfire-config | Renders ~/.config/aurora/wayfire.ini from your settings. |
aurora-welcome | The first-run tour. |
ask | Ask Aurora AI for a command: ask "find big files"; it runs the command only if you answer y. |
why | Explain an error: make 2>&1 | why. |
portop | Which process holds a port, and stop it with one key. |
pkgtui | Search, install, remove and upgrade apt, Flatpak and Snap packages in one terminal UI. |
Administrator helper
/usr/libexec/aurora-admin is the one audited program that performs privileged actions for Settings (firewall rules, the login manager's automatic login, the battery limit…), through polkit, which asks for the administrator password.