tldr/pages/common/swayidle.md

# swayidle

> Idle management daemon for Wayland.
> Note: The configuration options are documented in its man page.
> More information: <https://github.com/swaywm/swayidle/blob/master/swayidle.1.scd>.

- Listen for idle activity using the configuration in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/swayidle/config` or `$HOME/swayidle/config`:

`swayidle`

- Specify an alternative path to the configuration file:

`swayidle -C {{path/to/file}}`
swayidle: add page (#11586) 2023-11-26 08:00:42 +01:00			`# swayidle`

			`> Idle management daemon for Wayland.`
*: capitalize the first letter after "Note:" (#16226) Co-authored-by: Machiavelli <145562237+MachiavelliII@users.noreply.github.com> 2025-05-04 05:15:17 +03:00			`> Note: The configuration options are documented in its man page.`
swayidle: add page (#11586) 2023-11-26 08:00:42 +01:00			`> More information: <https://github.com/swaywm/swayidle/blob/master/swayidle.1.scd>.`

			- Listen for idle activity using the configuration in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/swayidle/config` or `$HOME/swayidle/config`:

			`swayidle`

			`- Specify an alternative path to the configuration file:`

			`swayidle -C {{path/to/file}}`