kanshictl(1) General Commands Manual kanshictl(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

kanshictl - control the kanshi daemon remotely

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**kanshictl** \[options...] \[command]

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**-h, --help**

Show help message and quit.

# [COMMANDS](#COMMANDS)

**reload**

Reload the config file.

**switch** <profile>

Switch to a different profile.

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

Maintained by Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>, who is assisted by other open-source contributors. For more information about kanshi development, see <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/kanshi>.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**kanshi**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/kanshi/kanshi.1)

2026-10-16

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Document: kanshictl(1) from kanshi 1.8.0-r0 (Chainguard OS)