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UTOX(1) General Commands Manual UTOX(1) NAME A<micro>Tox - Lightweight Tox client SYNOPSIS usage: utox [--portable] [--theme <THEME>] [--set=<start-on-boot|show-win- dow|hide-window>] [--allow-root] or: utox --version or: utox --help DESCRIPTION A<micro>Tox is a free software lighweight X.org graphical Tox client. A<micro>Tox can be used for: * 1-to-1 text IM * group IM * audio calls * video calls * group audio calls * desktop sharing * file transfers OPTIONS -t <THEME> or --theme <THEME> Choose a color scheme. Possible options are default, dark, light, highcontrast, zenburn, solarized-light, or solarized-dark. -p or --portable Run in portable mode. All data will be saved to the tox folder in the current working directory, see FILES for more details. --allow-root Allow running A<micro>Tox as root. Default is to refuse. -s <OPTION> or --set <OPTION> Set an option. The available options are "start-on-boot", "show-win- dow" and "hide-window". -u <OPTION> or --unset <OPTION> Unset an option. The available option is "start-on-boot". -v or --verbose Increase debug output level. Multiple -v options increase the ver- bosity. The maximum is 6. --silent Set the verbosity level to 0, disable all debugging output. --debug <FILE> Write all debug output to the specified file. -h or --help Print a short description of available options. --version Print the version and exit. KEYBINDINGS Ctrl+F Toggle friend list online status filter. Ctrl+f Focus on friend list search input field. Ctrl+[num], Alt+[num] Switch to chat [num]. Ctrl+Pg{Up,Down} Move up or down in the friend list. Ctrl+Pg{Home,End} Move to first or last friend in the friend list. Esc Unfocus message input field. When unfocused, pressing any key will focus on it again. Pg{Up,Down} Scroll chat log up or down. This keybinding will only work when the message input field is unfocused. Home, End Scroll to top or bottom of chat log. This keybinding will only work when the message input field is unfocused. CHAT COMMANDS These commands can be used in the chat window. /alias <alias> Sets selected friend's alias to <alias>. It will be displayed in- stead of that friend's name. /invite <name> Invites <name> to the current groupchat. /sendfile <path> Sends a file located in <path> to the current friend. /topic <topic> Changes current groupchat's name/topic to <topic>. This command can also be used to edit the current topic by typing /topic and pressing the tab key. /me <action> Sends an message/action in the format <name> <action>, for example: Tox User says hi FILES All files listed below are located in $HOME/.config/tox. If A<micro>Tox is running in portable mode, their location will be ./tox. tox_save.tox tox_save.tox is the file that contains the public/private key pair, name, status and contacts. It's compatible with other Tox clients. utox_save utox_save is A<micro>Tox' binary config file, it contains settings such as language, proxy options, DPI or logging. avatarsThe avatars directory contains other contacts' avatars. Files are named after contacts' public keys (the first 64 characters of the ID). Tox_Auto_Accept Default directory for auto-accepted files in portable mode. [public key].txt Those are friends' chat logs. A<micro>Tox supports only 1v1 chat logging for now. [public key].fmetadata Friend metadata file, currently used for storing aliases. [public key][file number].ftoutfo Current outgoing file transfers' state. Used for resuming transfers across client restarts. CONTRIBUTORS Please see the list page: https://github.com/uTox/uTox/graphs/contributors BUGS Please report bugs on https://github.com/uTox/uTox/issues The source code for ^A<micro>Tox can be found at https://github.com/uTox/uTox A<micro>Tox 0.18.1 August 2026 UTOX(1)
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