Command Line Interface

Bring the power of controlling your lighting peripherals to scripts or when you’re lurking in the terminal.

Also available as a manual:

man polychromatic-cli

Device Selection

Use the following arguments to select the devices to read/set changes to. Omitting these arguments selects all devices.

-d, --device <ID>
   Select the device by form factor. If omitted, use all devices.

   •   accessory
   •   display
   •   fan
   •   gpu
   •   headset
   •   keyboard
   •   keypad
   •   laptop
   •   mouse
   •   mousemat
   •   ram
   •   speaker
   •   stand

-n, --name <NAME>
   Select a device by its full name, such as "Razer BlackWidow Chroma"

-s, --serial <SERIAL>
   Select a device by its serial string.

Device Information

-l, --list-devices
   List the selected device(s) and their zone(s)

-k, --list-options
   List supported parameters and current settings in a table.

Device Operation

-z, --zone <ID>
   Make a change to the specified zone. Some hardware have multiple lighting
   regions. When omitted, all zones will be selected.

-o, --option <ID>
   Set an option on the device. For example, "static"

   Some options require a --parameter and/or --colour, see below.

-p, --parameter <ID>
   Set a parameter for the specified option if applicable. For example, for a
   wave effect, use "right" or its numerical value (1).

   Numerical values are useful when setting multiple devices simultaneously
   that do not share the same ID, such as a mouse's wave is "up" (1) or
   "down" (2) instead of "right" (1) and "left" (2).

-c, --colours <#RRGGBB>[,#RRGGBB...]
   Set a colour for the specified option if applicable.

   The input only accepts 6 byte hexadecimal values, such as #00FF00.
   The hash must be escaped or wrapped in quotes to avoid being interpreted
   as a comment by your shell. Alternately, the hash can be omitted.

   Multiple colours may be specified using a comma.

-e, --effect <NAME/PATH>
   Plays a custom software effect by its name or an absolute path to the file.

   Not to be confused with an --option for hardware effects, see above.

--dpi <X>[,Y]
   Sets the DPI (dots per inch) of a mouse. The axis can be set independently,
   otherwise the same value will be used for both X/Y.

   DPI is responsible for the speed of the mouse cursor.

Miscellaneous

-h, --help
   Shows the help information.

-v, --verbose
   Prints more details about the application's operation.

--version
   Prints version information:
       •   Software version
       •   Commit hash (when run from the repository directory)
       •   Internal save data revision
       •   Python version

--no-pretty-column
   Disables the pretty column function of the program. This may be required
   for compatibility with specific terminals and consoles.

--locale [lang]
   Force the application to display in a specific locale. For example, "fr_FR"
   or "nl".