NHEKO(1)

NAME
nheko - Desktop client for Matrix using Qt and C++17

SYNOPSIS

nheko [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

The motivation behind the project is to provide a native desktop app for Matrix that feels more like a mainstream chat app (Element, Telegram etc) and less like an IRC client.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    Displays help on commandline options.

--help-all
    Displays help including Qt specific options.

-v, --version
    Displays version information.

--debug
    Alias for --log-level trace.

-l, --log-level <level>
    Set the global log level, or a comma-separated list of <component>=<level> pairs, or both. For example, to set the default log level to warn but disable logging for the ui component, pass warn,ui=off.

    levels: trace debug info warning error critical off

    components: crypto db mtx net qml ui

    Log levels can also be set in the NHEKO_LOG_LEVEL environment variable, using the same syntax. It will be overridden by this command line option.

-L, --log-type <type>
    Set the log output type. A comma-separated list is allowed. The default is file,stderr.

    types: file stderr none

    The log type can also be set in the NHEKO_LOG_TYPE environment variable, which will be overridden by this command line option.

-p <profile>, --profile <profile>
    Creates a unique profile, which allows you to log into several accounts at the same time and start multiple instances of nheko. Use default to start with the default profile.

-C, --compact
    Allows shrinking the database, since LMDB databases don’t automatically shrink when data is deleted. Possibly allows some recovery on database corruption.

FAQ

  How do I add stickers and custom emojis?

Stickers and custom emojis are organized in image packs. There is one user image pack that only your account has access to and there are room image packs that are accessible by everyone in the room they are defined in. You can activate a room image pack globally to use it in any room.

To manage image packs in nheko, go to the room settings and enter the Sticker & Emote Settings. You will see the Private pack (your user image pack) and can edit it there. The Shortcode is a unique identifier you use to select the image with and the Body is the alternate text that is displayed on clients that don’t support images (like the alt tag in HTML images).

If you have the necessary permissions you can create new room packs with the button at the bottom of the image pack list. They are the same as the user pack but you can create as many as you want and everyone in the room can use them. It might be a good idea to create an extra room just for your image packs to make sharing easier.

COMPLETERS

Completers spawn a popup with completion candidates when you type them in the input line.

@
    Open username completer.

#
    Open room completer.

:
    Open the emoji picker. Unicode emoji are inserted directly. Custom emoji will insert the HTML code for them into the input line. You can configure custom emoji in the room settings.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

  Room list

Ctrl-Up/Ctrl-Down
    Navigate within the room list.

Ctrl-W
    Close the currently open room.

Ctrl-K
    Search and select rooms from the room list.

Alt-A, Ctrl-Shift-A
    Select next room with activity.

  Timeline/Messaging

PgUp/PgDn
    Scroll timeline per page.

Alt-Up/Alt-Down
    Reply to a message.

Up/Down
    Edit a message.

Ctrl-E
    Edit message currently selected as reply.

Alt-F
    Forward message currently selected as reply.

Ctrl-P/Ctrl-N
    Reenter previous/next message.

Ctrl-U
    Delete everything in the input line.

Ctrl-Left/Ctrl-Right
    Jump one word left/right in the input line.

Shift-Enter
    Insert line break.

Enter
    Submit message.

COMMANDS

Commands only work when they are used at the beginning of text.

  Custom messages

/me <message>
    Send a message as an emote, where your username is prefixed.

/react <text>
    Send a message as a reaction when you’re replying to a message.

/md <message>
    Force Markdown when sending the current message.

/cmark <message>
    Disables most of our extensions to cmark (CommonMark), including the newline-in-input = newline-in-output behaviour, strikethrough and spoilers. You may still force newlines with 2 spaces or a backslash before the line ending or insert HTML elements.

/plain <message>
    Force plain text when sending the current message.

/rainbow <message>
    Send a message in rainbow colors.

/rainbowme <message>
    Send a message as a rainbow-colored emote, where your username is prefixed.

/notice <message>
    Send a message as a notice.

/rainbownotice <notice>
    Send a message as a rainbow-colored notice.

  Room management

/join <roomname> [reason]
    Join a room. reason is optional.

/knock <roomname> [reason]
    Ask to join a room. reason is optional.

/part, /leave [reason]
    Leave the current room. reason is optional.

/invite <username> [reason]
    Invite a user into the current room. reason is optional.

/kick <username> [reason]
    Kick a user from the current room. reason is optional. You can alternatively kick the user you are replying to by leaving out the username.

/ban <username> [reason]
    Ban a user from the current room. reason is optional. You can alternatively ban the user you are replying to by leaving out the username.

/unban <username> [reason]
    Unban a user. reason is optional. You can alternatively unban the user you are replying to by leaving out the username.

/redact <username> [reason]
    Redacts all visible messages of the specified user. You will run into rate limits quickly.

/redact <eventid> [reason]
    Redacts a specific event. You can alternatively redact the event you are replying to by specifying neither an eventid nor username.

/roomnick <roomname>
    Change your nickname in a single room.

/glitch <message>
    Applies a glitch effect to the given message. Beware that this will break mentions, HTML, and some Markdown in your message.

/gradualglitch <message>
    Applies a progressively more severe glitch effect to the message. Again, this will break mentions, HTML, and some Markdown.

  Emoticons

/shrug [message]
    Inserts ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ followed by an optional message.

/fliptable
    Inserts (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

/unfliptable
    Inserts ┯━┯╭( º _ º╭)

/sovietflip
    Inserts ノ┬─┬ノ ︵ ( \\o°o)\\

  User management

/ignore <username>
    Ignore a user, invites from them are also rejected.

/unignore <username>
    Stops ignoring a user.

  Invite permission management

/blockinvites <username>|<roomid>|<servername>|all
    Block all invites either by default ("all") or from a specific user or server or to a specific room.

/allowinvites <username>|<roomid>|<servername>|all
    Allow all invites either by default ("all") or from a specific user or server or to a specific room.

  Advanced

/clear-timeline
    Removes all but the most recent messages from the currently rendered timeline and then refetches it from the server; can be used to fix some cache issues.

/reset-state
    Fetches all the state events in the current room again; can be used to fix some cache issues.

/rotate-megolm-session
    Rotates the encryption key used to send encrypted messages in a room.

/goto <address>
    address can be one of:

    <event ID>
        Jumps to event with the specified ID and highlights it.

    <message index>
        Jumps to the message with the specified index and highlights it.

    <Matrix URI>
        Handles Matrix URI as if you clicked on it.

/converttodm
    Converts a room to a direct conversation.

/converttoroom
    Converts a direct conversation to a normal room.

MARKDOWN EXTENSIONS

newline (\n)
    A single newline will be turned into <br> instead of a space.

~text~
    Make text strikethrough. HTML putput: <del>text</del>

||spoiler warning|text||
    Hide text and set an optional spoiler warning. Note that Nheko does not display the spoiler warning currently. HTML output: <span data-mx-spoiler="spoiler">text</span>

ENVIRONMENT

NHEKO_ALLOW_QML_DISK_CACHE
    Nheko by default disables the qml disk cache to prevent crashes. This allows you to reenable it at your own risk.

FILES

Configuration file
    ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/nheko/nheko.conf

Log file
    ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-~/.cache}/nheko/nheko/nheko.log

Database
    ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/nheko/nheko/*/data.mdb

Media cache
    ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-~/.cache}/nheko/nheko/media_cache

REPORTING BUGS

Please report issues on our bug tracker at https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/issues.