backdown app

backdown app [OPTIONS]

Options#

--no-window

Only make sure the background service runs (for starting at login).

--print

Print the browser command instead of running it.

--browser <BROWSER>

A Chromium-family browser to use (default: Chrome, Chromium, Edge or Brave, whichever is installed; else your default browser). Also read from $BACKDOWN_BROWSER.

Also takes the global options --db and --local.

Good to know#

Finds the running background service (yours, or on Linux the machine-wide one) or starts one: the installed service if there is one, else a daemon of its own, logging to daemon.log in your data folder. The window is Chrome, Chromium, Edge or Brave in app mode, with a profile of its own (app-window in your data folder) that remembers its size and place; without one, a tab in your default browser. It opens with a one-time code, so the session token never goes on a command line. If BackDown's window is open already, it's brought forward.

Examples#

backdown app
# only make sure the background service runs (for starting at login)
backdown app --no-window
# a particular Chromium-family browser
backdown app --browser /usr/bin/chromium

See also#

• Getting started
• Settings, updates and licences