Commands
This page only applies to gomuks legacy.
General
/help- View command list./quit- Close gomuks./clearcache- Clear room state and close gomuks./logout- Log out, clear caches and go back to the login view./fingerprint- Shows the Device ID and fingerprint, allowing verification of the session./copy [register]- Copy the selected message to the specified clipboard register (defaults toclipboard)./toggle <thing>- Toggle user preferences.rooms- Room list sidebar.users- User list sidebar.baremessages- Bare message mode where the sender name is inline with the messages.images- Text image rendering.typingnotif- Outgoing typing notifications.emojis-:emoji:conversion when sending messages.html- HTML input.markdown- Markdown input.downloads- Automatic downloads (this will also preventimagesfrom working).notifications- Desktop notifications.unverified- Sending (e2ee keys for) messages to unverified devices. You need to restart gomuks for this setting to take effect.inlineurls- Inline URLs in text. May not be supported in all terminals. You need to restart gomuks for this setting to take effect.
Media
Tab-completing file paths is supported in all these commands.
/download [path]- Downloads file from selected message. If path is not specified, it defaults to<download_dir>/<message.body>.download_dirdefaults to$HOME/Downloads./open [path]- Download file from selected message and open it withxdg-open. If path is not specified, the file will be downloaded to the media cache./upload <path>- Upload the file at the given path to the current room. Note that to include audio/video file metadata (dimensions and duration), you must haveffprobeinstalled.
Sending special messages
/me <text>- Send an emote./notice <text>- Send a notice (generally used for bot messages)./rainbow <text>- Send rainbow text./rainbowme <text>- Send rainbow text in an emote./rainbownotice <text>- Send rainbow text in am.noticemessage./reply [text]- Reply to the selected message. If text is not specified, the next message will be used./react <reaction>- React to the selected message./redact [reason]- Redact (delete) the selected message./edit- Edit the selected message.
Encryption
These commands support tab-completing file paths and user/device IDs using the displaynames of users/devices.
Accepting incoming interactive verification requests is not yet supported, only
outgoing requests via /verify work.
/fingerprint- View the fingerprint of your device (for legacy/non-interactive verification)./devices <user id>- View the device list of a user./device <user id> <device id>- Show info about a specific device./unverify <user id> <device id>- Un-verify a device./blacklist <user id> <device id>- Blacklist a device. Message keys are never sent to blacklisted devices./verify <user id> <device id> [fingerprint]- Verify a device. If the fingerprint is not provided, interactive emoji verification will be started./export <path>- Export all message decryption keys to the given path./export-room <path>- Export message decryption keys for the current room to the given path./import <path>- Import message decryption keys from the given path./cross-signing <subcommand> [...]- Cross-signing commands. Somewhat experimental. (alias:/cs).status- Check the status of your own cross-signing keys.generate [--force]- Generate and upload new cross-signing keys. This will prompt you to enter your account password. If you already have existing keys,--forceis required.self-sign- Sign the current device with cached cross-signing keys. (or in other words, verify the current device).fetch [--save-to-disk]- Fetch your cross-signing keys from SSSS and decrypt them. If--save-to-diskis specified, the keys are saved to disk.upload- Upload your cross-signing keys to SSSS.
/ssss <subcommand> [...]- Secure Secret Storage (and Sharing) commands. Very experimental.status [key ID]- Check the status of your SSSS.generate [--set-default]- Generate a SSSS key and optionally set it as the default.set-default <key ID>- Set a SSSS key as the default.
Rooms
Creating
/pm <user id> [...]- Start a private chat with the given user(s)./create [room name]- Create a new room.
Joining
/join <room> [server]- Join the room with the given room ID or alias, optionally through the given server./accept(in a room you're invited to) - Accept the invite./reject(in a room you're invited to) - Reject the invite.
Existing
/invite <user id>- Invite the given user ID to the room./roomnick <name>- Change your per-room displayname./tag <tag> <priority>- Add the room to<tag>.<tag>should start withu.and<priority>should be a float between 0 and 1. Rooms are sorted in ascending priority order./untag <tag>- Remove the room from<tag>./tags- List the tags the room is in./powerlevel [thing] [level]- View or change power levels in rooms.
Leaving
/leave- Leave the current room./kick <user id> [reason]- Kick a user./ban <user id> [reason]- Ban a user./unban <user id>- Unban a user.
Aliases
/alias add <localpart>- Add#<localpart>:your.serveras an address for the current room./alias remove <localpart>- Remove#<localpart>:your.server(can be ran in any room)./alias resolve <alias>- Resolve<alias>or#<alias>:your.serverand reply with the room ID.
Raw events
/send <room id> <event type> <content>- Send a custom event./setstate <room id> <event type> <state key/-> <content>- Change room state./msend <event type> <content>- Send a custom event to the current room./msetstate <event type> <state key/-> <content>- Change room state in the current room./id- Get the current room ID.
Debugging
/hprof- Create a heap profile and write it togomuks.heap.profin the current directory./cprof <seconds>- Profile the CPU usage for the given number of seconds and write it togomuks.cpu.prof./trace <seconds>- Trace calls for the given number of seconds and write traces togomuks.trace.