Command-line tool

dbus

brew/dbus

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Message bus system, providing inter-application communication

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install dbus

Linux

brew install dbus

Run the daemon with a configuration file

dbus-daemon --config-file path/to/file

Run the daemon with the standard per-login-session message bus configuration

dbus-daemon --session

Run the daemon with the standard systemwide message bus configuration

dbus-daemon --system

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