Command-line tool

xwininfo

brew/xwininfo

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

Print information about windows on an X server

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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 xwininfo

Linux

brew install xwininfo

Display a cursor to select a window to display its attributes (id, name, size, position, ...)

xwininfo

Display the tree of all windows

xwininfo -tree -root

Display the attributes of a window with a specific ID

xwininfo -id window_id

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