nmtui

NetworkManager developers
nmtui 1 NetworkManager General Commands Manual &NM_VERSION;
nmtui Text User Interface for controlling NetworkManager
`nmtui-edit nmtui edit` name id `nmtui-connect nmtui connect` name uuid device SSID `nmtui-hostname nmtui hostname`

## Description

`nmtui` is a curses‐based TUI application for interacting with NetworkManager. When starting `nmtui`, the user is prompted to choose the activity to perform unless it was specified as the first argument.

The supported activities are:

`edit`

  Show a connection editor that supports adding, modifying, viewing and deleting connections. It provides similar functionality as `nm-connection-editor`.

  For Wi-Fi connections, the `Share QR...` button displays a QR code that encodes the network credentials, so they can be scanned to join the network from another device. When the password is available, it is shown alongside the code; when it cannot be read (for example, due to insufficient privileges), a warning is shown instead.

`connect`

  Show a list of available connections, with the option to activate or deactivate them. It provides similar functionality as `nm-applet`.

`hostname`

  Set the system hostname.

Corresponding to above activities, `nmtui` also comes with binaries named `nmtui-edit`, `nmtui-connect`, and `nmtui-hostname` to skip the selection of the activities.

## See Also

nmcli 1, nm-applet 1, nm-connection-editor 1, NetworkManager 8.