FIRETOOLS(1)

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version 0.9.72 · 7 versions
, in opensuse-leap 16.0

🔥 FIRETOOLS(1) 🔥

okay bestie, welcome to the firetools manual page (that's the man page name, yes, we're being official about it 💅) — the graphical tools collection for the Firejail security sandbox. buckle up, it's giving security but make it cute. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

firetools [OPTIONS]

literally that's it. the whole vibe. 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so Firetools is a GUI application for Firejail — no cap. it's out here offering you a system tray launcher for sandboxed apps, plus sandbox editing, management, and statistics. like, the whole package. 👑

the software package also includes a sandbox configuration wizard, firejail-ui — yes, that's a whole separate thing, go look at it later, iykyk. 🧚

so, the list of applications recognized automatically by Firetools is stored in /usr/lib/firetools/applist. that's the default. and if you want to add more applications to the list? bestie, you just drop a similar file in your home directory in ~/.config/firetools/uiapps. slay. 🌸

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

  • --autostart — configures firetools to run automatically in the system tray when the X11 session is started. like, it just shows up. main character energy. 💅
  • --debug — prints debug messages. for when you need to know everything. 🔍
  • -?, --help — print options and exit. your lil escape hatch. 🫶
  • --version — print software version and exit. quick vibe check on what you're running. ⭐

🎀 CONFIGURATION 🎀

the /usr/lib/firetools/uiapps file contains the default list of applications recognized by default. (yes, "default" twice, it's that default.) 💀

the user can add more applications by creating a similar file in ~/.config/firetools/uiapps in the user home directory. so cozy. 🏠

each line describes an application as follows:

executable; description; icon; (optional) firejail command
heads up bestie — that firejail command bit at the end is optional. don't stress about it. 🙈

some examples:

inkscape;Inkscape SVG Editor;inkscape
calibre;eBook Reader;/usr/share/calibre/images/lt.png
mpv;MPV;mpv;firejail mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui

look at that semicolon situation. gorgeous. 🔥

👑 ABOUT FIREJAIL 👑

okay so Firejail is a SUID sandbox program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using Linux namespaces, seccomp-bpf and Linux capabilities. that's a lot of words and every single one of them matters. 💜

it allows a process and all its descendants to have their own private view of the globally shared kernel resources, such as the network stack, process table, mount table. iconic behavior, honestly. 🌈

Firejail can work in a SELinux or AppArmor environment, and it is integrated with Linux Control Groups. versatile queen. 👸

🌸 LICENSE 🌸

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Homepage: http://firejail.wordpress.com

free software fr fr — go read the license, it's literally right there. 📜

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this was firetools 0.9.72, dated Mar 2023 — go forth and sandbox responsibly. mwah. 💖🎀✨

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