.TH VELOXD 8 "2026-09-12" "velox 0.1.0" "Velox Download Manager"
.SH NAME
veloxd \- Velox download manager daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B veloxd
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B veloxd
is the background daemon behind the Velox download manager. It manages downloads,
segmented transfers and resume state in a local SQLite database, and exposes a
JSON-RPC API over a local Unix socket (for
.BR velox (1)
and
.BR velox-gui (1))
and a loopback WebSocket (for the Firefox extension).
.PP
It takes no command-line arguments. It is normally started as a
.B systemd --user
service:
.RS
.nf
systemctl --user enable --now velox.service
.fi
.RE
.SH FILES
.TP
.I $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/velox/velox.sock
The Unix socket clients connect to.
.TP
.I $XDG_DATA_HOME/velox/velox.db
The task and settings database (default
.IR ~/.local/share/velox/velox.db ).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR velox (1),
.BR velox-gui (1),
.BR systemctl (1)