CachyOS Apps

Install pwvucontrol on CachyOS

Pipewire volume control for GNOME.

From the official CachyOS repo. Install with pacman, no AUR helper needed.

Reviewed Nov 2, 2026 · independent guide

How do I install pwvucontrol on CachyOS?

Run this in a terminal, then open pwvucontrol from your app menu:

sudo pacman -S pwvucontrol

pwvucontrol is in the cachyos repo, the CachyOS project's own package repository, so pacman installs it directly with no AUR helper and no build script. The package is signed with the CachyOS repository key, and pacman checks the signature before it installs.

What should I do after installing pwvucontrol?

  1. Open pwvucontrol from your app menu.
  2. Or run pwvucontrol in a terminal.
  3. Run pacman -Qi pwvucontrol to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove pwvucontrol?

Update:

sudo pacman -Syu

Remove:

sudo pacman -Rns pwvucontrol

What is pwvucontrol?

Pipewire Volume Control.

Package description: Pipewire volume control for GNOME

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    saivert/pwvucontrol · ★ 704 stars · last commit Aug 21, 2026 · latest release Jul 8, 2026

    Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

    1. Distribute binary in releaseOpen

      I currently install pwvucontrol on arch through the AUR ( A -bin package would need a pre-built binary in the releases. So it would be great if that could be added to the release-pipeline!

      @phisch · · 6 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    2. No meters?Closed

      Thanks for making this. I'm using version 0.5.1installed with flatpak. None of the level meters are visible. I have "Use led peak meter" checked. Is there something else I need to do?

      @frnsys · · 5 reactions · 9 comments · View on GitHub

    3. pwvucontrol's flatplak platform (gnome 47) reached EOL and is no longer supportedClosed

      Hi, the recommended way of installing pwvucontrol is through flatpak, but it is still running on the gnome 47 platform, which reached its EOL 15. October 2025. It would be nice to upgrade the flatpak to the latest version 49 :-)

      @Berndserk · · 3 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    4. A failure occurred in buildClosed

      OS is Arch python v3.12.10 pipewire v1.4.7 wireplumber v0.5.10

      @beucismis · · 3 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    5. [Feature Request] Add Latency Offset OptionOpen

      Hello! This project is amazing! I tried it out to see if all features of pavuncontrol was included as a drop-in replacement and I missed this functionality. I saw a issue about parity with pavuncontrol already closed and discussing another things. Why latency is important? Some…

      @Theluga · · 3 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    6. display real sink, not 'default'. can't determine, on which sink stream is playedClosed

      Hi. I used pavucontrol for controlling sinks per app. I have some virtual sinks with effects. pavucontrol if keeps open leaks all memory. So I switched to pwvucontrol. But it always display 'default' sink, and can't determine real sink per app. Pavucontrol shows right sink.…

      @gentoosys · · 2 reactions · 5 comments · View on GitHub

    7. retain Card settingsClosed

      Heyo! Maybe i am just using this wrong but for me when i restart my machine all cards that i have are back to their default values. E.g. I have DP monitor that has HDMI, but i don't use it so i select "off" for that card so it stops showing up. It will be back to "Digital stereo…

      @ZweiEuro · · 2 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    8. pwvucontrol-peak-detect does not close, zombie connections bog down the audioClosed

      So I am now able to effectively reproduce something identical or similar to whereas I was not able to before, as viewed by pw-top: Situation bad enough that audio starts severely bugging out: After killing pwvucontrol: Starting pwvucontrol again and spamming gstreamer: After…

      @C0rn3j · · 1 reactions · 5 comments · View on GitHub

    9. crash with netjack2 objects in pipewire graphClosed

      adding a netjack2 driver to the pipewire setup crashes pwvucontrol as soon as the source/sink appears in the graph:

      @pennae · · 1 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    10. libspa build errorClosed

      I encounter the following build error with libspa: error[E0609]: no field data on type spapodbuilder --> /tmp/pwvucontrol-main/tmpbuild/cargo-home/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/libspa-0.8.0/src/pod/builder.rs:38:25 | 38 | (this).builder.data =…

      @xmixahlx · · 1 reactions · 14 comments · View on GitHub

    11. Crash (stack overflow) when a Wine/Proton app creates audio streams: recursive abort cascade in libwireplumberOpen

      Versions: pwvucontrol 0.5.3, libwireplumber 0.5.17, PipeWire 1.6.8 (NixOS, X11/i3). What happened: pwvucontrol was open. About 8 s after launching the Warframe launcher through Steam/Proton, pwvucontrol aborted with SIGABRT from Rust's stack-overflow guard. Audio itself kept…

      @rekoriku · · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    12. Flatpak version cannot read resource that it uses to determine existence of sound cardsOpen

      Flatpak version, even with (user-supplied) grant of xdg-run/pipewire-0-manager, cannot read whatever is required to determine the pipewire system's existence. The former screenshot is com.saivert.pwvucontrol in a user installation of flatpak in v.3.24 Alpine linux (Linux 6.18),…

      @zardoz03 · · 4 comments · View on GitHub

    13. A way to hide devicesOpen

      Currently there's easyeffects sink, there's no reason to touch that since it just modifies the audio, i'd like to hide virtual sinks/sources or manually hide certain ones, since that should never be touched.

      @Kommynct · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    14. Please update to gtk-rs 0.11Closed

      Would be great if pwvucontrol could use gtk-rs 0.11 and glib 0.22. While the GUI-parts are not that hard to port, the FFI wireplumber bindings are rather hard to update. Nevertheless, this would be nice to have

      @werdahias · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    15. Not able to change Playback on DeviceOpen

      @NicCrimson · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    pwvucontrol on CachyOS: questions

    Is pwvucontrol in the official CachyOS repo?

    Yes. The pwvucontrol package is in the cachyos repo, version 0.5.3-2, built 2026-08-13. Install it with sudo pacman -S pwvucontrol.

    Do I need an AUR helper for pwvucontrol?

    No. It comes from the cachyos repo, so plain pacman installs and updates it, and sudo pacman -Syu keeps it current.

    What is the pwvucontrol command?

    pwvucontrol. The package is called pwvucontrol.