Running servoshell

Assuming you’re in the directory containing servo, you can run servoshell with:

$ ./servo [url] [options]

Use --help to list the available command line options:

$ ./servo --help

Use --pref enable specific experimental web platform features. You can find the list of preferences in the Servo API documentation. For example, to run our Conway’s Game of Life demo with WebGPU enabled:

$ ./servo --pref dom_webgpu_enabled https://demo.servo.org/experiments/webgpu-game-of-life/

Keyboard shortcuts

• Ctrl+Q (⌘Q on macOS) exits servoshell
• Ctrl+L (⌘L on macOS) focuses the location bar
• Ctrl+R (⌘R on macOS) reloads the page
• Alt+← (⌘← on macOS) goes back in history
• Alt+→ (⌘→ on macOS) goes forward in history
• Ctrl+= (⌘= on macOS) increases the page zoom
• Ctrl+- (⌘- on macOS) decreases the page zoom
• Ctrl+0 (⌘0 on macOS) resets the page zoom
• Esc exits fullscreen mode

Troubleshooting

servoshell should run on most systems without any need to install dependencies. If you are on Linux and servoshell reports that a shared library is missing, ensure that you have the following packages installed:

• GStreamer ≥ 1.18
• gst-plugins-base ≥ 1.18
• gst-plugins-good ≥ 1.18
• gst-plugins-bad ≥ 1.18
• gst-plugins-ugly ≥ 1.18
• libXcursor
• libXrandr
• libXi
• libxkbcommon
• vulkan-loader