pamixer

A simple command-line mixer for PulseAudio. More information: https://github.com/cdemoulins/pamixer.

• List all sinks and sources with their corresponding IDs:

pamixer --list-sinks --list-sources

• Set the volume to 75% on the default sink:

pamixer --set-volume 75

• Toggle mute on a sink other than the default:

pamixer --toggle-mute --sink ID

• Increase the volume on default sink by 5%:

pamixer --increase 5

• Decrease the volume on a source by 5%:

pamixer --decrease 5 --source ID

• Use the allow boost option to increase, decrease, or set the volume above 100%:

pamixer --set-volume 105 --allow-boost

• Mute the default sink (use --unmute instead to unmute):

pamixer --mute