Global USE flags

Flag Description Packages
X 13
bash-completion 13
cli Build and install the deckcraft-cli program 13
fish-completion Enable fish completion support 12
gui 13
portal Use xdg-desktop-portal for file dialogs. Without this flag, dialogs use gnome-base/zenity 13
test 35
wayland 14
zsh-completion 12

Category USE flags

dev-util

Flag Description Packages
external-codex Use a Codex executable supplied outside Portage via CODEX_PATH 2

Local USE flags

app-text

pdfcraft

Flag Description
cups

dev-db

badger

Flag Description
jemalloc Build and static-link a private jemalloc with the je_ prefix (does not use dev-libs/jemalloc)

dev-lang

bun-bin

Flag Description
cpu_flags_x86_avx2
debug Install debug build, more information will be shown if a crash occurs

dev-util

biodiff

Flag Description
wfa2 Use the bundled WFA2-lib sequence alignment backend through the biodiff-wfa2-sys crate (upstream default features). Disable for the pure-Rust RustBio backend.

claude-agent-acp

Flag Description
bundled-claude Install the Claude CLI bundled in the npm package
external-claude Use a Claude Code executable supplied outside Portage via CLAUDE_CODE_EXECUTABLE

cmake-language-server

Flag Description
format Install cmake-format from the locked cmakelang and six wheels

codex-acp

Flag Description
bundled-codex Install the Codex CLI bundled in the npm package

gastown

Flag Description
tmux

grok-bot-bin

Flag Description
apparmor
libnotify
pulseaudio
suid

kiro-ide-bin

Flag Description
command-sandbox
microsoft-auth

opencode

Flag Description
webui

media-gfx

lightcraft

Flag Description
heif Build HEIF and HEIC support
rawnind-model Bundle the Rawnind noise model

media-video

filmcraft

Flag Description
nvenc Link against the NVIDIA NVENC driver stack
vaapi
whisper Build the offline speech feature

net-analyzer

witen-warden-bin

Flag Description
iptables