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title: monero-wallet-gui - Reference
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# `monero-wallet-gui` - Reference
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## Overview
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### Desktop GUI wallet
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The "official" desktop wallet for Monero. Available for Linux, macOS and Windows.
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Wallet uses your private keys to understand your total balance,
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transactions history, and to facilitate creating transactions.
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However, wallet does not store the blockchain and does not directly participate in the p2p network.
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### Depends on the full node
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Wallet connects to a [full node](../interacting/monerod-reference.md) to scan the blockchain for your transaction outputs and to send your transactions out to the network.
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The full node can be either local (same computer) or remote.
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Normally, you run the full node on the same computer as wallet (or within your home network).
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Connection happens over HTTP and uses [this API](https://www.getmonero.org/resources/developer-guides/wallet-rpc.html).
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Any transaction leaving the wallet is already blinded by all Monero privacy features.
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This means plain text HTTP communication isn't an issue on its own even if you connect to a remote node.
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However, connecting to a remote node has other nuanced trade-offs, which is a topic for a separate article.
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### User guide PDF
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A nice PDF guide is available in the catalog you unpacked Monero. Make sure to check it out!
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The online living version is also available:<br />
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[https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-GUI-guide/blob/master/monero-GUI-guide.md](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-GUI-guide/blob/master/monero-GUI-guide.md)
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## Syntax
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`./monero-wallet-gui [options]`
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Example:
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`./monero-wallet-gui --log-file=/dev/null`
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## Running
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Go to directory where you unpacked Monero.
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Run the full node and wait until it syncs up with the network (may take up to a few days):
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`./monerod`
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In a separate terminal window, run the wallet:
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`./monero-wallet-gui`
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## Options
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There are very few options because everything is set up via a GUI.
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| Option | Description
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| `--help` | Enlists available options.
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| `--log-file` | Full path to the log file. Example (mind file permissions): <br/>`./monerod --log-file=/var/log/monero/mainnet/monerod.log`
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## Defaults
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The wallet is created in `$HOME/Monero/wallets/`.
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You may want to change it to `$HOME/.bitmonero/wallets/` to have all Monero related files in one place.
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This is possible on wallet creation wizard in the GUI.
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The log file is created directly in the home directory `$HOME/monero-wallet-gui.log`.
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You may want to change with `--log-file=$HOME/.bitmonero/monero-wallet-gui.log` option.
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