Hybrid-bar

Jul 20, 2023

Status bar focused on wlroots Wayland compositors

Hybrid Bar is a simple status bar focused on wlroots Wayland compositors.

It supports

  • Straight-forward configuration;
  • Labels with shell commands + listen support;
  • Spacings a.k.a. Separators if styled;
  • Boxes with child widgets;
  • Custom update-rate for dynamic labels;
  • Cava;
  • Buttons with shell commands;
  • Tooltips for buttons and labels;
  • Markup for buttons and labels;
  • Top and Bottom pinning;
  • Transparency + blur if your compositor allows for blurring surface layers;
  • Experimental system tray via “stray”;
  • Different monitors for each configuration


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