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Waybar provides a customizable status bar for Wayland compositors such as Sway and wlroots-based environments.
About Waybar
Waybar is an open-source status bar for Wayland compositors, particularly Sway and wlroots-based compositors. It runs as a bar on the desktop and shows system and desktop information through a set of modules. Modules cover power and hardware (such as battery, CPU, memory, disk, and temperature), connectivity (network, Bluetooth, GPS, and WWAN), audio and media (such as PulseAudio, WirePlumber, and MPD), and desktop items (such as the clock, system tray, and idle inhibitor). The project lists integration with Sway, River, Hyprland, Niri, Mango, DWL, and Wayfire, with DWL requiring the dwl IPC patch.
Waybar starts with a default configuration. Users can copy the default config and stylesheet into ~/.config/waybar/ and edit them, and the project's wiki documents the available options. It can be installed from distribution packages or built from source with Meson and Ninja, which requires several listed dependencies. The project is licensed under the MIT license. Pricing is not known.
Key features
- Compositor integration with Sway, River, Hyprland, Niri, Mango, DWL, and Wayfire
- Power and hardware modules for battery, CPU, memory, disk, and temperature
- Connectivity modules for network, Bluetooth, GPS, and WWAN
- Audio and media modules including PulseAudio, WirePlumber, MPD, and MPRIS
- Desktop modules such as clock and calendar, system tray, and idle inhibitor
- Editable config file and stylesheet stored in ~/.config/waybar/
Best for: Users of Sway or other wlroots-based Wayland compositors who want a customizable status bar.
Good for
- Open source and licensed under the MIT license
- Launches with a default configuration that can be copied and edited
- Packaged by most Linux distributions
Watch out for
- DWL support requires the dwl IPC patch
- Installing from source requires several runtime and build dependencies
Waybar at a glance
- Website
- github.com/Alexays/Waybar
- Category
- Software & Utilities › Desktop Customization
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Waybar FAQ
Does Waybar have an official website?
No. The project states that it does not have an official website and that distributions are only released on the official GitHub page.
How do I run Waybar with the default settings?
Clone the repository, run meson setup build, then ninja -C build, and start it with ./build/waybar. It launches with a sensible default config.
Is Waybar available as a packaged install?
Most distributions package Waybar. An Ubuntu PPA with more recent versions is also available.
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