Polybar is a fast and easy-to-use status bar for X11 window managers. ## Features - **Lightweight** - Minimal resource usage - **Modular** - Enable only what you need - **Themable** - Extensive customization options - **Multi-monitor** - Support for multiple displays - **Font icons** - Support for Nerd Fonts and icons ## Setup Install via package manager: ```bash # Ubuntu/Debian sudo apt install polybar # Arch Linux sudo pacman -S polybar # Fedora sudo dnf install polybar # Build from source # See GitHub releases for latest version ``` ## Configuration Config file: `~/.config/polybar/config.ini` Structure: ```ini [bar/main] width = 100% height = 24 background = #1e1e2e foreground = #cdd6f4 font-0 = "JetBrains Mono:size=10;2" font-1 = "Font Awesome 6 Free:size=10;2" modules-left = bspwm xwindow modules-center = date modules-right = volume network battery [module/date] type = internal/date interval = 1 date = %Y-%m-%d time = %H:%M label = %date% %time% [module/volume] type = internal/pulseaudio label-volume = VOL %percentage%% ``` ## Launching Add to your window manager startup: ```bash # Kill existing killall -q polybar # Launch polybar main & ``` ## Common Modules - **i3** - i3 workspace integration - **bspwm** - BSPWM workspace integration - **xwindow** - Active window title - **xworkspaces** - EWMH workspace support - **date** - Clock and calendar - **alsa** / **pulseaudio** - Volume control - **battery** - Battery status - **cpu** - CPU usage - **memory** - RAM usage - **network** - Network status - **temperature** - System temperature ## Custom Script Module ```ini [module/custom-script] type = custom/script exec = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/custom.sh interval = 5 label = %output% ``` ## See Also

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