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<img src="banner.png" alt="Polybar">
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A fast and easy-to-use tool for creating status bars.
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<a href="https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/jaagr/polybar.svg"></a>
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<a href="https://travis-ci.org/jaagr/polybar"><img src="https://travis-ci.org/jaagr/polybar.svg?branch=master"></a>
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<a href="https://codecov.io/gh/jaagr/polybar/branch/master"><img src="https://codecov.io/gh/jaagr/polybar/branch/master/graph/badge.svg"></a>
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<a href="https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/blob/master/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/jaagr/polybar.svg"></a>
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</p>
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**Polybar** aims to help users build beautiful and highly customizable status bars
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for their desktop environment, without the need of having a black belt in shell scripting.
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Here are a few screenshots showing you what it can look like:
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[](http://i.imgur.com/xvlw9iH.png)
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[](http://i.imgur.com/cYQOuRr.png)
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[](http://i.imgur.com/A6spiZZ.png)
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[](http://i.imgur.com/TY5a5r9.png)
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You can find polybar configs for these example images (and other configs) [here](https://github.com/jaagr/dots/tree/master/.local/etc/themer/themes).
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If you need help, check out the [Support](SUPPORT.md) page.
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Please report any issues or bugs you may find by [creating an issue ticket](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/issues/new/choose) here on GitHub.
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Make sure you include steps on how to reproduce it. There's also an irc channel available at freenode, cleverly named `#polybar`.
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## Table of Contents
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* [Introduction](#introduction)
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* [Getting started](#getting-started)
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* [Dependencies](#dependencies)
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* [Building from source](#building-from-source)
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* [Configuration](#configuration)
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* [Running](#running)
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* [Contributors](#contributors)
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* [License](#license)
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## Introduction
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The main purpose of **Polybar** is to help users create awesome status bars.
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It has built-in functionality to display information about the most commonly used services.
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Some of the services included so far:
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- Systray icons
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- Window title
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- Playback controls and status display for [MPD](https://www.musicpd.org/) using [libmpdclient](https://www.musicpd.org/libs/libmpdclient/)
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- [ALSA](http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page) volume controls
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- Workspace and desktop panel for [bspwm](https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm) and [i3](https://github.com/i3/i3)
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- Workspace module for [EWMH compliant](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-1.3.html#idm140130320786080) window managers
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- Keyboard layout and indicator status
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- CPU and memory load indicator
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- Battery display
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- Network connection details
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- Backlight level
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- Date and time label
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- Time-based shell script execution
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- Command output tailing
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- User-defined menu tree
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- Inter-process messaging
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- And more...
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[See the wiki for more details](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/wiki).
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## Getting started
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<a href="https://repology.org/metapackage/polybar">
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<img src="https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/polybar.svg" alt="Packaging status" align="right">
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</a>
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Polybar was already packaged for the distros listed below.
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If you can't find your distro here, you will have to [build from source](#building-from-source).
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If you create a package for any other distribution, please consider contributing the template.
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If you are using **Arch Linux**, you can install the AUR package [polybar-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/polybar-git/) to get the latest version, or
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[polybar](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/polybar/) for the latest stable release.
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If you are using **Void Linux**, you can install [polybar](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/master/srcpkgs/polybar/template) using `xbps-install -S polybar`.
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If you are using **NixOS**, polybar is available in both the stable and unstable channels and can be installed with the command `nix-env -iA nixos.polybar`.
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If you are using **Slackware**, polybar is available from the [SlackBuilds](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/desktop/polybar/) repository.
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If you are using **Source Mage GNU/Linux**, polybar spell is available in test grimoire and can be installed via `cast polybar`.
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If you are using **openSUSE**, polybar is available from [OBS](https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/X11:Utilities/polybar/) repository. Package is available for openSUSE Leap 15 and Tumbleweed.
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If you are using **FreeBSD**, [polybar](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/x11/polybar/) can be installed using `pkg install polybar`. Make sure you are using the `latest` package branch.
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If you are using **Gentoo**, both release and git-master versions are available in the [main](https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-misc/polybar) repository.
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### Dependencies
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A compiler with C++14 support ([clang-3.4+](http://llvm.org/releases/download.html), [gcc-5.1+](https://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html)), [cmake 3.1+](https://cmake.org/download/), [git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
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- `cairo`
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- `libxcb`
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- `python2`
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- `xcb-proto`
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- `xcb-util-image`
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- `xcb-util-wm`
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**Optional dependencies:**
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- `xcb-util-cursor` *required for the `cursor-click` and `cursor-scroll` settings*
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- `xcb-util-xrm` *required for accessing X resources with `${xrdb:...}`*
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**Optional dependencies for extended module support:**
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- `xcb-xkb` *required by `internal/xkeyboard`*
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- `alsa-lib` *required by `internal/alsa`*
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- `libpulse` *required by `internal/pulseaudio`*
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- `i3-wm` *required by `internal/i3`*
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- `jsoncpp` *required by `internal/i3`*
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- `libmpdclient` *required by `internal/mpd`*
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- `libcurl` *required by `internal/github`*
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- `libnl-genl` or `wireless_tools` *required by `internal/network`*
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Find a more complete list on the [dedicated wiki page](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/wiki/Compiling).
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### Building from source
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Please [report any problems](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/issues/new/choose) you run into when building the project.
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Download the `polybar-<version>.tar` for the version you want to build from the
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[release page](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/releases), extract it with
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`tar xvf polybar-<version>.tar` and go into the extracted folder. There, run
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the following commands:
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```sh
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$ mkdir build
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$ cd build
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$ cmake ..
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$ make -j$(nproc)
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$ sudo make install
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```
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There's also a helper script available in the root folder:
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~~~ sh
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$ ./build.sh
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~~~
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For more info, have a look at the [Compiling wiki page](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/wiki/Compiling).
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### Configuration
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Details on how to setup and configure the bar and each module have been moved to [the wiki](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/wiki/Configuration).
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#### Install the example configuration
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Run the following inside the build directory:
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~~~ sh
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$ make userconfig
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~~~
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Or you can copy the example config from `/usr/share/doc/polybar/config` or ` /usr/local/share/doc/polybar/config` (depending on your install parameters)
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#### Launch the example bar
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~~~ sh
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$ polybar example
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~~~
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### Running
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[See the wiki for details on how to run polybar](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/wiki).
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## Contributors
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### Owner
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* Michael Carlberg [**@jaagr**](http://github.com/jaagr/)
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### Maintainers
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* [**@NBonaparte**](https://github.com/NBonaparte)
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* Chase Geigle [**@skystrife**](https://github.com/skystrife)
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* Patrick Ziegler [**@patrick96**](https://github.com/patrick96)
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### Logo Design by
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* [**@Tobaloidee**](https://github.com/Tobaloidee)
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### [All Contributors](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/graphs/contributors)
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## License
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Polybar is licensed under the MIT license. [See LICENSE for more information](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/blob/master/LICENSE).
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