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[](https://ci.codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar)
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# Yambar
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**This project is not developed anymore, and this repository will be
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archived in a near future**.
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I do not have neither the time nor the will to work on this
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anymore. Mainly because I do not use a bar myself anymore.
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There are also technical difficulties, caused by the fact that yambar
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was initially X11, and only later was Wayland support added.
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This means I have to maintain a backend (X11) I have not used myself
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in many years, as well as trying to work around technical limitations
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imposed by the way both X11 and Wayland is supported, As my own use of
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a bar has dwindled, the will to refactor and improve the backends has
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disappeared.
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Yambar has seen a lot of contributions, for which I am very
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grateful. I hope that means someone is willing to pick up where I left
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of, and continue working on yambar. If not, we at least had a good
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run; the first commit was in late 2018, roughly 6½ years ago!
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[](https://repology.org/project/yambar/versions)
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## Index
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1. [Introduction](#introduction)
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1. [Configuration](#configuration)
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1. [Modules](#modules)
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1. [Installation](#installation)
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1. [Bugs](#bugs)
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## Introduction
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**yambar** is a lightweight and configurable status panel (_bar_, for
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short) for X11 and Wayland, that goes to great lengths to be both CPU
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and battery efficient - polling is only done when **absolutely**
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necessary.
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It has a number of _modules_ that provide information in the form of
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_tags_. For example, the _clock_ module has a _date_ tag that contains
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the current date.
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The modules do not know _how_ to present the information though. This
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is instead done by _particles_. And the user, you, decides _which_
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particles (and thus _how_ to present the data) to use.
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Furthermore, each particle can have a _decoration_ - a background
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color or a graphical underline, for example.
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There is **no** support for images or icons. use an icon font
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(e.g. _Font Awesome_, or _Material Icons_) if you want a graphical
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representation.
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There are a number of modules and particles builtin. More can be added
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as plugins. You can even write your own!
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To summarize: a _bar_ displays information provided by _modules_,
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using _particles_ and _decorations_. **How** is configured by you.
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## Configuration
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Yambar is configured using YAML, in `~/.config/yambar/config.yml`. It
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must define a top-level dictionary named **bar**:
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```yaml
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bar:
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height: 26
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location: top
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background: 000000ff
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right:
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- clock:
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content:
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- string: {text: , font: "Font Awesome 6 Free:style=solid:size=12"}
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- string: {text: "{date}", right-margin: 5}
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- string: {text: , font: "Font Awesome 6 Free:style=solid:size=12"}
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- string: {text: "{time}"}
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```
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For details, see the man pages (**yambar**(5) is a good start).
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Example configurations can be found in [examples](examples/configurations).
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## Modules
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Available modules:
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* alsa
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* backlight
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* battery
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* clock
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* cpu
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* disk-io
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* dwl
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* foreign-toplevel
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* i3 (and Sway)
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* label
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* mem
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* mpd
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* network
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* pipewire
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* pulse
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* removables
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* river
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* script (see script [examples](examples/scripts))
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* sway-xkb
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* xkb (_XCB backend only_)
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* xwindow (_XCB backend only_)
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## Installation
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To build, first, create a build directory, and switch to it:
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```sh
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mkdir -p bld/release && cd bld/release
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```
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Second, configure the build (if you intend to install it globally, you
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might also want `--prefix=/usr`):
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```sh
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meson setup --buildtype=release ../..
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```
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Optionally, explicitly disable a backend (or enable, if you want a
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configuration error if not all dependencies are met) by adding either
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`-Dbackend-x11=disabled|enabled` or
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`-Dbackend-wayland=disabled|enabled` to the meson command line.
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Three, build it:
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```sh
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ninja
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```
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Optionally, install it:
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```sh
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ninja install
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```
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## Bugs
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Please report bugs to https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues
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The report should contain the following:
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* Which Wayland compositor (and version) you are running
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* Yambar version (`yambar --version`)
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* Log output from yambar (start yambar from a terminal)
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* If reporting a crash, please try to provide a `bt full` backtrace
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**with symbols** (i.e. use a debug build)
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* Steps to reproduce. The more details the better
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