Hybrid Bar

A status bar focused on wlroots Wayland compositors

Preview

With blur through Hyprland.

The bottom bar is also made with Hybrid.

What does it support?

It supports:

• Easy Configuration;
  • Your grandma could probably get it setup too
• Split Configuration;
  • Setup dedicated configurations/stylesheets for each individual Hybrid session. Read more at DUAL-CONFIG.md!
• Labels;
  • static, dynamic and dynamic listen
    • Static being without a command set, cheapest one available and doesn't push redraws on its own
    • Dynamic firing specified bash-command every few milliseconds (from hybrid -> update_rate), gets the output and syncs it with a redraw
    • Dynamic Listen listens to a commands output (for example, ping), then syncs it at the same interval as Dynamic.
      • WARNING: Dynamic Listen if fed a slow command, may cause low performance
      • Cava Widgets use this very specific type, but with minor changes to make it update faster
• Spacings;
  • Which may also act as "Separators" if you customize them
• Boxes;
  • Draw a horizontal box and style it, or just treat it as an invisible cousin of Spacings (which is basically the default behavior)
• Custom update-rate for dynamic labels;
  • On lower-end computers this may save some processing power
• Cava embedded on your bar;
  • Yes, that Cava from unixporn
  • You may also customize the back-end framerate, bar-count and sed to be used
  • As an added bonus: If Cava unexpectedly closes/crashes, the back-end loops for updating it will be cancelled, leading to a happier CPU
  • NOTE: You may only have 8 Cava widgets active per Hybrid session
• Buttons;
  • Before you ask: yes, they can execute bash-commands
• Tooltips;
  • Supported for Buttons and Labels
  • No, they aren't shy and won't hide behind your windows
• Command Fields;
  • Write in your favorite command, hit ENTER and it'll spawn for you
  • NOTE: You have to enable hybrid -> allow_keyboard (bool) to focus command fields
• Markup;
  • Supported for Buttons and the text property on Labels
• Not only attached to the top;
  • You can choose between 2 places for where Hybrid should be placed; Top or Bottom
• Sizing;
  • Customize how the bar should expand, read more in FAQ -> Can I split the bar into sections, like with Waybar and/or eww?
• Transparency;
  • Plus Blur if your compositor allows for blurring layer-shells
• Efficient;
  • If there isn't a need for redrawing the bar; it just won't happen, simple as that
• Does what it's supposed to;
  • While also being easy to use, beginner-friendly and straight-forward.
• Always updated;
  • You can check the commits to see proof of this
  • If there hasn't been any commits for over 2 weeks, then I have either died from caffeine or I ran out of ideas
• Compatible with different monitors;
  • Specify the monitor to be used for each Hybrid config, read more in FAQ

I have no config

If the AUR version for whatever reason didn't give you the example one, copy the example from examples/config.json into ~/.config/HybridBar/.

Does it only work on wlroots Compositors?

Nope, it's been tested on KDE as well and it worked just fine. GNOME should be the same story.

Config Layout

I'm assuming you are familiar with JSON. If you aren't, well too bad.

Base

Before you can use the bar, you have to adjust the color and alpha.

RGB Colors are 0-255 as a 32-bit integer, Alpha is 0.0-1.0 as a 32-bit float.

Here's an example:

{
    "hybrid": {
        "update_rate": 100,
        "r": 10,
        "g": 10,
        "b": 10,
        "a": 0.5
    }
}

CSS Support

Starting from 0.1.3, CSS is now supported and you can make it auto-load on startup by making a style.css file next to your config.json at the same path.

If you want a sample CSS which has good defaults, check examples/style.css.

Environment Variables

HYBRID_LOG = 0 OR 1 : Logs debug output to stdout.

HYBRID_CONFIG = name.json : Locates the config inside the HybridBar config path, then uses it for the rest of the bars session.

Background Updates

Hybrid performs background updates for labels with the key command set, and for updating Cava labels.

The rate for updating labels is read from hybrid, update_rate (i32).

It's worth noting that low update-rates may lead to performance decreases, the value specified is in milliseconds.

NOTE: Cava-widgets does not respect the update_rate specified, this is to ensure better precision for the animations.

Installation

Dependencies:

1. rust
2. gtk-layer-shell
3. gtk3
4. bash
5. a brain

Arch Linux

Git Version: paru -S hybrid-bar-git

NOTE: Git may include changes that are experimental. It's heavily advised that you use the package listed below if you care about stability.

Latest Binary: paru -S hybrid-bar

Building

1. git clone https://github.com/vars1ty/HybridBar
2. cd HybridBar
3. cargo build --release
4. cd target/release
5. Done, the executable is called hybrid-bar.

TIP: chmod +x hybrid-bar - So you can run the executable directly.

Roadmap

• Make the code for widgets cleaner and more portable - Done
• Quit blocking the UI Thread when executing bash-commands and retrieving the output - Done
• Port over to GTK4 - Not possible right now due to GTK being 0IQ and screwing shit up
• Publish a non-git AUR package which uses the latest built binary - Done
• Potentially more widgets - In progress, feel free to suggest widgets
• System Tray - Considering
• Placing widgets into user-defined box widgets, allowing for further customization - Considering