Installation

Which Distro are you using?

• Arch Linux
• openSUSE
• Void Linux
• Gentoo Linux
• Other

Arch Linux

On Arch Linux you can simply install waybar from community. You can also install waybar-git from the AUR.

openSUSE

On openSUSE waybar is in the official repositories. Install with zypper in waybar. See devel project.

Void Linux

On Void linux the package is available as waybar

Gentoo Linux

On Gentoo linux the package is available as waybar

Other

To build and install Waybar just run:

git clone https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar && cd Waybar && sudo make install

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How to use with Sway?

First, ensure you have the otf-font-awesome package installed. These are free fonts provided by Fonts Awesome and commonly used in Waybar configurations. You can can download the OTF fonts package from this link.

You can use Waybar by defining in your Sway config file:

bar {
    swaybar_command waybar
}

or at the end of your sway config file

exec waybar