Installation

Which Distro are you using?

• Arch Linux
• Void 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

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?

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