hyprland-wiki/pages/Useful Utilities/Status-Bars.md

Waybar

Waybar is a GTK status bar made specifically for wlroots compositors.

To use it, it's recommended to use the AUR package waybar-hyprland-git.

Compiling Manually

To compile manually:

Clone the source, cd into it, then do:

sed -i 's/zext_workspace_handle_v1_activate(workspace_handle_);/const std::string command = "hyprctl dispatch workspace " + name_;\n\tsystem(command.c_str());/g' src/modules/wlr/workspace_manager.cpp
meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=plain --auto-features=enabled --wrap-mode=nodownload build
meson configure -Dexperimental=true build
sudo ninja -C build install

If you want to use the workspaces module, first, copy the configuration files from /etc/xdg/waybar/ into ~/.config/waybar/. Then, in ~/.config/waybar/conf/ replace all the references to sway/workspaces/ with wlr/workspaces.

For more info regarding configuration, see The Waybar Wiki.

Eww

In order to use Eww, you first have to install it, either using your distro's package manager, by searching eww-wayland, or by manually compiling. In the latter case, you can follow the instructions.

Configuration

After you've successfully installed Eww, you can move onto configuring it. There are a few examples listed in the Readme. It's also highly recommended to read through the Configuration options.

{{< hint type=important >}} Read the Wayland section carefully before asking why your bar doesn't work. {{< /hint >}}