Waybar

Waybar is a highly customizable Wayland bar.

Installation

Waybar can be installed from both configuration.nix and Home Manager:

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix or ~/.config/home-manager/home.nix

programs.waybar.enable = true;

Configuration

Waybar can be configured using options found on the Home Manager Appendix. You can also find configuration options under home-manager/options/programs/waybar on mynixos.

❄︎ ~/.config/home-manager/home.nix

programs.waybar.settings.main = {
  modules-right = ["clock"];
};
# programs.waybar.style = "";

Alternatively, you may configure using JSONC (and CSS) file(s) by:

❄︎ ~/.config/home-manager/home.nix

xdg.configFile."waybar/config.jsonc".source = ./waybar/config.jsonc;
# xdg.configFile."waybar/style.css".source = ./waybar/style.css;

Please refer to the default configuration (config.jsonc and style.css) and wiki for further information on configuration.

Troubleshooting

Icon Fonts Missing

The default configuration uses FontAwesome font, which is only available in font-awesome_4, not in font-awesome, font-awesome_6, font-awesome_5, etc.

You may simply install font-awesome_4

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
  font-awesome_4
];

or edit style.css to use your prefered font (e.g. font-awesome):

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
  font-awesome
];

≡︎ style.css

* {
    /* `otf-font-awesome` is required to be installed for icons */
-     font-family: FontAwesome, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+     font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Font Awesome 7 Free";
    font-size: 13px;
}