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Quick Overview

adi1090x/polybar-themes is a comprehensive collection of themes and configurations for Polybar, a popular status bar for Linux systems. It offers a wide variety of visually appealing and functional themes that can be easily customized and integrated into various desktop environments.

Pros

  • Extensive collection of themes (over 200) with diverse styles and layouts
  • Easy installation process with automated scripts
  • Highly customizable with detailed configuration files
  • Regular updates and active community support

Cons

  • May require additional dependencies depending on the chosen theme
  • Some themes might not be compatible with all Linux distributions or window managers
  • Can be overwhelming for beginners due to the large number of options
  • Occasional conflicts with existing Polybar configurations

Getting Started

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/adi1090x/polybar-themes.git

  2. Navigate to the project directory:

    cd polybar-themes

  3. Make the setup script executable:

    chmod +x setup.sh

  4. Run the setup script:

    ./setup.sh

  5. Follow the on-screen prompts to select and install your desired theme.

  6. After installation, launch Polybar using the appropriate command for your chosen theme (usually provided in the theme's documentation).

  7. Customize the theme by editing the configuration files in ~/.config/polybar/ directory.

Note: Make sure you have Polybar installed on your system before proceeding with the installation of these themes.

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Cons of polybar

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  • Requires more manual configuration to achieve desired aesthetics
  • Fewer pre-built themes available out-of-the-box

Code Comparison

polybar (configuration example):

[bar/mybar]
modules-left = i3
modules-center = date
modules-right = pulseaudio powermenu

polybar-themes (configuration example):

[bar/main]
include-file = ~/.config/polybar/themes/forest/modules.ini
include-file = ~/.config/polybar/themes/forest/colors.ini

Summary

polybar is the core project offering more flexibility and customization options, but requires more manual configuration. polybar-themes provides a collection of pre-built themes, making it easier for users to quickly set up attractive bars without extensive configuration. While polybar offers greater control and frequent updates, polybar-themes simplifies the process of achieving visually appealing results with less effort.

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rofi configuration example:

rofi -show run -modi run -location 1 -width 100 \
     -lines 2 -line-margin 0 -line-padding 1 \
     -separator-style none -font "mono 10" -columns 9 -bw 0 \
     -disable-history \
     -hide-scrollbar \
     -color-window "#222222, #222222, #b1b4b3" \
     -color-normal "#222222, #b1b4b3, #222222, #005577, #b1b4b3" \
     -color-active "#222222, #b1b4b3, #222222, #007763, #b1b4b3" \
     -color-urgent "#222222, #b1b4b3, #222222, #77003d, #b1b4b3" \
     -kb-row-select "Tab" -kb-row-tab ""

polybar-themes configuration example:

[colors]
background = #222
foreground = #dfdfdf
primary = #ffb52a
secondary = #e60053
alert = #bd2c40

[bar/example]
width = 100%
height = 27
radius = 6.0
fixed-center = false

background = ${colors.background}
foreground = ${colors.foreground}

line-size = 3
line-color = #f00
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eww configuration example:

(defwindow bar
  :monitor 0
  :geometry (geometry :x "0%"
                      :y "0%"
                      :width "100%"
                      :height "30px"
                      :anchor "top center")
  :stacking "bg"
  :reserve (struts :distance "30px" :side "top")
  :windowtype "dock"
  :wm-ignore false
  (bar))

polybar configuration example:

[bar/mybar]
width = 100%
height = 27
radius = 6.0
fixed-center = false
background = ${colors.background}
foreground = ${colors.foreground}
line-size = 3
line-color = #f00

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A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.

Polybar aims to help users build beautiful and highly customizable status bars for their desktop environment, without the need of having a black belt in shell scripting.

The main purpose of Polybar is to help users create awesome status bars. It has built-in functionality to display information about the most commonly used services. Some of the services included so far...

  • Systray icons
  • Window title
  • Playback controls and status display for MPD using libmpdclient
  • ALSA volume controls
  • Workspace and desktop panel for bspwm and i3
  • Workspace module for EWMH compliant window managers
  • Keyboard layout and indicator status
  • CPU and memory load indicator
  • Battery display
  • Network connection details
  • Backlight level
  • Date and time label
  • Time-based shell script execution
  • Command output tailing
  • User-defined menu tree
  • Inter-process messaging
  • And more...

Dependencies

Install following programs on your system before you use these themes.

  • Polybar : Of course, the bar itself
  • Rofi : For App launcher, network, power and style menus
  • pywal : For pywal support
  • calc : For random colors support
  • networkmanager_dmenu : For network modules

Fonts

Here's a list of all fonts used by these themes.

Text Fonts

  • Iosevka Nerd Font
  • Fantasque Sans Mono
  • Noto Sans
  • Droid Sans
  • Terminus

Icon Fonts

  • Iosevka Nerd Font
  • Icomoon Feather
  • Material Icons
  • Waffle (Siji)

Installation

Follow the steps below to install these themes on your system.

  • First, Clone this repository -
$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/adi1090x/polybar-themes.git
  • Change to cloned directory and make setup.sh executable -
$ cd polybar-themes
$ chmod +x setup.sh
  • Run setup.sh and select a style -
$ ./setup.sh

[*] Installing Polybar Themes...

[*] Choose Style -
[1] Simple
[2] Bitmap

[?] Select Option : 1

[*] Installing fonts...
[*] Creating a backup of your polybar configs...
[*] Successfully Installed.
  • That's it, These themes are now installed on your system.

Note : These themes are like an ecosystem, everything here is connected with each other in some way. So... before modifying anything by your own, make sure you know what you are doing.

Launch the bar

To launch the bar with the selected theme, Just...

  • Open the terminal and enter the following command -
$ bash ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh

Usage : launch.sh --theme

Available Themes :
--blocks    --colorblocks    --cuts      --docky
--forest    --grayblocks     --hack      --material
--panels    --pwidgets       --shades    --shapes
  • Now, select your theme and launch the bar -
$ bash ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh --hack
  • You can add the same command to your WM autostart file to launch the bar on login. For example, to launch the bar at startup on openbox, add following lines in $HOME/.config/openbox/autostart -
## Launch Polybar
bash ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh --cuts

Use the scripts

Almost every theme has pywal and random color support added to them. If you want to use the bar with pywal, just execute the pywal.sh script with the path of the wallpaper or wallpapers directory. eg - If you're using material theme...

$ bash ~/.config/polybar/material/scripts/pywal.sh /path/to/wallpaper

If you want to use random colors for your bar, just execute random.sh script -

$ bash ~/.config/polybar/material/scripts/random.sh

You can add these lines, before the launch command in your WM startup file if you want to use pywal or random color for your bar every time you login. eg - in Openbox's autostart file...

## Launch Polybar with random wallpaper
bash ~/.config/polybar/material/scripts/pywal.sh /path/to/wallpaper_dir
bash ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh --material

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Material Icons
  • Text Font : Fantasque Sans Mono

Features

  • Dark and Light mode with 15+ colors
  • Rofi menus with same colors
  • Added Pywal support
  • Script to set random colors

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on apps icon for App Launcher
  • Right click on apps icon for Color Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

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Pywal

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Random

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Rofi & Desktop
LauncherNetworks
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PowermenuColor Switcher
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Shades

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Iosevka Nerd Font
  • Text Font : Fantasque Sans Mono

Features

  • Dark and Light mode with 15+ colors
  • Rofi menus with same colors
  • Added Pywal support
  • Script to set random colors

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on search icon for App Launcher
  • Right click on search icon for Color Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

Previews

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Modules

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Bars

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Pywal

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Random

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Rofi & Desktop
LauncherNetworks
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Hack

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Iosevka Nerd Font
  • Text Font : Iosevka Nerd Font

Features

  • Dark and Light mode with 15+ colors
  • Rofi menus with same colors
  • Added Pywal support
  • Script to set random colors

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on apps icon for App Launcher
  • Left click on colors icon for Color Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name/status for Network Menu

Previews

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Pywal

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Rofi & Desktop
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PowermenuColor Switcher
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Docky

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Icomoon Feather
  • Text Font : Iosevka Nerd Font

Features

  • Dark and Light mode with 15+ colors
  • Rofi menus with same colors
  • Added Pywal support
  • Script to set random colors

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on apps icon for App Launcher
  • Left click on feather icon for Color Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

Previews

Click to expand

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Bar gif gif

Modules gif

Modules

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Bars

Dark img

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Pywal

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Random

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Rofi & Desktop
LauncherNetworks
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PowermenuColor Switcher
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Cuts

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Icomoon Feather
  • Text Font : Iosevka Nerd Font

Features

  • Dark and Light mode with 15+ colors
  • Popular color-schemes based themes
  • Rofi menus with same colors
  • Added Pywal support
  • Script to set random colors

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on apps icon for App Launcher
  • Left click on feather icon for Style Switcher
  • Right click on feather icon for Color Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

Previews

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Bar gif gif

Modules gif

Modules

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Bars

Dark img

Light img

Colors img

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Pywal

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Random

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Rofi & Desktop
LauncherNetworks
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PowermenuColor Switcher
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Shapes

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Iosevka Nerd Font
  • Text Font : Iosevka Nerd Font

Features

  • Dark and Light mode with 15+ colors
  • 12 bar styles with different glyphs
  • Rofi menus with same colors
  • Added Pywal support for each style
  • Script to set random colors for each style

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on apps icon for App Launcher
  • Left click on colors icon for Color Switcher
  • Right click on colors icon for Style Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

Previews

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Bar gif gif

Modules gif

Modules

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Bars
Style 1

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Light img

Style 2

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Light img

Style 3

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Style 4

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Style 5

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Style 6

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Style 7

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Style 8

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Style 9

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Style 10

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Style 11

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Style 12

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Pywal

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Random

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Rofi & Desktop
LauncherNetworks
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PowermenuColor Switcher
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Grayblocks

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Icomoon Feather
  • Text Font : Iosevka Nerd Font

Features

  • Dark and Light mode with 15+ colors
  • Rofi menus with same colors
  • Added Pywal support
  • Script to set random colors

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on apps icon for App Launcher
  • Left click on feather icon for Color Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

Previews

Click to expand

Bitmap

Bar gif gif

Modules gif

Modules

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Bars

Dark img

Light img

Pywal

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Random

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Rofi & Desktop
LauncherNetworks
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PowermenuColor Switcher
imgimg

Blocks

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Icomoon Feather
  • Text Font : Iosevka Nerd Font

Features

  • Popular color-schemes based themes
  • Rofi menus with same colors

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on apps/menu icon for App Launcher
  • Left click on feather/style icon for Style Switcher
  • Left click on power/system icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

Previews

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Bar gif

Modules gif

Modules

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Bars

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Nord img

Adapta img

Gruvbox img

Cherry img

Rofi & Desktop
LauncherNetworks
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PowermenuColor Switcher
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Colorblocks

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Iosevka Nerd Font
  • Text Font : Iosevka Nerd Font

Features

  • Dark and Light mode with 15+ colors
  • Rofi menus with same colors
  • Added Pywal support
  • Script to set random colors

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on search icon for App Launcher
  • Left click on heart icon for Color Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

Previews

Click to expand

Bitmap

Bar gif gif

Modules gif

Modules

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Bars

Dark img

Light img

Pywal

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Random

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Rofi & Desktop
LauncherNetworks
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PowermenuColor Switcher
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Forest

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Icomoon Feather
  • Text Font : Iosevka Nerd Font

Features

  • Popular color-schemes based themes
  • Rofi menus with same colors

Tips

  • Run preview.sh to see all configured modules
  • Left click on apps icon for App Launcher
  • Right click on apps icon for Style Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

Previews

Click to expand

Bitmap

Bar gif

Modules gif

Modules

gif

Bars

Default img

Nord img

Gruvbox img

Dark img

Cherry img

Rofi & Desktop
LauncherNetworks
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PowermenuColor Switcher
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Panels

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Icomoon Feather, Iosevka Nerd Font, Material Icons
  • Text Font : Droid Sans, Noto Sans

Features

  • 13 different Desktop Environment panels
  • Identical rofi menus for each panel

Tips

  • Left click on logo icon for App Launcher
  • Left click on pen/feather/drop icon for Bar Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network icon for Network Menu

Previews

Rofi & Desktop

Budgie

LauncherNetworksPowermenuColor Switcher
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Deepin

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Elementary

LauncherNetworksPowermenuColor Switcher
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Elementary Dark

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Gnome

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KDE

LauncherNetworksPowermenuColor Switcher
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KDE Dark

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Liri

LauncherNetworksPowermenuColor Switcher
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Mint

LauncherNetworksPowermenuColor Switcher
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Ubuntu Gnome

LauncherNetworksPowermenuColor Switcher
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Ubuntu Unity

LauncherNetworksPowermenuColor Switcher
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Xubuntu

LauncherNetworksPowermenuColor Switcher
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Zorin

LauncherNetworksPowermenuColor Switcher
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Pwidgets

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Overview

  • Window Manager : Openbox
  • Icon Font : Iosevka Nerd Font
  • Text Font : Iosevka Nerd Font

Features

  • 8 widgets with popular color-schemes based themes
  • Rofi menus with same colors
  • Added Pywal support
  • Script to set random colors

Tips

  • Left click on up arrow icon for App Launcher
  • Right click on up arrow icon for Color Switcher
  • Left click on power icon for Powermenu
  • Left click on network name for Network Menu

Previews

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Widgets
AppsSystemMPDWorkspaces
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CPUMemoryFilesystemTray
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Pywal

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Random

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Troubleshooting

People usually open very common issues here, which are not actually caused by these themes. Here are few issues which can be solved easily.

0. Font issue with HiDPI screen

If you're using a hidpi screen...

  • Adjust the font size according to your display, just edit config.ini file -
; Text Fonts
font-0 = Iosevka Nerd Font:style=Medium:size=10;4

; Icons Fonts
font-1 = feather:style=Medium:size=12;3

; Powerline Glyphs
font-2 = Iosevka Nerd Font:style=Medium:size=19;3

; Larger font size for bar fill icons
font-3 = Iosevka Nerd Font:style=Medium:size=12;4

; Smaller font size for shorter spaces
font-4 = Iosevka Nerd Font:style=Medium:size=7;4

You may have to increase the height/width of the bar as well.

  • Bitmap fonts are not scalable, So... Don't use bitmap themes.

1. Dropping unmatched character

If you're facing this issue...

  • Make sure you've the correct fonts installed on your system.
  • On most systems, the bitmap fonts are disabled by default, enable them by -
$ sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf

2. System tray icons are not showing

By default, the System tray is disabled in these themes. You can enable it by editing the config.ini file -

; Available positions:
;   left
;   center
;   right
;   none
tray-position = right

3. Brightness module is not working

If the brightness module is not working on your system, Edit modules.ini & bars.ini files and...

  • Use type = internal/xbacklight and card = intel_backlight, if you're using an Intel GPU.
  • Use type = internal/backlight if you're using an AMD or Nvidia GPU.
  • look inside /sys/class/backlight/ and find the card name for your system. (eg: card = amdgpu_bl0)

4. Battery module is not working :

If the battery module is not working on your system, Edit modules.ini & bars.ini files and...

  • Use ls -l /sys/class/power_supply/ command to list batteries and adapters.
  • Replace BAT1 and ACAD with your batteries and adapters. (eg: battery = BAT0)

5. MPD module is not working :

If the mpd module is not working on your system...

  • Make sure you've mpd installed and running.
  • Make sure you've songs on your playlist.
  • If mpd daemon is not running on localhost, edit host = , port = and password = values accordingly.
  • Make sure mpd is installed before you compile the polybar.

6. Temperature module is not working :

If your system doesn't support thermal-zones, Use full path of temperature sysfs path in hwmon-path = .

7. Updates module is not working :

The Updates module and checkupdates, updates.sh scripts only works for pacman (Arch Linux package manager)

8. Volume module is not working :

There are both alsa and pulseaudio modules available in each theme. Use according to your system.

Quick FYI

  • These themes are created on a 1080p display. So if you're using a 720p or 4k panel, Don't forget to adjust the fonts accordingly.
  • System Tray is disable by default, edit config.ini to enable it.
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