adi1090x/polybar-themes: A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.

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 : Ofcourse, 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.

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

Material

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

Previews

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Dark

Light

Pywal

Random

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Shades

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

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Dark

Light

Pywal

Random

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Hack

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

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Dark

Light

Pywal

Random

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Docky

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

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Dark

Light

Pywal

Random

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Cuts

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

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Dark

Light

Colors

Pywal

Random

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Shapes

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

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Style 1

Dark

Light

Style 2

Dark

Light

Style 3

Dark

Light

Style 4

Dark

Light

Style 5

Dark

Light

Style 6

Dark

Light

Style 7

Dark

Light

Style 8

Dark

Light

Style 9

Dark

Light

Style 10

Dark

Light

Style 11

Dark

Light

Style 12

Dark

Light

Pywal

Random

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Grayblocks

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

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Dark

Light

Pywal

Random

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Blocks

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

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Default

Nord

Adapta

Gruvbox

Cherry

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Colorblocks

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

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Dark

Light

Pywal

Random

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Forest

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

Bitmap

Bar

Modules

Modules

Bars

Default

Nord

Gruvbox

Dark

Cherry

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

Panels

Budgie Deepin Elementary Elementary Dark Gnome KDE KDE Dark Liri Mint Ubuntu Gnome Ubuntu Unity Xubuntu Zorin

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

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Deepin

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Elementary

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Elementary Dark

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Gnome

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

KDE

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

KDE Dark

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Liri

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Mint

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Ubuntu Gnome

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Ubuntu Unity

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Xubuntu

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Zorin

Launcher	Networks	Powermenu	Color Switcher

Pwidgets

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

Widgets

Apps	System	MPD	Workspaces

CPU	Memory	Filesystem	Tray

Pywal

Random

Rofi & Desktop

Launcher	Networks

Powermenu	Color Switcher

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

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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