adi1090x/polybar-themes
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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 itselfRofi: For App launcher, network, power and style menuspywal: For pywal supportcalc: For random colors supportnetworkmanager_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.shand 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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Material
Overview
Window Manager: OpenboxIcon Font: Material IconsText 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.shto 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
Click to expand
Bitmap
Bar
Modules
Modules
Bars
Dark
Light
Pywal
Random
Rofi & Desktop
| Launcher | Networks |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Powermenu | Color Switcher |
|---|---|
 |  |
Shades
Overview
Window Manager: OpenboxIcon Font: Iosevka Nerd FontText 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.shto 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
Click to expand
Bitmap
Bar
Modules
Modules
Bars
Dark
Light
Pywal
Random
Rofi & Desktop
| Launcher | Networks |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Powermenu | Color Switcher |
|---|---|
 |  |
Hack
Overview
Window Manager: OpenboxIcon Font: Iosevka Nerd FontText 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.shto 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
Click to expand
Bitmap
Bar
Modules
Modules
Bars
Dark
Light
Pywal
Random
Rofi & Desktop
| Launcher | Networks |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Powermenu | Color Switcher |
|---|---|
 |  |
Docky
Overview
Window Manager: OpenboxIcon Font: Icomoon FeatherText 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.shto 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
Modules
Modules
Bars
Dark
Light
Pywal
Random
Rofi & Desktop
| Launcher | Networks |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Powermenu | Color Switcher |
|---|---|
 |  |
Cuts
Overview
Window Manager: OpenboxIcon Font: Icomoon FeatherText 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.shto 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
Click to expand
Bitmap
Bar
Modules
Modules
Bars
Dark
Light
Colors
Pywal
Random
Rofi & Desktop
| Launcher | Networks |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Powermenu | Color Switcher |
|---|---|
 |  |
Shapes
Overview
Window Manager: OpenboxIcon Font: Iosevka Nerd FontText 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.shto 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
Click to expand
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: OpenboxIcon Font: Icomoon FeatherText 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.shto 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
Modules
Modules
Bars
Dark
Light
Pywal
Random
Rofi & Desktop
| Launcher | Networks |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Powermenu | Color Switcher |
|---|---|
 |  |
Blocks
Overview
Window Manager: OpenboxIcon Font: Icomoon FeatherText Font: Iosevka Nerd Font
Features
- Popular color-schemes based themes
- Rofi menus with same colors
Tips
- Run
preview.shto 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
Click to expand
Bitmap
Bar
Modules
Modules
Bars
Default
Nord
Adapta
Gruvbox
Cherry
Rofi & Desktop
| Launcher | Networks |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Powermenu | Color Switcher |
|---|---|
 |  |
Colorblocks
Overview
Window Manager: OpenboxIcon Font: Iosevka Nerd FontText 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.shto 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
Modules
Modules
Bars
Dark
Light
Pywal
Random
Rofi & Desktop
| Launcher | Networks |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Powermenu | Color Switcher |
|---|---|
 |  |
Forest
Overview
Window Manager: OpenboxIcon Font: Icomoon FeatherText Font: Iosevka Nerd Font
Features
- Popular color-schemes based themes
- Rofi menus with same colors
Tips
- Run
preview.shto 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
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: OpenboxIcon Font: Icomoon Feather, Iosevka Nerd Font, Material IconsText 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: OpenboxIcon Font: Iosevka Nerd FontText 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
Click to expand
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.inifile -
; 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/xbacklightandcard = intel_backlight, if you're using an Intel GPU. - Use
type = internal/backlightif 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
BAT1andACADwith 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 =andpassword =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.inito enable it. - Have Fun, Share it with your friends.
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