arthur-os/shell/plugins/bar/README.md

Omarchy bar

This is the Quickshell implementation of the Omarchy status bar. It is shipped as a first-party plugin of omarchy-shell, the long-running shell host. The bar is mounted at startup and lives inside the shell for its whole session.

• manifest.json declares the plugin (id: omarchy.bar, kind: bar) and points at Bar.qml as the entry point.
• Bar.qml is Omarchy-owned bar engine code, loaded by the omarchy-shell host. Users should not edit it directly.
• widgets/ holds simple first-party bar widgets with sibling manifests.
• Feature plugins such as ../panels/audio/, ../panels/network/, ../panels/power/, and ../tailscale/ provide richer popup bar plugins.
• The bar receives its config from the host shell as a barConfig property; the host loads it from ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json (or config/omarchy/shell.json when the user has no file).
• omarchy-style-bar-position updates only the user shell.json file.

Customizing

The bar config lives under the bar: key of ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json. Out of the box the shell uses config/omarchy/shell.json. Once you customize anything via the inline bar config panel, omarchy plugin bar ..., or by editing shell.json directly, your file is canonical — there is no deep-merge.

Open quick position and transparency controls with omarchy launch bar settings / omarchy plugin bar settings (or run omarchy-launch-bar-settings). You can also hover the centered clock module to reveal the inline bar config button. For scriptable widget changes, use omarchy plugin bar list, omarchy plugin bar add, omarchy plugin bar move, omarchy plugin bar remove, and omarchy plugin bar set. Double-left-click empty center-bar space to toggle bar transparency.

Example shell.json (bar subtree only shown):

{
  "version": 1,
  "bar": {
    "position": "top",
    "transparent": false,
    "centerAnchor": "omarchy.clock",
    "layout": {
      "left": [
        { "id": "omarchy.menu" },
        { "id": "omarchy.spacer", "size": 12 },
        { "id": "omarchy.workspaces" }
      ],
      "center": [
        { "id": "omarchy.media" },
        { "id": "omarchy.clock", "format": "HH:mm" }
      ],
      "right": [
        { "id": "omarchy.audio" },
        { "id": "omarchy.power" }
      ]
    }
  }
}

centerAnchor pins one center module to the exact horizontal/vertical center and flanks others around it. Set to an empty string to disable anchoring (the center list is centered as a group).

Module catalogue

First-party interactive widgets

Name	What it does	Interactions
omarchy.menu	Omarchy menu launcher	left = menu · right = terminal
omarchy.workspaces	Hyprland workspace switcher	left = focus workspace
omarchy.clock	Date/time label	left = alternate format · right = timezone selector
omarchy.media	MPRIS now-playing — scrolling track + artist, cover-art popup	left = play/pause · middle = next · scroll = prev/next · right = popup
omarchy.indicators	Manual state indicators	left = indicator action
omarchy.notifications	Bell with badge + popup with recent notifications, DND toggle	left = popup · right = toggle DND
omarchy.system-update	Available update indicator	left = update
omarchy.system-stats	Inline CPU + memory sparklines, popup with detail	left = popup · right = terminal
omarchy.tray	System tray	hover = reveal drawer · right on chevron = manage
omarchy.weather	Weather icon + popup with forecast	left = popup · right = full notification
omarchy.microphone	Mic icon + scroll volume	left = mute toggle · middle = audio panel · scroll = source volume

| omarchy.audio | Volume icon + popup with master slider, output-device picker, per-app mixer | left = popup · right = mute · middle = popup · scroll = volume | | omarchy.network | Wi-Fi/Ethernet icon + popup with Wi-Fi scan, signal, connect, DNS provider selection | left = popup · right = nmtui | | omarchy.tailscale | Tailscale status, connection switcher, machine browser, and copy actions | left = popup · right = toggle · middle = refresh | | omarchy.power | Battery/AC icon + popup with battery stats, power profiles, and system info | left = popup | | omarchy.bluetooth | Bluetooth icon + popup with device list, connect/disconnect, battery | left = popup · right = toggle radio · middle = bluetoothctl TUI | | omarchy.monitor | Brightness and laptop display controls | left = popup |

The omarchy.indicators widget loads individual bar indicators from indicators/. Omit items (or set it to an empty array) to show all indicators in the default order, or set items to a subset such as ["Dnd", "Reminder", "NightLight"]. Set alwaysShow to true to keep inactive indicators visible instead of revealing them only on hover. Multiple omarchy.indicators instances are allowed, so different sections can show different subsets.

Orientation

All widgets work in top, bottom, left, and right positions. Popups anchor on the side opposite the bar edge, sliding into the workspace. Vertical bars use 28px width; widgets that show text fall back to compact icon-only forms (e.g. media hides its scrolling label).

Custom user modules

The schema accepts arbitrary module ids that you provide. Set type to command for shell-driven output or qml for a custom QML widget. Both still go under bar.layout.<section> in shell.json.

Command module:

{
  "version": 1,
  "bar": {
    "layout": {
      "right": [
        { "id": "omarchy.tray" },
        { "id": "vpn", "type": "command", "exec": "~/.config/omarchy/bar/scripts/vpn-status", "interval": 5, "tooltip": "VPN", "onClick": "nm-connection-editor" },
        { "id": "omarchy.audio" }
      ]
    }
  }
}

The command may print plain text or Waybar-style JSON, for example:

{"text":"󰌆","tooltip":"Work VPN","class":"active"}

QML module:

{
  "version": 1,
  "bar": {
    "layout": {
      "right": [
        { "id": "gpu", "type": "qml" },
        { "id": "omarchy.audio" }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Then create ~/.config/omarchy/bar/modules/gpu.qml. If you want to store it elsewhere, add a source path.

Custom QML modules should be an Item with implicitWidth and implicitHeight. They may optionally define these properties, which the bar fills after loading:

import QtQuick

Item {
  property var bar
  property string moduleName
  property var settings

  implicitWidth: 28
  implicitHeight: bar ? bar.barSize : 26

  Text {
    anchors.centerIn: parent
    text: "GPU"
    color: bar ? bar.foreground : "white"
    font.family: bar ? bar.fontFamily : "monospace"
    font.pixelSize: 12
  }

  MouseArea {
    anchors.fill: parent
    onClicked: if (bar) bar.run("omarchy-launch-or-focus-tui btop")
  }
}

Bar properties available to widgets

Widgets receive bar (the shell root), moduleName (string), and settings (object) injected at load time. The bar exposes:

• bar.foreground, bar.background, bar.urgent — theme colors (live-updated)
• bar.fontFamily — current monospace family
• bar.position — "top" | "bottom" | "left" | "right"
• bar.vertical — boolean shortcut
• bar.barSize — 26 horizontal / 28 vertical
• bar.run(command) — fire-and-forget bash exec
• bar.shellQuote(value) — safe shell-quote a string
• bar.showTooltip(target, text) / bar.hideTooltip(target) — shared tooltip popup
• bar.requestPopout(owner) / bar.releasePopout(owner) — one-popup-at-a-time coordinator

First-party bar widgets are manifest-backed just like third-party widgets. Simple widgets carry sibling manifests such as widgets/Clock.manifest.json; richer popup plugins live in feature directories such as ../panels/audio/, ../panels/network/, and ../tailscale/; and feature plugins such as omarchy.menu, omarchy.media, and omarchy.notifications declare their bar-widget entry points in their own manifest.json. Bar layout ids are namespaced, e.g. omarchy.audio, omarchy.network, and omarchy.clock. Older UpperCamelCase ids such as AudioPanel and Clock are migrated forward; new configs should use the namespaced ids.

Third-party widgets ship as separate plugins under ~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/ with their own manifest.json declaring kinds: ["bar-widget"] and a barWidget entry point. See ../../README.md for the manifest schema. Enable, rescan, and place third-party plugins with omarchy plugin enable, omarchy plugin rescan, and omarchy plugin bar add.