# MalpenZibo/ashell

A ready to go status bar for Wayland compositors

Repository: https://github.com/MalpenZibo/ashell
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ashell
Homepage: https://malpenzibo.github.io/ashell/
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: bar, hyprland, iced-rs, statusbar, wayland, wlroots, niri, mangowc, rice
Last push: 2026-09-02T07:45:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 100, longevity 82
- inputs: {"age_days": 1155, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 1, "gap_med": 29.0, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1086, forks 132 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:06.559389+00:00)

## What it is
A ready-to-use status bar for Wayland compositors such as Hyprland, Niri, MangoWC, and other wlroots-based setups, written in Rust with the iced GUI library. It ships batteries-included modules (workspaces, system tray, media player, notifications, CPU/RAM/network stats, audio, brightness, Bluetooth, VPN, power menu) with hot-reload configuration and an IPC socket for scripting and keybindings.

## Use cases
- status bar for hyprland
- wayland compositor top bar
- niri status bar
- wlroots desktop panel
- rice my linux desktop with a status bar
- system tray and notification center for wayland
- ready-made wayland bar without writing scripts
- linux bar with media player and quick settings

## When to choose
- You use Hyprland, Niri, MangoWC, or another supported wlroots-based Wayland compositor and want a working bar out of the box
- You want workspaces, tray, media, network, audio, brightness, and power controls bundled in one bar instead of assembling many scripts or plugins
- You value hot-reload configuration and flexible theming such as transparent islands, custom radius, margins, fonts, and per-monitor layouts

## When to avoid
- You are on X11 or a desktop environment like GNOME or KDE that ships its own panel
- You rely on a large third-party module/plugin ecosystem or deeply custom scriptable modules beyond the built-in custom button/text and IPC commands
- Your compositor is not on the supported-compositors list and auto-detection fails

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems
- platform: rust
- tags: wayland, status-bar, hyprland, niri, wlroots, mangowc, iced, ricing, system-tray, desktop-customization, hot-reload-config, notification-center, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- MalpenZibo/ashell (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:06.559389+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:53:19.254357+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MalpenZibo/ashell (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:06.559389+00:00, sha 8586abc720b1)
  - homepage: https://malpenzibo.github.io/ashell/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:54:35.223294+00:00, sha 524be7113f91)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.