# JakeStanger/ironbar

Customisable Wayland GTK4 bar written in Rust.

Repository: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ironbar
Homepage: https://crates.io/crates/ironbar
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bar, desktop, gtk, gtk-layer-shell, rust, sway, wayland, hyprland, wlroots, gtk4, niri, ironbar
Last push: 2026-08-20T21:28:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1481, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 108, "gap_med": 111.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1444, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.940105+00:00)

## What it is
Ironbar is a customisable GTK4 status bar and desktop panel for Wayland compositors, written in Rust. It supports Sway, Hyprland, and Niri with themable CSS, popup widgets, custom modules, and scripting including Lua.

## Use cases
- customizable status bar for hyprland
- wayland desktop panel written in rust
- sway status bar with popups
- themeable gtk4 bar for wayland
- multiple bars per monitor on wayland
- custom widgets and lua scripting in a wayland bar

## When to choose
- you use Sway, Hyprland, or Niri and want a rich, configurable bar or full panel
- you want hot-reloaded CSS theming and popup content out of the box
- you need per-monitor bars or custom widgets with script/Lua support

## When to avoid
- you are on X11 rather than Wayland
- you need first-class support for compositors other than Sway/Hyprland (Niri support is partial)
- you want a zero-configuration bar with no setup

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, ui-components, theme, configuration-management
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: rust
- tags: wayland, gtk4, status-bar, hyprland, sway, wlroots, niri, gtk-layer-shell, desktop-panel, css-theming, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- JakeStanger/ironbar (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.940105+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 2026-08-30T04:36:16.287470+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.940105+00:00, sha 88c4b7d8061e)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/ironbar (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:11.821484+00:00, sha a391f3066e95)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.