francma/wob
Lightweight overlay volume, brightness (or anything) bar for Wayland observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
68/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2608
- days_rel: 470
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1152 stars · 56 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
wob is a lightweight overlay bar for Wayland compositors that displays values like volume or brightness as a transient on-screen indicator. It reads numbers from stdin or a named pipe and renders them using the wlr_layer_shell protocol.
Use cases
- show a volume bar when changing audio level on sway
- display a brightness indicator when adjusting backlight
- visualize any numeric value fed via a named pipe
- get an OSD-style feedback bar on Wayland like xob on X11
When to choose
- you use a wlroots-based Wayland compositor like sway and want a minimal OSD bar
- you want a tiny, scriptable indicator driven by shell scripts or keybindings
- you prefer a lightweight C tool over notification-daemon hacks
When to avoid
- you are on X11 (use xob instead)
- you need icons or rich OSD features (consider avizo or SwayOSD)
- your compositor lacks wlr_layer_shell support
Facets
application · maturity active
gui desktop-applications operating-systems wayland overlay-bar volume-indicator brightness-indicator sway wlr-layer-shell named-pipe linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/francma/wob · fetched 2026-09-03 · a6170798edc3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| francma/wob | main | 68 |
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