Debian and Fedora

Kwybars release builds publish Linux x86_64 packages for Debian-based and Fedora-family distributions.

Download the latest package from the GitHub releases page.

Debian and Ubuntu

Install the .deb package:

sudo apt install ./kwybars_*_amd64.deb

The package installs kwybars-daemon, kwybars-overlay, kwybarsctl, bundled themes, example config, man pages, and the user systemd service.

If your distribution does not package gtk4-layer-shell, install Kwybars from source, Nix, or Arch/AUR instead for now.

Install the .rpm package:

sudo dnf install ./kwybars-*.rpm

The package expects Fedora package names for GTK4, gtk4-layer-shell, PipeWire libraries, and Cava.

Start the daemon:

kwybars-daemon

To start it with your user session:

systemctl --user enable --now kwybars-daemon.service

If the service starts too early after boot, start kwybars-daemon from your compositor config instead.