loading-waybar-rice

A custom Waybar configuration for Omarchy with Cava audio visualizer, system monitoring, and theme-adaptive colors.

Inspired by Dionysus waybar theme.

Features

• Cava Audio Visualizer - Horizontal bars reacting to audio with volume percentage
• Mic Voice Level - Real-time voice-reactive level bar with percentage
• Battery Bar - Visual battery indicator with charging status (for laptops)
• System Monitoring - CPU, GPU (with VRAM), RAM, Disk usage, and Coolant temperature
• Network Speeds - WiFi/Ethernet icon with live download/upload speeds
• Microphone Toggle - Ctrl+M with audio feedback (beep sounds)
• Theme-Adaptive Colors - Automatically matches your Omarchy theme
• Bracketed Modules - Clean [ module ] styling

One-Command Install

git clone https://github.com/SeanGSR/loading-waybar-rice.git && cd loading-waybar-rice && ./install.sh

Manual Install

git clone https://github.com/SeanGSR/loading-waybar-rice.git
cd loading-waybar-rice
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Dependencies

• cava - Audio visualizer
• waybar - Status bar
• pipewire / wireplumber - Audio control (uses wpctl)
• lm_sensors - Temperature monitoring
• sox - Mic level analysis
• alsa-utils - Audio recording (for mic level)
• nvidia-utils - GPU monitoring (optional, for NVIDIA cards)

Install on Arch:

sudo pacman -S cava waybar pipewire wireplumber lm_sensors sox alsa-utils nvidia-utils

Keybindings

Key	Action
Ctrl+M	Toggle microphone mute (with sound feedback)
Click on volume	Open audio mixer
Scroll on volume	Adjust volume

Module Layout

Left:   [ Omarchy ] [ CPU GPU RAM Disk Coolant ] [ Tray ]
Center: [ Workspaces ]
Right:  [ Net ↓↑ ] [ Mic ███░░ 30% ] [ Bluetooth ] [ Cava ███░░ 70% ] [ Battery ███░░ 60% ] [ Tuesday 17/03 March • 14:30:45 ]

Customization

Colors

Colors are automatically pulled from your Omarchy theme at:

~/.config/omarchy/current/theme/colors.toml

Change your Omarchy theme and waybar updates automatically!

Scripts

All scripts are in ~/.config/waybar/scripts/:

• cava-volume.sh - Audio visualizer + volume
• mic-level.sh - Voice-reactive mic level bar
• battery.sh - Battery bar visualization
• sysinfo.sh - System monitoring
• network.sh - Network speeds
• mic-toggle.sh - Toggle mic with sound

Uninstall

cd loading-waybar-rice
./uninstall.sh

This restores your previous waybar config from backup.

Credits

• Omarchy - The base Linux distribution
• Dionysus - Inspiration for the bracketed module style