Install xob on CachyOS

What should I do after installing xob?

1. Run xob in a terminal.
2. Run pacman -Qi xob to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove xob?

Update:

Remove:

What is xob?

A lightweight overlay volume (or anything) bar for the X Window System.

Package description: A lightweight volume (or anything) bar for the X Window System

Reviews of xob on CachyOS

From GitHub

florentc/xob · ★ 461 stars · last commit Nov 17, 2025 · latest release Jul 19, 2021

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1. Possible to "reverse" the bar?Open

   I got xob running right below my volume module in Polybar, which is in the upper-right corner of the screen. Is it possible to "flip" the bar so that it fills from the top to the bottom? I made a little mockup in GIMP to show how I would like it to look.

   @PowerMan2206 · Apr 7, 2025 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

2. Configuration with Xresources?Closed

   The man page says that there is a possible plan for configuration with Xresources. This would be really cool -- is it still a possibility?

   @Hugo-Heagren · Oct 31, 2024 · 1 comments · View on GitHub

3. Alternate styles not being utilisedClosed

   I have the config file at /.config/xob/styles.cfg, with three styles: default, volume, and backlight, however, when I run xob with the non-default styles, only the default is being used. And if I remove the default style from the config file and run with the non-default style…

   @IBArbitrary · Aug 3, 2024 · 1 comments · View on GitHub

4. Show on invocationClosed

   results in bar showing for a split second then disappearing. Adding timeout flag is indifferent. I don't need xob to be listening all the time for some change. I just want it to "show on demand".

   @avidseeker · Oct 28, 2022 · 7 comments · View on GitHub

5. Reading configuration and do nothingClosed

   I run command and it do nothing, just print . Program does not close. Do not know how to make it work. I'm on Fedora.

   @Iwwww · Oct 15, 2022 · 1 comments · View on GitHub

6. Simpler brightness and volume bar script examplesOpen

   The current brightness and volume bar scripts require a Python installation as well as some Python libraries. I propose we also suggest some simpler shell scripts with minimal dependencies. Here are some implementations I've come up with, they work for me but I'm new to shell…

   @freddylist · Sep 30, 2022 · 4 comments · View on GitHub

7. Blinking barOpen

   The bar sometimes "blinking" while changing values. After checking the video frame by frame, I've noticed that blinking is the result of redrawing the bar every time, when values change. To solve the issue we can redraw only changed part of the bar. And draw all components of the…

   @juster-0 · Jul 15, 2022 · 2 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

8. Hide cursor on fullscreenClosed

   I'm on archlinux + i3wm... When i'm in a fullscreen application with hidden cursor, if I do something to show xob, then my cursor blink when xob appears on screen, there is a way to make only xob bar to show on screen?

   @lucaslira95 · Mar 14, 2022 · 5 comments · View on GitHub

9. [feature request] add an option to position xob relatively to the active monitorOpen

   As said in the README, xob positions itself relatively to the whole X display. This is pretty inconvenient when one has to keep a single config across several monitor situations.

   @xaltsc · Nov 4, 2021 · 2 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

10. xob is kinda broken after latest updateOpen

    Hello to the developer of xob! I find your creation really useful, but the recent update has made it "misbehave". Using the volume script on this repo and piping it to xob, on volume change I notice few artifacts and flashing throughout xob. Could this be an issue in my part? Let…

    @ghost · Oct 16, 2021 · 5 comments · View on GitHub

11. [Request] Option to use a specific color for outline and paddingOpen

    I was wondering if it would be possible to add an option to specify the color of the outline and padding? Presumably a default value could be to fallback to the background color.

    @Barbaross93 · Aug 30, 2021 · 1 comments · View on GitHub

12. Possibly add a link to the following YouTube video to help introduce and explain Xob to new usersOpen

    Possibly add a link to the following YouTube video Xob - Bar Overlays Add Extra Flair To Any Linux Desktop to help introduce and explain Xob to new users. Also, after significant changes have been made to Xob, perhaps you might contact reviewers on YouTube (such as Brodie…

    @Raytle · Jul 16, 2021 · 3 comments · View on GitHub

13. Add support for hot-reloading configOpen

    Perhaps through USR1 signal? Or, by watching file using inotify? Latter could be enabled using a cli flag. For inotify, libfluffy [1] seems good enough? [1]

    @MuhammedZakir · Jul 16, 2021 · 7 comments · View on GitHub

14. I created ~/.config/xob/styles.cfg and edited it, yet the appearance of xob did not changeClosed

    After reading Appearance I created /.config/xob/styles.cfg as shown here... Then I edited /.config/xob/styles.cfg in the following manner... yet the appearance of xob did not change. By the way, I had heard of "man pages" (manual pages), and perhaps even opened a couple in the…

    @Raytle · Jul 16, 2021 · 11 comments · View on GitHub

15. How can I install xob in Lubuntu 20.04 LTS?Closed

    I don't think any further explanation is needed.

    @Raytle · Jul 7, 2021 · 38 comments · View on GitHub