Ditch Waybar’s Bloat for HyprPanel’s Lean, Mean, RosePine Dream #11
Description
Yo Prime, let’s talk Wayland bars. Waybar’s been my jam, but it’s like wrestling a bloated Vim plugin from 2012—endless configs, custom notification scripts, and a pile of dependencies (Wallust, Dunst, Mako, Swaync, Waypaper, swww). I spent days tweaking it to look half-decent, only to feel like I’m maintaining a second job.
Enter HyprPanel. In 15 minutes, I had a slick, RosePine-themed bar with workspaces, battery, volume, and notifications—no scripts, no bloat. It’s like if Neovim and Hyprland had a baby that just works. Built on Aylur’s GTK Shell (AGS), it’s customizable without the boilerplate nightmare. I yeeted Waybar, Wallust, and the whole notification circus, and my Hyprland setup’s never felt lighter.
Why This Slaps for dev:
Minimalism: HyprPanel’s leaner than a Rust binary, cutting out Waybar’s JSON soup and external deps.
Speed: Setup’s faster than you saying “blazingly fast” in a YouTube vid.
Theming: RosePine out of the box, no Wallust needed. (But it plays nice with Wallust/Matugen if you’re feeling extra.)
Prime Vibes: It’s the kind of tool you’d hype for its “get sh*t done” energy.
Proposal:
Update the dev repo’s Hyprland guide (or dotfiles) to flex HyprPanel as the go-to bar. I can PR:
A README section with a 5-minute HyprPanel setup (Arch, RosePine theme).
Optional: A sample ~/.config/ags/config.js for that Prime-level aesthetic.
A “bloat purge” script to nuke Waybar, Wallust, Dunst, etc., for a clean slate.
Repro the Pain:
Wrestle Waybar’s JSON for days to get notifications working (script included, ugh).
Install Wallust, Waypaper, swww, and a notification daemon (Dunst/Mako/Swaync).
Cry over font rendering (e.g., “f” touching letters in JetBrainsMono).
Compare to HyprPanel: yay -S hyprpanel, pick RosePine, ags, merge stream status, done.
Setup Deets:
Distro: Arch Linux
Hyprland: 0.49.0
HyprPanel: Jas-SinghFSU/HyprPanel
Wanna make dev the ultimate Hyprland flex? I’m down to PR this and make it blazingly fast
