🎉 Yay Polybar

A simple Polybar script to display available Arch Linux updates with click actions for notifications and GUI-based package selection.

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✨ Features

• 📦 Update Count – Displays the total number of updates available.

• 🔔 Click Actions (optional):

  • Left-click → Show a desktop notification listing update candidates.
  • Right-click → Launch a GUI to select which packages to update, then upgrade them via yay.

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📸 Screenshots

Polybar Module

GUI Package Selection

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📦 Dependencies

• Required

  • yay – AUR helper for Arch Linux

• Optional (for click actions)

  • i3wm – Window manager (used to run scripts)
  • notify-send – Desktop notifications
  • zenity – Graphical package selection dialog
  • termite – Terminal emulator for running updates interactively

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/yay-polybar.git ~/code/yay-polybar
   cd ~/code/yay-polybar

2. Make scripts executable

   chmod +x updates-arch-yay.sh notify-updates.sh prompt-updates.sh

3. Add to Polybar config Insert the following block into your ~/.config/polybar/config.ini:

   [module/updates]
   type = custom/script
   exec = ~/code/yay-polybar/updates-arch-yay.sh
   interval = 600
   click-left = i3-msg exec ~/code/yay-polybar/notify-updates.sh
   click-right = i3-msg exec ~/code/yay-polybar/prompt-updates.sh

4. Reload Polybar Restart Polybar or reload your config to apply the changes.

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🖱️ Usage

• Left Click → Notify Updates Displays a system notification with the list of available package updates.

• Right Click → Prompt Updates Opens a zenity dialog to select packages for updating, then triggers their upgrade via yay.

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🪟 i3wm Integration

To display the update terminal as a floating, centered window in i3:

for_window [instance="^package-update$" class="^Termite$"] floating enable, move position center

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💡 Tip: With Yay Polybar, staying up-to-date on Arch Linux is just a glance and a click away!