Doesn't work on arch linux Hyprland

[Epic-R-R]

Failed to dock icon
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/sullivan/Documents/theany-org/trackit/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pystray/_xorg.py", line 162, in _update_icon
self._assert_docked()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/home/sullivan/Documents/theany-org/trackit/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pystray/_xorg.py", line 395, in _assert_docked
assert self._systray_manager
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError
Failed to dock icon
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/sullivan/Documents/theany-org/trackit/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pystray/_xorg.py", line 143, in _show
self._assert_docked()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/home/sullivan/Documents/theany-org/trackit/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pystray/_xorg.py", line 395, in _assert_docked
assert self._systray_manager
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError

System Information:
System name: Linux
Release: 6.15.8-arch1-1
Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:18:11 +0000

~/: hyprctl version
Hyprland 0.50.1 built from branch at commit 4e242d086e20b32951fdc0ebcbfb4d41b5be8dcc ([gha] Nix: update inputs).
Date: Sat Jul 19 21:37:06 2025
Tag: v0.50.1, commits: 6291
built against:
aquamarine 0.9.2
hyprlang 0.6.3
hyprutils 0.8.1
hyprcursor 0.1.12
hyprgraphics 0.1.5

[laura-3]

In order to get it to work on hyprland you need to have the python package PyGObject installed.
(This is also mentioned in the docs)
I tested it with hyprpanel/waybar, and it's most likely the same with other bars.

If PyGObject is not installed, it detects it is on Linux, and then:

• tries the appindicator backend, which silently fails because "gi" (go introspection) from pygobject does not exist
• tries the gtk backend, which fails for the same reason
• falls back to xorg, which is not running

So just add "pygobject" to your dependencies.

This also requires either libappindicator-gtk3 or libayatana-appindicator installed on your system, but you may already have one of them installed from other apps that have a tray icon.