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Port details
sfwbar Flexible taskbar application for wayland compositors
1.0.b17 x11 on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.0.b16.1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: tino.engel@mail.de search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2022-12-02 10:06:09
Last Update: 2026-04-02 00:12:18
Commit Hash: c135ad7
Also Listed In: wayland
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://github.com/LBCrion/sfwbar
Description:
SFWBar (S* Floating Window Bar) is a flexible taskbar application for wayland compositors, designed with a stacking layout in mind. Originally developed for Sway, SFWBar will work with any wayland compositor supporting layer shell protocol, the taskbar and window switcher functionality shall work with any compositor supportinig foreign toplevel protocol, but the pager, and window placement functionality require sway (or at least i3 IPC support).
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Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
There is no configure plist information for this port.
USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • sfwbar>0:x11/sfwbar
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/x11/sfwbar/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install x11/sfwbar
  • pkg install sfwbar
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: sfwbar
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • default: sfwbar
  • lite: sfwbar-lite
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1774880355 SHA256 (LBCrion-sfwbar-v1.0_beta17_GH0.tar.gz) = a4915bc7dd0873c45d0d6b01b070e39a91fd16cfadf730d6a9e48db68a8cd09e SIZE (LBCrion-sfwbar-v1.0_beta17_GH0.tar.gz) = 518367

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
sfwbar
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.0.b171.0.b17-1.0.b16.11.0.b17n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.0.b171.0.b17-1.0.b16.11.0.b17n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest1.0.b171.0.b17-1.0.b16.11.0.b17--1.0.b9_1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.0.b171.0.b17-1.0.b16.11.0.b17-1.0.b13_11.0.b13_1
FreeBSD:15:latest1.0.b171.0.b17n/a1.0.b16.1n/an/a1.0.b14_1-
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.0.b171.0.b17n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest-1.0.b17n/a-n/an/a--
 
sfwbar-lite
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.0.b171.0.b17--1.0.b17n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.0.b171.0.b17--1.0.b17n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest1.0.b171.0.b17--1.0.b17---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.0.b171.0.b17--1.0.b17---
FreeBSD:15:latest1.0.b171.0.b17n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.0.b171.0.b17n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest-1.0.b17n/a-n/an/a--
 
sfwbar-nopulse
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest---1.0.b16.1-n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly---1.0.b16.1-n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest---1.0.b16.1----
FreeBSD:14:quarterly---1.0.b16.1----
FreeBSD:15:latest--n/a1.0.b16.1n/an/a--
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest--n/a-n/an/a--
 
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. rst2man : textproc/py-docutils@py311
  2. wayland-protocols>0 : graphics/wayland-protocols
  3. meson : devel/meson
  4. ninja : devel/ninja
  5. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  6. gettext-tools>=0.26 : devel/gettext-tools
Runtime dependencies:
  1. python3.11 : lang/python311
Library dependencies:
  1. libgtk-layer-shell.so : x11-toolkits/gtk-layer-shell
  2. libjson-c.so : devel/json-c
  3. libwayland-client.so : graphics/wayland
  4. libasound.so : audio/alsa-lib
  5. libmpdclient.so : audio/libmpdclient
  6. libpipewire-0.3.so : multimedia/pipewire
  7. libpulse.so : audio/pulseaudio
  8. libxkbregistry.so : x11/libxkbcommon
  9. libatk-1.0.so : accessibility/at-spi2-core
  10. libcairo.so : graphics/cairo
  11. libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
  12. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  13. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  14. libgtk-3.so : x11-toolkits/gtk30
  15. libharfbuzz.so : print/harfbuzz
  16. libpango-1.0.so : x11-toolkits/pango
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for sfwbar-1.0.b17: ALSA=on: ALSA audio volume control MPD=on: Music player daemon control NLS=on: Native Language Support NM=on: Network manager module PIPEWIRE=on: PipeWire multimedia server support PULSEAUDIO=on: Pulse audio volume control XKB=on: XkbCommon keyboard layout conversion support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
x11_sfwbar
USES:
gnome meson pkgconfig python:run gettext-tools
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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Number of commits found: 17

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
1.0.b17
02 Apr 2026 00:12:18
commit hash: c135ad7545174a144c284fa1a5164bf40720e6eccommit hash: c135ad7545174a144c284fa1a5164bf40720e6eccommit hash: c135ad7545174a144c284fa1a5164bf40720e6eccommit hash: c135ad7545174a144c284fa1a5164bf40720e6ec files touched by this commit
Yusuf Yaman (nxjoseph) search for other commits by this committer
x11/sfwbar: Update 1.0_beta16.1 => 1.0_beta17

Port changes:
- Rename nopulse flavor to lite and make it
  disable both pipewire and pulseaudio options
- Drop backported patches as they're in new release
- Add NLS option for pl,ru,zh_CN,zh_TW locale support

Changelog:
https://github.com/LBCrion/sfwbar/releases/tag/v1.0_beta17

PR:		294141
Approved by:	Tino Engel <tino.engel@mail.de> (maintainer)
Approved by:	vvd (mentor)
Co-authored-by:	Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org>
Co-authored-by:	Vladimir Druzenko <vvd@FreeBSD.org>
1.0.b16.1
02 Jun 2025 07:40:31
commit hash: 54c6857e6ebe7d0ddbb47da462fa778f865b85cfcommit hash: 54c6857e6ebe7d0ddbb47da462fa778f865b85cfcommit hash: 54c6857e6ebe7d0ddbb47da462fa778f865b85cfcommit hash: 54c6857e6ebe7d0ddbb47da462fa778f865b85cf files touched by this commit
Jan Beich (jbeich) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Tino Engel
x11/sfwbar: upgrade to 1.0.b16.1

Changes:	https://github.com/LBCrion/sfwbar/releases/tag/v1.0_beta16.1
PR:		287046
Tested by:	Fabio Comolli
1.0.b16_1
21 Apr 2025 19:54:32
commit hash: ba5103158630b508adc9fe07157858f983b0b06acommit hash: ba5103158630b508adc9fe07157858f983b0b06acommit hash: ba5103158630b508adc9fe07157858f983b0b06acommit hash: ba5103158630b508adc9fe07157858f983b0b06a files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Tino Engel
x11/sfwbar: Add flavor "nopulse"

PR:	285476
1.0.b16
17 Mar 2025 04:02:08
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Charlie Li (vishwin) search for other commits by this committer
gnome.mk: rename gdkpixbuf2 to gdkpixbuf to prepare for port move

The GTK 1-based gdk-pixbuf has not existed for some time.

No functional or package changes.
1.0.b16
31 Jan 2025 17:16:54
commit hash: 2b4f53e7ea412eeb9519a65cdbe65105e88b0de0commit hash: 2b4f53e7ea412eeb9519a65cdbe65105e88b0de0commit hash: 2b4f53e7ea412eeb9519a65cdbe65105e88b0de0commit hash: 2b4f53e7ea412eeb9519a65cdbe65105e88b0de0 files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
x11/sfwbar: Update 1.0_beta15 → 1.0_beta16, fix CPU temperature in FreeBSD

Changelog:
https://github.com/LBCrion/sfwbar/releases/tag/v1.0_beta16

Add patches form upstream to fix bug: cpu-temp.widget shows wrong
temperature in FreeBSD

PR:		284338
Approved by:	Tino Engel <tino.engel@mail.de> (maintainer)
1.0.b15_1
23 Nov 2024 08:31:00
commit hash: 5505c50fcc0b6fbc8e6ddacb7fdbac437f0054e5commit hash: 5505c50fcc0b6fbc8e6ddacb7fdbac437f0054e5commit hash: 5505c50fcc0b6fbc8e6ddacb7fdbac437f0054e5commit hash: 5505c50fcc0b6fbc8e6ddacb7fdbac437f0054e5 files touched by this commit
Gleb Popov (arrowd) search for other commits by this committer
*: Bump PORTREVISIONs of Pulseaudio consumers

Sponsored by:	Future Crew, LLC
1.0.b15
03 Nov 2024 18:04:40
commit hash: 1d79839756efee86c6d807a684f97f7b0b01f335commit hash: 1d79839756efee86c6d807a684f97f7b0b01f335commit hash: 1d79839756efee86c6d807a684f97f7b0b01f335commit hash: 1d79839756efee86c6d807a684f97f7b0b01f335 files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Tino Engel
x11/sfwbar: Update 1.0_beta14 → 1.0_beta15

Changelog:
https://github.com/LBCrion/sfwbar/releases/tag/v1.0_beta15

PR:	282519
1.0.b14_1
29 Oct 2024 11:49:52
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Zsolt Udvari (uzsolt) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Tino Engel
x11/sfwbar: Add python as runtime dependency

Pet portfmt.

PR:		276609
Approved by:	submitter is maintainer
1.0.b14_1
12 Jan 2024 22:40:48
commit hash: 9f8f710b3ec3945ede5cf5d996c3391081d32df1commit hash: 9f8f710b3ec3945ede5cf5d996c3391081d32df1commit hash: 9f8f710b3ec3945ede5cf5d996c3391081d32df1commit hash: 9f8f710b3ec3945ede5cf5d996c3391081d32df1 files touched by this commit
Muhammad Moinur Rahman (bofh) search for other commits by this committer
*/*: Sanitize MANPREFIX for meson ports

Approved by:	portmgr
1.0.b14
12 Jan 2024 11:40:20
commit hash: c841c52f8c280ac4bb2b897cc12197121c2078eccommit hash: c841c52f8c280ac4bb2b897cc12197121c2078eccommit hash: c841c52f8c280ac4bb2b897cc12197121c2078eccommit hash: c841c52f8c280ac4bb2b897cc12197121c2078ec files touched by this commit
Gleb Popov (arrowd) search for other commits by this committer
x11/sfwbar: Install mans to share and sort plist.
1.0.b14
12 Jan 2024 11:07:31
commit hash: 410751fe0c2e32ad32efcca9c6d6ecec0a26ae31commit hash: 410751fe0c2e32ad32efcca9c6d6ecec0a26ae31commit hash: 410751fe0c2e32ad32efcca9c6d6ecec0a26ae31commit hash: 410751fe0c2e32ad32efcca9c6d6ecec0a26ae31 files touched by this commit
Gleb Popov (arrowd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Tino Engel
x11/sfwbar: Update to v1.0_beta14

PR:		276111
1.0.b13_1
23 Dec 2023 18:14:14
commit hash: 3572ca3e01dedf1fe5b3776bd164e123252f5ef5commit hash: 3572ca3e01dedf1fe5b3776bd164e123252f5ef5commit hash: 3572ca3e01dedf1fe5b3776bd164e123252f5ef5commit hash: 3572ca3e01dedf1fe5b3776bd164e123252f5ef5 files touched by this commit
Nuno Teixeira (eduardo) search for other commits by this committer
*/*: Bump consumers of x11-toolkits/gtk30

New version of gtk3 in tree
1.0.b13
23 Oct 2023 14:45:22
commit hash: 0189d8305c760d625c7316e9ee30f913c8f79041commit hash: 0189d8305c760d625c7316e9ee30f913c8f79041commit hash: 0189d8305c760d625c7316e9ee30f913c8f79041commit hash: 0189d8305c760d625c7316e9ee30f913c8f79041 files touched by this commit
Fernando Apesteguía (fernape) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Tino Engel
x11/sfwbar: upgrade to 1.0.b13

ChangeLog: https://github.com/LBCrion/sfwbar/releases

 * Implement bluez module
 * Add WidgetId() expression function, assign id's to all widgets
 * Add Eval action
 * Add SwitcherEvent action. Support backwards switching.
 * Allow config to modify widgets. Implement ClearWidget action.

PR:		274664
Reported by:	tino.engel@mail.de (maintainer)
1.0.b12
04 Sep 2023 06:34:09
commit hash: 9e68c986a699a870fe661963912ec6102723313fcommit hash: 9e68c986a699a870fe661963912ec6102723313fcommit hash: 9e68c986a699a870fe661963912ec6102723313fcommit hash: 9e68c986a699a870fe661963912ec6102723313f files touched by this commit
Fernando Apesteguía (fernape) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Tino Engel
x11/sfwbar: upgrade to 1.0.b12_1

PR:		273470
Reported by:	tino.engel@mail.de (maintainer)
1.0.b9_1
02 Mar 2023 05:23:10
commit hash: fa81a4f5f8ed2bc2104eca4ebbb1b69731bae2e8commit hash: fa81a4f5f8ed2bc2104eca4ebbb1b69731bae2e8commit hash: fa81a4f5f8ed2bc2104eca4ebbb1b69731bae2e8commit hash: fa81a4f5f8ed2bc2104eca4ebbb1b69731bae2e8 files touched by this commit
Tobias C. Berner (tcberner) search for other commits by this committer
accessibility/at-spi2-core: update to 2.46.0

What's new in at-spi2-core 2.46.0:
* Fix GetInterfaces documentation on org.a11y.atspi.Accessible
  interface.

What's new in at-spi2-core 2.45.91:
* Send device event controller events using the same signature as other
  events.
* Document the Accessible, Action, and Cache dbus interfaces.
* Fix license of atspi-gmain.c (#87).

What's new in at-spi2-core 2.45.90:
* xml: Add some documentation.
* xml: Fix event arguments.
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1.0.b9
02 Dec 2022 10:49:48
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Gleb Popov (arrowd) search for other commits by this committer
x11/sfwbar: Makefile fixes.

Reported by:	jbeich
v1.0.b9
02 Dec 2022 10:03:57
commit hash: 097fb98c6a845d5f192e209efa1929d4cf802293commit hash: 097fb98c6a845d5f192e209efa1929d4cf802293commit hash: 097fb98c6a845d5f192e209efa1929d4cf802293commit hash: 097fb98c6a845d5f192e209efa1929d4cf802293 files touched by this commit
Gleb Popov (arrowd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Tino Engel
x11/sfwbar: + Flexible taskbar application for wayland compositors

PR:		268085

Number of commits found: 17