SketchyBar Configuration

My config for SketchyBar, a highly customizable menu bar for macOS

About

This config for SketchyBar includes:

• A clock with hours, minutes, and AM/PM indicators
• Calendar
• Aerospace workspace labels with custom icons
• Front app indicator with scrollable label
• Icons for
  • Themes (light/dark)
  • Full Spotify Controls
  • Volume indicator
  • CPU usage indicator
  • RAM usage indicator
  • Battery indicator

Installation

brew tap FelixKratz/formulae
brew install sketchybar

Also make sure to have dependencies installed:

brew install --cask font-hack-nerd-font
brew install --cask font-source-code-pro

Copy over the config file:

git clone https://github.com/meliadamian17/sketchybar.git "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"/sketchybar

Run the bar automatically at startup:

brew services start sketchybar

Make sure to go to System Preferences > Menu Bar, then set "Automatically hide and show the menu bar" to Always.

Plugins

When you use/create additional plugins, make sure that they are made executable via

chmod +x name/of/plugin.sh

Customization

Refer to this discussion for more examples.