waybar-disk(5) File Formats Manual waybar-disk(5)

# [NAME](#NAME)

waybar - disk module

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The **disk** module displays the current disk space used.

# [CONFIGURATION](#CONFIGURATION)

Addressed by **disk**

**path**:  
typeof: string  
default: "/"  
Any path residing in the filesystem or mountpoint for which the information should be displayed.

**interval**:  
typeof: integer  
default: 30  
The interval in which the information gets polled.

**format**:  
typeof: string  
default: "{percentage\_used}%"  
The format, how information should be displayed.

**rotate**:  
typeof: integer  
Positive value to rotate the text label (in 90 degree increments).

**states**:  
typeof: object  
A number of disk utilization states that get activated on certain percentage thresholds (percentage\_used). See [**waybar-states(5)**](/man/enterprise-packages/waybar/waybar-states.5).

**max-length**:  
typeof: integer  
The maximum length in character the module should display.

**min-length**:  
typeof: integer  
The minimum length in characters the module should accept.

**align**:  
typeof: float  
The alignment of the label within the module, where 0 is left-aligned and 1 is right-aligned. If the module is rotated, it will follow the flow of the text.

**justify**:  
typeof: string  
The alignment of the text within the module's label, allowing options 'left', 'right', or 'center' to define the positioning.

**on-click**:  
typeof: string  
Command to execute when clicked on the module.

**on-click-middle**:  
typeof: string  
Command to execute when middle-clicked on the module using mousewheel.

**on-click-right**:  
typeof: string  
Command to execute when you right-click on the module.

**on-update**:  
typeof: string  
Command to execute when the module is updated.

**on-scroll-up**:  
typeof: string  
Command to execute when scrolling up on the module.

**on-scroll-down**:  
typeof: string  
Command to execute when scrolling down on the module.

**smooth-scrolling-threshold**:  
typeof: double  
Threshold to be used when scrolling.

**tooltip**:  
typeof: bool  
default: true  
Option to disable tooltip on hover.

**tooltip-format**:  
typeof: string  
default: "{used} out of {total} used ({percentage\_used}%)"  
The format of the information displayed in the tooltip.

**unit**:  
typeof: string  
Use with specific\_free, specific\_used, and specific\_total to force calculation to always be in a certain unit. Accepts kB, kiB, MB, Mib, GB, GiB, TB, TiB.

**menu**:  
typeof: string  
Action that popups the menu.

**menu-file**:  
typeof: string  
Location of the menu descriptor file. There need to be an element of type

GtkMenu with id **menu**

**menu-actions**:  
typeof: array  
The actions corresponding to the buttons of the menu.

**expand**:  
typeof: bool  
default: false  
Enables this module to consume all left over space dynamically.

# [FORMAT REPLACEMENTS](#FORMAT_REPLACEMENTS)

**{percentage\_used}**: Percentage of disk in use.

**{percentage\_free}**: Percentage of free disk space

**{total}**: Total amount of space on the disk, partition, or mountpoint. Automatically selects unit based on size remaining.

**{used}**: Amount of used disk space. Automatically selects unit based on size remaining.

**{free}**: Amount of available disk space for normal users. Automatically selects unit based on size remaining.

**{path}**: The path specified in the configuration.

**{specific\_total}**: Total amount of space on the disk, partition, or mountpoint in a specific unit. Defaults to bytes.

**{specific\_used}**: Amount of used disk space in a specific unit. Defaults to bytes.

**{specific\_free}**: Amount of available disk space for normal users in a specific unit. Defaults to bytes.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

```
"disk": {
	"interval": 30,
	"format": "{percentage_free}% free on {path}",
}
```

```
"disk": {
	"interval": 30,
	"format": "{specific_free:0.2f} GB out of {specific_total:0.2f} GB available. Alternatively {free} out of {total} available",
	"unit": "GB"
	// 1434.25 GB out of 2000.00 GB available. Alternatively 1.4TiB out of 1.9TiB available.
}
```

# [STYLE](#STYLE)

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**#disk**

2026-10-16

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Document: waybar-disk(5) from waybar 0.15.0-r0 (Chainguard OS)