waybar-power-profiles-daemon(5) File Formats Manual waybar-power-profiles-daemon(5)

# [NAME](#NAME)

waybar - power-profiles-daemon module

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The **power-profiles-daemon** module displays the active power-profiles-daemon profile and cycle through the available profiles on click.

# [FILES](#FILES)

$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/waybar/config

# [CONFIGURATION](#CONFIGURATION)

**Option** **Typeof** **Default** **Description** **format** string "{icon}" Message displayed on the bar. {icon} and {profile} are respectively substituted with the icon representing the active profile and its full name. **tooltip-format** string "Power profile: {profile}\\nDriver: {driver}" Messaged displayed in the module tooltip. {icon} and {profile} are respectively substituted with the icon representing the active profile and its full name. **tooltip** bool true Display the tooltip. **format-icons** object See default value in the example below. Icons used to represent the various power-profile. **Note**: the default configuration uses the font-awesome icons. You may want to override it if you don't have this font installed on your system. **expand**: bool false Enables this module to consume all left over space dynamically.

# [CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES](#CONFIGURATION_EXAMPLES)

Compact display (default config):

```
"power-profiles-daemon": {


  "format": "{icon}",


  "tooltip-format": "Power profile: {profile}nDriver: {driver}",


  "tooltip": true,


  "format-icons": {


    "default": "",


    "performance": "",


    "balanced": "",


    "power-saver": ""


  }
}
```

Display the full profile name:

```
"power-profiles-daemon": {


  "format": "{icon}   {profile}",


  "tooltip-format": "Power profile: {profile}nDriver: {driver}",


  "tooltip": true,


  "format-icons": {


    "default": "",


    "performance": "",


    "balanced": "",


    "power-saver": ""


  }
}
```

2026-10-17

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Document: waybar-power-profiles-daemon(5) from waybar 0.15.0-r1 (Chainguard OS)