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

NAME
       waybar - cffi module

DESCRIPTION
       The cffi module gives full control of a GTK widget to a third-party
       dynamic library, to create more complex modules using different
       programming languages.

CONFIGURATION
       Addressed by cffi/<name>

       module_path:
            typeof: string
            The path to the dynamic library to load to control the widget.

       Some additional configuration may be required depending on the cffi
       dynamic library being used.

EXAMPLES
   C example:
       An example module written in C can be found at
       https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/resources/custom_modules/cffi_example/

       Waybar config to enable the module:
           "cffi/c_example": {
                "module_path": ".config/waybar/cffi/wb_cffi_example.so"
           }

STYLE
       The classes and IDs are managed by the cffi dynamic library.

                                  2024-09-15                    waybar-cffi(5)