---
name: "waybar-memory"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "waybar"
version: "0.15.0-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/waybar-memory"
---

# waybar-memory(5)

memory module

## NAME

waybar - memory module

## DESCRIPTION

The **memory** module displays the current memory utilization.

## CONFIGURATION

Addressed by **memory**

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

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

**format-icons**: \
 typeof: array/object \
 Based on the current percentage, the corresponding icon gets selected. \
 The order is **low** to **high**. Or by the state if it is an object.

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

**states**: \
 typeof: object \
 A number of memory utilization states which get activated on certain percentage thresholds. See **[waybar-states(5)](/waybar-states/5.md)**.

**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.

**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

**{percentage}**: Percentage of memory in use.

**{swapPercentage}**: Percentage of swap in use.

**{total}**: Amount of total memory available in GiB.

**{swapTotal}**: Amount of total swap available in GiB.

**{used}**: Amount of used memory in GiB.

**{swapUsed}**: Amount of used swap in GiB.

**{avail}**: Amount of available memory in GiB.

**{swapAvail}**: Amount of available swap in GiB.

**{swapState}**: Signals if swap is activated or not

## EXAMPLES

```
"memory": {
	"interval": 30,
	"format": "{}% ",
	"max-length": 10
}
```

### FORMATTED MEMORY VALUES

```
"memory": {
	"interval": 30,
	"format": "{used:0.1f}G/{total:0.1f}G "
}
```

## STYLE

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  **#memory**