---
name: "waybar-power-profiles-daemon"
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-power-profiles-daemon"
---

# waybar-power-profiles-daemon(5)

power-profiles-daemon module

## NAME

waybar - power-profiles-daemon module

## DESCRIPTION

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

## FILES

$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/waybar/config

## 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

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": ""
  }
}
```