---
name: "wob"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wob"
version: "0.16-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wob"
---

# wob(1)

Wayland Overlay Bar

## NAME

wob - Wayland Overlay Bar

## DESCRIPTION

wob is a lightweight overlay volume/backlight/progress/anything bar for Wayland.

## SYNOPSIS

**wob** \[options...\]

## OPTIONS

- **-c, --config \<file\>**

  Configuration file location.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Increase verbosity of messages, defaults to errors and warnings only.

- **-V, --version**

  Show the version number and quit.

- **-h, --help**

  Show help message and quit.

## USAGE

wob reads values to display from standard input in the following formats:

\<value\>

or

\<value\> \<style\>

Where \<value\> is number in interval from 0 to **max** and \<style\> is style defined in [**wob.ini**(5)](/wob.ini/5.md).

## CONFIGURATION

wob searches for a config file in the following locations, in this order:

1\. $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/wob/wob.ini 2. ~/.config/wob/wob.ini 3. /etc/wob/wob.ini

For information on the config file format, see [**wob.ini**(5)](/wob.ini/5.md).

## ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables have an effect on wob:

**WOB\_DISABLE\_PLEDGE**

Disable seccomp syscall filtering on Linux. Set this if you are having trouble running wob with tools like valgrind.

## See also

[**wob.ini**(5)](/wob.ini/5.md)