My SketchyBar setup mentioned at FelixKratz/SketchyBar#47 (comment)

Features

• Overlays the macOS native menubar (transparent background, coexists with native items)
• Shows space numbers as keyboard shortcut hints, with app icons and titles
• Updates on window/space changes via yabai signals (with animation)
• Configurable app list via JSON — no recompilation needed
• Single static binary, zero runtime dependencies

Prerequisites

• macOS (Apple Silicon)
• Homebrew
• sketchybar — brew install FelixKratz/formulae/sketchybar
• yabai — brew install koekeishiya/formulae/yabai
• Hack Nerd Font — brew install --cask font-hack-nerd-font
• Go — brew install go (build only)

Install

git clone https://github.com/user/sketchybar-config.git
cd sketchybar-config
make install

This will:

1. Build the binary
2. Install to ~/.config/sketchybar/
3. Copy config.default.json → config.json (first install only)
4. Register yabai signals so the bar updates on window changes
5. Restart sketchybar

Uninstall

make uninstall

Configuration

Edit ~/.config/sketchybar/config.json:

{
  "maxTitleLength": 12,
  "apps": [
    {
      "id": "Google Chrome",
      "icon": "U+F02AF",
      "color": "0xfff1bf47",
      "stripSuffix": " - Google Chrome"
    }
  ]
}

The id is the .app bundle name (e.g., "Finder" from Finder.app), which is language-independent — unlike localized display names. Check /Applications/ or run ps -e -o comm= to find your app's bundle name.

App fields

Field	Required	Description
id	yes	.app bundle name (language-independent). Use "*" as catch-all for unlisted apps
icon	yes	Nerd Font icon — hex code ("U+F02AF") or raw unicode char
color	no	Icon color in 0xAARRGGBB format
stripSuffix	no	Remove this suffix from window title
titleSeparator	no	Split title by this string
titlePart	no	Which part after split (0=first, -1=last)
hideTitle	no	Show only icon, no title

Find icons at nerdfonts.com/cheat-sheet.

After editing config.json, restart sketchybar to apply:

brew services restart sketchybar