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Linux packages and the Windows installer, signed, with checksums. Free, no account.

The release list is not reachable right now. The packages are also attached to the releases on GitHub.

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first start

Three steps to a useful bar.

  1. 01

    Install the package. On Linux the deb declares its two runtime libraries; on Windows the installer does everything.

  2. 02

    Start smabar. The bar appears at the bottom edge; the gear opens Settings, where you pin apps and add widgets from the store.

  3. 03

    Connect your agent to the MCP server on 127.0.0.1:7627 and ask for a widget. How to connect your agent

Linux x86-64: X11, or Wayland with layer-shell (GNOME Wayland is not supported yet); the packages depend on libgtk-layer-shell and libpulse. Windows 10 or 11 x86-64: the installer carries no Authenticode signature, so SmartScreen asks once; compare the SHA-256 checksum instead. Python for plugins is provisioned by smabar itself.