Hello,
I’m in EndeavourOS bspwm
What is the application that makes icons appear in Polybar such as:
pcloud, pamac, firewall, strawberry…
The system 
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Please describe your issue. This question is too general, like asking which postman delivers letters to my door?.
You may talk about the system tray, but your issue is unknown, so…
Polybar itself is is putting there the icons. You just have to specify it in its config.
You can look at font awesome (and its alternatives). It is not icons as picture, rather it is icon as font glyph.
I not transfer to Bspwm
If your question was about the icons to the right then they are common tray icons. Polybar provides tray space (see polybar config files) and each application that has a try functionality will put the icon there.
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Here is my config Bspwm-Arch first and that of Endea in the second
;=====================================================
; Master Bar
;=====================================================
[bar/master]
monitor = DP-3
override-redirect = false
width = 100%
height = 24
;border-size = 1
;border-top-size = 0
;border-bottom-size = 2
;radius = 0
bottom = false
line-size = 0
line-color = #CEC7F0
; monospace is an aliased font name, see ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
; To determine the exact syntax for font definition,
; type $ fc-list | grep -i MYFONTNAME
font-0 = Hack Regular:size=10.0;2
font-1 = FontAwesome:style=Regular:pixelsize=11:antialias=false;2
font-2 = Weather Icons:size=11;2
font-3 = Font Awesome 6 Free:style=Solid:pixelsize=11:antialias=false;2
font-4 = Font Awesome 6 Brands:style=Regular:pixelsize=11:antialias=false;2
offset-x =
offset-y =
fixed-center = true
border-color = ${colors.black}
background = ${xresources.background}
background-alt = ${xresources.background-alt}
foreground = ${xresources.foreground}
foreground-alt = ${xresources.foreground-alt}
module-margin = 0
;module-margin-left =
;module-margin-right =
padding-right = 1
padding-left = 0
separator =
separator-foreground = ${xrdb:color6:#5EA7BF}
spacing = 0
dim-value = 1.0
# shows which modules have click actions
cursor-click = pointer
enable-ipc = true
wm-name = i3
[tray]
tray-position = right
tray-detached = false
tray-maxsize = 16
tray-transparent = false
tray-background = ${colors.background}
tray-Foreground = $ {colors.foreground}
tray-offset-x = 0
tray-offset-y = 0
tray-padding = 2
tray-scale = 1
dpi-x = 133
dpi-y = 133
;=====================================================
;################ Bspwm Bars #########################
;=====================================================
[bar/bspwm-bar]
inherit = bar/master
wm-restack = bspwm
modules-left = bspwm
modules-center = date
modules-right = updates-ipc sps kernel sps pulseaudio sps nm-applet sps power
[bar/top]
override-redirect = false
bottom = false
fixed-center = true
width = 100%
height = 29
offset-x =
offset-y =
background = ${colors.bg}
foreground = ${colors.fg}
line-size = 0
line-color = #fff
padding-right = 1
padding-left = 0
module-margin = 0
font-0 = "Iosevka Term:pixelsize=13;4"
font-1 = "Iosevka Term:pixelsize=6;1"
modules-left = powermenu bspwm sps keyhint
modules-center = title
modules-right = checkupdates sps pulseaudio sps memory sps cpu sps date
separator =
spacing = 0
dim-value = 1.0
wm-name = i3
tray-position = right
tray-detached = false
tray-maxsize = 16
tray-background = ${colors.bg}
tray-offset-x = 0
tray-offset-y = 0
tray-padding = 2
tray-scale = 1
wm-restack = bspwm
dpi-x = 133
dpi-y = 133
enable-ipc = false
border-color = ${colors.alpha}
When I put the Polybar Endea config in my Archlinux the icons appears, when I copy identically it does not work.
We are getting closer to understand the issue. 
The Crystal Ball clouds scattered a little. It seems you are mixing configuration files from different configuration sets (dot files?).
If you use Endeavour BSPWM, use whatever is provided by default, so BSPWM and Polybar work as the developers have designed it for.
If you mix/add configuration, you should know what you are doing, or don’t do it.
These are all different Polybars.
To make them start, you need a script which will start them by Name and is usually called/executed from bspwmrc(usually~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc`).
Find which command in bspwmrc launches polybar(s) (usually a script), and look into that script which Polybar(s) are started (by name).
If you want to customize BSPWM/polybar to your preferences, you should read their respective manuals. Everything is written in a great/full detail. We all did so.
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I know very well what I do, I especially did not give enough details of my problem.
Let’s go :
I am currently in front of 2 screens:
- Archlinux - BSPWM
- Endeavouros - BSPWM
With Polybar and the 2 work very well.
The Endeavouros polybar shows me 4 current applications and I would like my Archlinux polybar to show me the same thing knowing that I have the same software on the 2 OS.
My polybar Arch :
but nobody else does . The language barrier is blocking .
What do you mean with Screens?
This word usually means display monitor 
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By the rest of your description, it sounds like you mean Systems, OS Installations.
If you are trying to make an Archlinux OS installation to look like an EnOS one, it’s a question for Archlinux forum.
Maybe someone else could help you, though.
I wish luck, which in Archlinux dialect is a synonym to RTFM.
Excuse me for the language errors, I am French
Try removing the single line [tray]
in your first config. This, in my understanding, would be creating another bar that would need to be launched. By removing that line it will add the rest of your tray config to the [bar/master] config which is inherited by [bar/bspwm-bar]. Save and restart bspwm and you should get your tray icons.
This will most likely enable the DPI settings also, just in case you get some different visuals.
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Many thanks, it works
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Great find (obvious it should be)!
To clarify the reason
not this. Bars are in the form [bar/<bar-name>].
All other section names are custom groups.
The sad thing is the topic is solved, without us knowing what OP is actually doing (2 OS, 2 polybar config files, 2 polybar config files merged in 1 file, or other possibilities).
I have to buy the latest model of Crystal Ball… 
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Nah, get one of these. They work better but are hard to find.
Pudge
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My balls are much better! 
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Oops, Thanks for clarifying that! I don’t remember what else I might have been going to type, but it is definitely incorrect as I posted. A good reminder to always read posts again.
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