diff --git a/dots/waybar/config.jsonc b/dots/waybar/config.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fa70cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dots/waybar/config.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+// Waybar config for niri
+// Place at: ~/.config/waybar/config.jsonc
+// Requires: niri >= 0.1.9 for niri/workspaces, niri/window, niri/language
+
+{
+    // ── Bar geometry ──────────────────────────────────────────
+    "layer": "top",
+    "position": "top",
+    "mod": "dock",
+    "exclusive": true,
+    "passthrough": false,
+    "gtk-layer-shell": true,
+    "height": 36,
+    "margin-right": 5,
+    "margin-left": 5,
+
+    // ── Module layout ─────────────────────────────────────────
+    "modules-left": [
+        "custom/fuzzel",
+        "custom/weather",
+        "custom/khorshididate",
+        "custom/clock",
+        "wlr/taskbar"
+    ],
+
+    "modules-center": [
+        "niri/workspaces"
+    ],
+
+    "modules-right": [
+        "tray",
+        "battery",
+        "wireplumber",
+        "wireplumber#source",
+        "backlight",
+        "cpu",
+        "memory",
+        "disk",
+        "temperature",
+        "custom/updates",
+        "network",
+        "niri/language",
+        "custom/lock_screen",
+        "custom/power"
+    ],
+
+    // ── Left modules ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    "custom/fuzzel": {
+        "format": "  ",
+        "on-click": "fuzzel",
+        "tooltip": false
+    },
+
+    "custom/weather": {
+        // Shows current weather and forecast via wttr.in
+        "tooltip": true,
+        "format": "{}",
+        "interval": 3600,
+        "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/wttr.py",
+        "return-type": "json"
+    },
+
+    "custom/khorshididate": {
+        // Persian (Jalali/Shamsi) calendar date
+        "tooltip": true,
+        "format": " {}",
+        "format-alt": " {alt}",
+        "format-alt-click": "click-right",
+        "interval": 3600,
+        "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/khorshidi-date",
+        "return-type": "json"
+    },
+
+    "custom/clock": {
+        "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/clock-tooltip",
+        "return-type": "json",
+        "interval": 60,
+        "tooltip": true,
+        "on-click": "setbg"
+    },
+
+    "wlr/taskbar": {
+        // Works with niri via standard Wayland foreign-toplevel protocol
+        "format": "{icon}",
+        "icon-size": 12,
+        "all-outputs": true,
+        "tooltip-format": "{name}: {title}",
+        "on-click": "activate",
+        "on-click-middle": "close",
+        "ignore-list": [
+            "rofi"
+        ]
+    },
+
+    // ── Center modules ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    "niri/workspaces": {
+        // Dynamic workspaces — only browser and obs are named/persistent.
+        // Shows dynamic workspace indices plus named workspaces by name.
+        "all-outputs": true,
+        "format": "{value}"
+    },
+
+    // ── Right modules ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    "tray": {
+        "icon-size": 12,
+        "spacing": 10
+    },
+
+    "battery": {
+        "format": "{icon}",
+        "format-icons": {
+            "default": ["󰂎", "󰁺", "󰁻", "󰁼", "󰁽", "󰁾", "󰁿", "󰂀", "󰂁", "󰂂", "󰁹"],
+            "charging": ["󰢟", "󰢜", "󰂆", "󰂇", "󰂈", "󰢝", "󰂉", "󰢞", "󰂊", "󰂋", "󰂅"],
+            "plugged": ""
+        },
+        "format-alt-click": "click-right",
+        "format-alt": "{icon} {capacity}%",
+        "states": {
+            "good": 95,
+            "warning": 20,
+            "critical": 10
+        }
+    },
+
+    "wireplumber": {
+        "format": " {icon} ",
+        "format-muted": "   ",
+        "on-click": "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle",
+        "on-scroll-up": "wpctl set-volume -l 1 @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 5%+",
+        "on-scroll-down": "wpctl set-volume -l 1 @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 5%-",
+        "scroll-step": 5,
+        "format-icons": {
+            "headphone": "",
+            "hands-free": "",
+            "headset": "",
+            "phone": "",
+            "portable": "",
+            "car": "",
+            "default": ["", "", ""]
+        },
+        "tooltip": true,
+        "tooltip-format": "{icon}  at {volume}%"
+    },
+
+    "wireplumber#source": {
+        "format": " {format_source}",
+        "format-source": "",
+        "format-source-muted": "",
+        "on-click": "wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ toggle",
+        "on-scroll-up": "wpctl set-volume -l 1 @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ 5%+",
+        "on-scroll-down": "wpctl set-volume -l 1 @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ 5%-",
+        "scroll-step": 5,
+        "tooltip": true,
+        "tooltip-format": "  at {volume}%"
+    },
+
+    "backlight": {
+        "device": "intel_backlight",
+        "format": "{icon}",
+        "format-alt-click": "click-right",
+        "format-alt": "{icon} {percent}%",
+        "format-icons": ["󰃞", "󰃟", "󰃠"],
+        "on-scroll-up": "brightness -i",
+        "on-scroll-down": "brightness -d"
+    },
+
+    "cpu": {
+        "interval": 10,
+        "format": "",
+        "max-length": 10,
+        "format-alt-click": "click-right",
+        "format-alt": " {usage}%"
+    },
+
+    "memory": {
+        "interval": 30,
+        "format": "",
+        "format-alt-click": "click-right",
+        "format-alt": " {}%",
+        "max-length": 10,
+        "tooltip": true,
+        "tooltip-format": "Memory - {used:0.1f}GB used"
+    },
+
+    "disk": {
+        "interval": 600,
+        "format": "󰋊",
+        "path": "/",
+        "format-alt-click": "click-right",
+        "format-alt": "󰋊 {percentage_used}%",
+        "tooltip": true,
+        "tooltip-format": "HDD - {used} used out of {total} on {path} ({percentage_used}%)",
+        "states": {
+            "warning": 85,
+            "critical": 90
+        }
+    },
+
+    "temperature": {
+        "thermal-zone": 1,
+        "format": "",
+        "format-alt-click": "click-right",
+        "format-alt": " {temperatureC}°C",
+        "critical-threshold": 70,
+        "format-critical": "  {temperatureC}°C"
+    },
+
+    "custom/updates": {
+        // Send signal 8 to waybar after running updates to refresh: killall -SIGUSR1 waybar
+        "format": "{}",
+        "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/update-sys",
+        "on-click": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/update-sys update",
+        "interval": 3600,
+        "tooltip": true,
+        "signal": 8,
+        "return-type": "json"
+    },
+
+    "network": {
+        "format": "{ifname}",
+
+        "format-wifi": " ",
+        "format-ethernet": " ",
+        "format-disconnected": " ", //An empty format will hide the module.
+        "tooltip-format": " {ifname} via {gwaddr}",
+        "tooltip-format-wifi": " {essid} ({signalStrength}%)",
+        "tooltip-format-ethernet": " {ifname} {ipaddr}/{cidr}",
+        "tooltip-format-disconnected": "Disconnected",
+        "max-length": 50
+    },
+
+    "niri/language": {
+        // niri reports the layout name from xkb; map display labels here
+        "format": "󰛓 {}",
+        "format-en": "EN",
+        "format-": "FA"
+    },
+
+    "custom/lock_screen": {
+        "format": "",
+        "on-click": "sh -c '(sleep 0.5s; swaylock -eFfki ~/Pictures/lockscreen.png)' & disown",
+        "tooltip": false
+    },
+
+    "custom/power": {
+        "format": " ",
+        "on-click": "sysact",
+        "tooltip": false
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dots/waybar/readme.md b/dots/waybar/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc15c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dots/waybar/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+overview:
+https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/wiki/Examples
+
+in use:
+https://github.com/mhdzli/dotfiles/tree/home/.config/waybar
diff --git a/dots/waybar/style.css b/dots/waybar/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b88c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dots/waybar/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+/* Colors (dracula) */
+@define-color foreground	#f8f8f2;
+@define-color background	rgba(40, 42, 54, 0.5);
+@define-color orange	#ffb86c;
+@define-color gray	#44475a;
+@define-color black #21222c;
+@define-color red	#ff5555;
+@define-color green	#50fa7b;
+@define-color yellow	#f1fa8c;
+@define-color cyan	#8be9fd;
+@define-color blue	#6272a4;
+@define-color purple	#bd93f9;
+@define-color pink	#ff79c6;
+@define-color white #ffffff;
+@define-color brred #ff6e6e;
+@define-color brgreen #69ff94;
+@define-color bryellow #ffffa5;
+@define-color brcyan #a4ffff;
+@define-color brblue #6272a4;
+@define-color brpurple #d6acff;
+@define-color brpink #ff92df;
+
+@define-color arch_blue #89b4fa;
+
+@define-color workspace_background	@background;
+@define-color workspace_button	@foreground;
+@define-color workspace_active	@black;
+@define-color workspace_active_background	@green;
+@define-color workspace_urgent	@white;
+@define-color workspace_urgent_background	@brred;
+@define-color workspace_hover	@black;
+@define-color workspace_hover_background	@pink;
+@define-color critical	@red;
+@define-color warning	@yellow;
+
+
+@keyframes blink {
+    to {
+        background-color: @white;
+        color: @black;
+    }
+}
+
+* {
+    border: none;
+    border-radius: 0;
+    font-family: "monospace";
+    font-weight: bold;
+    font-size: 16px;
+    min-height: 0;
+}
+
+window#waybar {
+    background: transparent;
+    color: @foreground;
+}
+
+#workspaces {
+    background: @workspace_background;
+    opacity: 1;
+    transition: none;
+    padding: 5px 5px;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+}
+
+/* ── niri/workspaces button states ──────────────────────────────────────
+   .empty    = exists but no windows (named workspaces never disappear)
+   .active   = visible on this output but not keyboard-focused
+   .focused  = the workspace currently receiving input
+   .urgent   = has a window requesting attention
+   ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+#workspaces button,
+#workspaces button.empty {
+    background: transparent;
+    color: @blue;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    padding: 0 6px;
+    min-width: 18px;
+    transition: none;
+}
+
+#workspaces button.active {
+    background: transparent;
+    color: @purple;
+    border-bottom: 2px solid @purple;
+    border-radius: 5px 5px 0 0;
+}
+
+#workspaces button.focused {
+    background: @workspace_active_background;
+    color: @workspace_active;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    border-bottom: 2px solid @pink;
+}
+
+#workspaces button.urgent {
+    background: @workspace_urgent_background;
+    color: @workspace_urgent;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    animation-name: blink;
+    animation-duration: 0.5s;
+    animation-timing-function: linear;
+    animation-iteration-count: infinite;
+    animation-direction: alternate;
+}
+
+#workspaces button:hover {
+    background: @workspace_hover_background;
+    color: @workspace_hover;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+}
+
+#workspaces button:not(.current_output) {
+    opacity: 0.5;
+}
+
+#taskbar {
+    background: @background;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    margin: 5px 10px 5px 50px;
+}
+
+tooltip {
+    background: @background;
+    opacity: 0.95;
+    border-radius: 10px;
+    border-width: 2px;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-color: @purple;
+}
+
+tooltip label {
+    color: @foreground;
+}
+
+#custom-fuzzel,
+#custom-lock_screen,
+#custom-power,
+#custom-weather,
+#custom-khorshididate,
+#cpu,
+#disk,
+#custom-updates,
+#memory,
+#clock,
+#custom-clock,
+#battery,
+#pulseaudio,
+#network,
+#tray,
+#temperature,
+#backlight,
+#language {
+    background: @background;
+    opacity: 1;
+    padding: 0px 5px;
+    margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px;
+}
+
+#disk.critical,
+#temperature.critical {
+    background-color: @critical;
+}
+
+#disk.warning,
+#temperature.warning {
+    background-color: @warning;
+}
+
+#battery {
+    color: @green;
+    border-radius: 5px 0px 0px 5px;
+}
+
+#battery.discharging {
+    color: @foreground;
+}
+
+#battery.warning:not(.charging) {
+    background: @warning;
+    animation-name: blink;
+    animation-duration: 0.5s;
+    animation-timing-function: linear;
+    animation-iteration-count: infinite;
+    animation-direction: alternate;
+}
+
+#battery.critical:not(.charging) {
+    background-color: @critical;
+    animation-name: blink;
+    animation-duration: 0.5s;
+    animation-timing-function: linear;
+    animation-iteration-count: infinite;
+    animation-direction: alternate;
+}
+
+#custom-fuzzel {
+    color: @arch_blue;
+    border-radius: 5px 0px 0px 5px;
+}
+
+#custom-power {
+    color: @red;
+    border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
+}
+
+#clock,
+#custom-clock {
+    border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
+}
+
+#tray {
+    background: @background;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    margin: 5px 50px 5px 10px;
+}
+
+#wireplumber {
+    background: @background;
+}
+
+#wireplumber.source {
+    background: @background;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index eec8d11..14dc242 100755
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ if [ ${operation} == "dots" ] ; then
     create_dir ${file_path}
     deploy_file "${dots_trg}/hyprmon/*" "${file_path}/"
 
+    # waybar
+    file_path=/home/${system_user}/.config/waybar
+    create_dir ${file_path}
+    deploy_file "${dots_trg}/waybar/*" "${file_path}/"
+
     # ----------
     # printing
     #