KDE Plasma 6 · Free & open source

kOMA Audio Control

Your speakers and microphone, together in one compact panel widget.

Adjust volume, mute a device, or switch where sound plays and which microphone your apps use. The layout takes inspiration from Omarchy’s audio panel, with controls and colors that follow your Plasma theme.

What it can do

Control output and input

Separate speaker and microphone sections give you independent volume and mute controls. Changing volume keeps the current mute state.

Choose your devices

Switch the default output or microphone with a click. The selected device is highlighted, and the list follows connected devices and changes made elsewhere.

Keep your apps playing

Switching devices moves streams using the previous default. Streams routed to other devices stay in place. If an application cannot be moved, the widget shows a warning.

Quick controls in your panel

Middle-click the panel icon to toggle output mute. Use the keyboard to adjust sliders, or drag and release to apply a volume change. No recording, microphone level sampling, or network access.

On the desktop

Audio Control opened from the top panel beside the other system controls — The popup follows your Plasma theme and stays close to your panel controls.

Install and use

1. Install the widget

Download the plasmoid from the GitHub release. In Plasma’s widget browser, choose Install Widget From Local File and select the downloaded package.

2. Add it to your panel

Add kOMA Audio Control from the widget browser. Click its panel icon to open the output and microphone controls.

3. Choose your sound

Select a device, adjust its volume, or toggle mute. Installation leaves your existing audio routing, volume, and mute settings intact.

Requirements and refresh behavior

Requires KDE Plasma 6, Python 3, pactl, and a running PipeWire PulseAudio-compatible service or PulseAudio. On Arch and EndeavourOS, pactl is supplied by libpulse. The widget uses Plasma’s executable data engine and its own bundled helper.

Status refreshes every 10 seconds while closed and every 1.5 seconds while open, plus after changes. No persistent helper service or separate command-line setup is needed for the widget.

Get kOMA Audio Control

Free, open source, and MIT licensed. Download version 0.1.0 or explore the source on GitHub.

Download Audio Control → View source →

Requires KDE Plasma 6 and a compatible audio service.