Use Waybar

.config/sway/config

@@ -211,14 +211,7 @@ bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"
 bar {
     position top
 
-    # When the status_command prints a new line to stdout, swaybar updates.
-    # The default just shows the current date and time.
-    status_command while date +'%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S %p'; do sleep 1; done
-
-    colors {
-        statusline #ffffff
-        background #323232
-        inactive_workspace #32323200 #32323200 #5c5c5c
+    swaybar_command waybar
     }
 }
 

.config/waybar/config.jsonc

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+
+{
+    "layer": "top",
+    "modules-left": ["sway/workspaces", "sway/mode"],
+    "modules-center": ["sway/window"],
+    "modules-right": ["battery", "clock"],
+    "sway/window": {
+        "max-length": 50
+    },
+    "battery": {
+        "format": "{capacity}% {icon}",
+        "format-icons": ["", "", "", "", ""]
+    },
+    "clock": {
+        "format-alt": "{:%a, %d. %b  %H:%M}"
+    }
+}