i3blocks-contrib
Official repository for community contributed blocklets (by vivien)
i3blocks
The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3 (by vivien)
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| 26 days ago | 6 months ago | |
| Python | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
i3blocks-contrib
Posts with mentions or reviews of i3blocks-contrib.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-11.
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Screenshot i3 Block Button: an easy way to take screenshots with a single click. The captured screenshot is automatically copied to the clipboard and can also be saved in a file by clicking on a notification.
https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib/pull/484 (or https://github.com/shivankgarg98/i3blocks-contrib/tree/master/screenshot)
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What am I doing wrong? Made a python wrapper for a i3blocks widget works when running in terminal but fails during actual use. It's getting to my head now.
I made a wrapper around the mediaplayer module for i3blocks from the orignal contrib repo: https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib
- Can't get i3blocks volume module to work.
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i3 status module not displayed in bar?
I tried adding some i3status modules from https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib
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A command to get the network bandwidth used per second.
There's a script at https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib/tree/master/bandwidth/bandwidth that might work for you with a bit of messing about.
- i3Blocks Issue
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How to use i3blocks default scripts?
For example, when I copy the battery script (https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib/tree/master/battery) into my i3blocks.conf, it doesn't work.
- Window title in i3blocks
- Internet Bandwidth speed in i3blocks
- i3blocks arch/aur update script issue.
i3blocks
Posts with mentions or reviews of i3blocks.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-18.
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How can I modify i3status?
Another tool you can consider is i3blocks, which really is just a light layer on top of the default i3bar but uses a more readable config format.
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Screenshot i3 Block Button: an easy way to take screenshots with a single click. The captured screenshot is automatically copied to the clipboard and can also be saved in a file by clicking on a notification.
But there is one issue background must wait for dunstify notifcation to finish (explained here in different context https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks/issues/354). This mean I can't take another screenshot until I dismiss/click this notification.
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Event listening statusbar
You can use the default swaybar with i3blocks as the status_command. i3blocks can receive signals.
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swaybar : i3blocks's block always turn into "]" character after clicked, turn normal when sway is reloaded.
From https://vivien.github.io/i3blocks/
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I made (yet another) status bar generator - yablocks
You can think of yablocks as somewhere in between writing your own status generator manually using the i3bar json protocol and using i3blocks. You'll be generating the JSON output yourself, but with help from a fully featured templating engine and structured data.
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i3blocks xwindow display solution
within your i3blocks config. This solution doesn't always work, especially in firefox, and is prone to hanging. Even using :
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which status bar will let me customize it easily and let me write shell scripts for it?
I use i3blocks and write all the scripts myself, these examples can be a good starting point.
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Shell script as an alternative to i3status.
https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks.git https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib.git
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Finally , my first i3wm+polybar
https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks#click
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[i3status] How to Get An output command ????
You might check out https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks instead of i3status.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing i3blocks-contrib and i3blocks you can also consider the following projects:
polybar - A fast and easy-to-use status bar
i3status - Generates status bar to use with i3bar, dzen2 or xmobar
i3status-rust - Very resourcefriendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust
i3blocks-modules - Custom modules for i3blocks status bar
spicetify-themes - A community-driven collection of themes for customizing Spotify through Spicetify - https://github.com/spicetify/spicetify-cli
nord-kitty - An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Kitty theme
archcraft-i3wm - // Configuration : I3wm
sowm - An itsy bitsy floating window manager (220~ sloc!).
i3blocks-blocklets - Collection of custom-built blocklets for i3blocks
dotfiles - The ricer's canvas
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