i3blocks
The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3 (by vivien)
i3status
Generates status bar to use with i3bar, dzen2 or xmobar (by i3)
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| i3blocks | i3status | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 7 | |
| 2,237 | 583 | |
| - | 2.1% | |
| 0.0 | 3.6 | |
| 5 months ago | about 1 month ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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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
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.
i3status
Posts with mentions or reviews of i3status.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-29.
- How to make more space between workspace names in i3status?
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Clocks
My time display is in i3status, but that doesn't help you if you're using Windows.
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Not able to locate i3status config
Here is the default config on github - https://github.com/i3/i3status/blob/master/etc/i3status.conf
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i3status: how to make colors show inside script
You need to append your custom arguments using JSON. You can look at this example here: https://github.com/i3/i3status/blob/master/contrib/net-speed.sh
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Shell script as an alternative to i3status.
https://github.com/i3/i3status/blob/2.13/i3status.c#L830
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How does i3status print
It sounds like you're asking how i3status rewrites the existing output line when you run it in a terminal. It and other programs that do this (e.g. long running commands with progress bars) use terminal escape codes. The relevant source line (as best I can tell) is at https://github.com/i3/i3status/blob/30a32cce3a16e6c79a81aad467cfe13c12e688cb/i3status.c#L662
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How to use i3status' wifi signal in a script?
Otherwise, the source for the wireless portion of i3status appears to be here: https://github.com/i3/i3status/blob/master/src/print_wireless_info.c
What are some alternatives?
When comparing i3blocks and i3status you can also consider the following projects:
i3status-rust - Very resourcefriendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust
i3blocks-contrib - Official repository for community contributed blocklets
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
sowm - An itsy bitsy floating window manager (220~ sloc!).
dotfiles - The ricer's canvas
dopamine-2020 - i3 window manager config and scripts, tuned to help me manage my Parkinson's Disease symptoms.
polybar - A fast and easy-to-use status bar
spicetify-cli - Command-line tool to customize Spotify client. Supports Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
dotfiles - Config Files