i3blocks
The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3 (by vivien)
ranger
A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console (by ranger)
| i3blocks | ranger | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 165 | |
| 2,240 | 14,937 | |
| - | 1.2% | |
| 0.0 | 5.5 | |
| 6 months ago | 6 days ago | |
| C | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | 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
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.
ranger
Posts with mentions or reviews of ranger.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-15.
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Z – Jump Around
Came to post zoxide. Also if you use `ranger`[1] (vim inspired file manager) then you might like to add the `ranger-zoxide` plugin[2].
1. https://github.com/ranger/ranger
2. https://github.com/jchook/ranger-zoxide
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Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager
This looks cool, though I already use https://github.com/ranger/ranger for this.
- Ytree; a Unix Filemanager
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How to have column view like macOS finder ?
This feature is rarely seen in Linux file managers. I would recommend the CLI file manager ranger. If you need a GUI tool, you should have a look at pantheon files, the file manager of ElementaryOS.
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rename triggering on focus
Someone opened an issue about this. Might want to follow that.
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Ranger neovim plugin bindings clash with NeoVim bindings when used as a plugin
Hi! I am using ranger file manager terminal as its best through all i had used, but i have a weird problem and i want to ask you maybe you know how to solve it because my knowledge have limits on this topic even though i researched a bit.
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View images when SSH
How about ranger
- Ranger: A Vim-inspired terminal file manager
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[Plugin] ranger.nvim
I wrote a ranger integration plugin for myself and I thought I would share.
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Which file explorer do you use?
It adapts ranger in neovim. It is very cool to have so much control, plus the previews.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing i3blocks and ranger you can also consider the following projects:
i3status - Generates status bar to use with i3bar, dzen2 or xmobar
lf - Terminal file manager
i3status-rust - Very resourcefriendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust
nnn - n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
i3blocks-contrib - Official repository for community contributed blocklets
vifm - Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vim-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.
spicetify-themes - A community-driven collection of themes for customizing Spotify through Spicetify - https://github.com/spicetify/spicetify-cli
joshuto - ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust
nord-kitty - An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Kitty theme
lf - Fully Decentralized Fully Replicated Key/Value Store
sowm - An itsy bitsy floating window manager (220~ sloc!).
mc - Midnight Commander's repository