plasma-applet-commandoutput VS do-it-yourself-bar

Yes. https://store.kde.org/p/1166510/

CommandOutput can't handle replacing the same line. Example:

The widget you're looking for is literally called command output: https://store.kde.org/p/1166510/

You can write a bash or python script and use https://store.kde.org/p/1166510/ widget to generate and show output according to your conditions

Command Output

That's right. https://store.kde.org/p/1166510. The possibilities are endless. There is even a more complex solution called Kargos.

I wanted to put my git lsdir script on my desktop so I could keep track of which widgets had unreleased commits. I forgot all my colors were hardcoded to had to create a flag in that script first. Then I realized I should just implement the terminal colors feature request.

Do It Yourself Bar(KDE widget) I made four so far.(starting wit taskbar_)

I see, then you may want to give it a try to Do it yourself bar, I never used it myself because it seemed to much hassle for simple things.

i do have this widget and a script i made

Do It Yourself Bar

https://github.com/wsdfhjxc/do-it-yourself-bar (note the open pull request)

other widgets you could use for this are command output, do it yourself bar, or plasma-applet-thermal-monitor