polybar
A fast and easy-to-use status bar (by polybar)
conky
Light-weight system monitor for X, Wayland (sort of), and other things, too (by brndnmtthws)
| polybar | conky | |
|---|---|---|
| 279 | 111 | |
| 14,314 | 7,414 | |
| 0.7% | - | |
| 7.5 | 9.3 | |
| 3 months ago | about 19 hours ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
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.
polybar
Posts with mentions or reviews of polybar.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-03.
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Is there a way I can tell which exit node I am using from CLI in Linux?
I'd like to just be able to write a short shell script to check if an exit node is in use, and then pipe that output into polybar which I use anyway. The problem is that I can't find an option in the tailscale Linux CLI client that will show me whether I'm using an exit node or not. Is there a way to do this?
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No monitor specified error
And I follow the step here. https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/763
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Are there any tools to analyse/modify colours directly from a bash script?
I am on Arch Linux and I am using pywal to generate a colour palette from my wallpaper, which I then use throughout my system. In particular, i have a bash script which grabs these colours and uses them for polybar. The problem is that sometimes these colours do not have enough contrast, and the bar is hard to read. Is there any tool that would allow me to check the readability of my colours, and modify them accordingly, directly from my script? If not, how should I be approaching this issue?
- 長年MacだったからWindows試しに買ってみたんだけど
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Polybar setup on XFCE
Hello, currently I am trying to get polybar setup on XFCE. I was getting an error along the lines of "background_manager: Failed to copy slice of root pixmap" and according to this GitHub issue, the only solution is to try and set the background another way, like using feh. My only issue now is that it seems like feh isn't actually doing anything whenever I use it to set a wallpaper. I believe this could be because of a conflicting system in XFCE that sets the wallpaper, how can I disable XFCE wallpapers?
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how to make each polybar modules closer to each other
Refer to the "Formatting" section of the polybar wiki" (e.g. things like -padding, -margin, -spacing).
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Tray module color not working properly (?)
As per the docs https://github.com/polybar/polybar/wiki/Configuration it uses a ARGB convention
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How do I use polybar with Hyprland?
The short answer is you can't.
- cant find polybar's config.ini
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[ noob ] Polybar is behind the another windows
There are a few different solutions here, try them out : https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/433
conky
Posts with mentions or reviews of conky.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-08.
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Conky
Puedes encontrar la documentación de Conky en su repositorio: Conky
- False lead on memory leak
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An app to count down till certain day
Maybe put something like echo $(($(date -d 24-Dec +%j) - $(date +%j))) days into your bashrc. Conky should be able to display it nicely on the desktop.
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Why there is no good task manager and system monitoring software on linux?
And https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky is great for desktop HUDs. Very customisable.
- conky issue with kernel 6.4
- [sowm] My first time on linux in three years!
- O que uma planta que está no meio da porta?
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Do you plan on adding widgets to your desktop in Sonoma?
What I could go for is something like Conky (https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky).
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Qtile permanent window
Have you taken a look at Conky? conky
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Give Wayland a shot, don't base your opinion off of 2013 articles!
Funny meme btw. Personally, I use xorg with 3 displays. Fortunately, the resolution is same on all screens (full HD). I use Komorebi for live wallpapers and conky for sidebar. It works flawlessly.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing polybar and conky you can also consider the following projects:
polybar-themes - A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.
eww - ElKowars wacky widgets
tint2
neofetch - 🖼️ A command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+
i3blocks-contrib - Official repository for community contributed blocklets
glava - GLava - OpenGL audio spectrum visualizer
nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more
cava - Cross-platform Audio Visualizer
rofi - Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
bpytop - Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor
wayfire - A modular and extensible wayland compositor
conky-manager2 - Fork of GUI for managing Conky widgets. Support added for latest conky config version, and works with Ubuntu 16-22, Mint 18-21 and more.