polybar
A fast and easy-to-use status bar (by polybar)
i3blocks-contrib
Official repository for community contributed blocklets (by vivien)
| polybar | i3blocks-contrib | |
|---|---|---|
| 279 | 22 | |
| 14,320 | 1,332 | |
| 0.7% | 0.8% | |
| 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| 3 months ago | 6 months ago | |
| C++ | Python | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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.
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
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.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing polybar and i3blocks-contrib you can also consider the following projects:
tint2
i3status-rust - Very resourcefriendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust
SketchyBar - A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement
i3blocks - The hacker-friendly status_command for Sway and i3
polybar-themes - A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.
i3blocks-modules - Custom modules for i3blocks status bar
wayfire - A modular and extensible wayland compositor
i3status - Generates status bar to use with i3bar, dzen2 or xmobar
rofi - Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
win-shot - Takes screenshots of your desktop. It has options to take only a region. Relies on imagemagick and xdotools to query for regions.
conky - Light-weight system monitor for X, Wayland, and other things, too
i3blocks-blocklets - Collection of custom-built blocklets for i3blocks
polybar vs tint2
i3blocks-contrib vs i3status-rust
polybar vs SketchyBar
i3blocks-contrib vs i3blocks
polybar vs polybar-themes
i3blocks-contrib vs i3blocks-modules
polybar vs wayfire
i3blocks-contrib vs i3status
polybar vs rofi
i3blocks-contrib vs win-shot
polybar vs conky
i3blocks-contrib vs i3blocks-blocklets