┌────────────────────────────┐ │ Description │ └────────────────────────────┘ i3status is a small program (about 1500 SLOC) for generating a status bar for i3bar, dzen2, xmobar or similar programs. It is designed to be very efficient by issuing a very small number of system calls, as one generally wants to update such a status line every second. This ensures that even under high load, your status bar is updated correctly. Also, it saves a bit of energy by not hogging your CPU as much as spawning the corresponding amount of shell commands would. ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ Development │ └────────────────────────────┘ i3status has the following dependencies: • libconfuse-dev • libyajl-dev • libasound2-dev • libiw-dev • libcap2-bin (for getting network status without root permissions) • asciidoc (only for the documentation) On debian-based systems, the following line will install all requirements: apt-get install libconfuse-dev libyajl-dev libasound2-dev libiw-dev asciidoc libcap2-bin ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ Upstream │ └────────────────────────────┘ i3status is developed at https://github.com/i3/i3status ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ Compilation │ └────────────────────────────┘ Compiling is done with the usual make-line make && sudo make install