nakal / sysinfobar

Pipe system info data to Xmobar

sysinfobar

sysinfobar is a simple program that outputs Linux or OpenBSD system information to stdout in a format that is expected to be piped to Xmobar.

Screenshots

FontAwesome support

See how to compile and configuration below.

Simple view

Displayed information

• CPU usage in percent
• RAM usage in percent
• swap usage in percent
• network usage down/up in percent
• battery capacity as symbol and in minutes left (if available)
• date and time (currently only in German)

The information is also highlighted according to the impact on the system.

How to build sysinfobar

With FontAwesome support

cargo build --features fontawesome

Simple build

cargo build

Example configuration for xmobar

Config {
	font =         "xft:Fantasque Sans Mono:size=13:bold:antialias=true"
	, additionalFonts = [ "xft:FontAwesome" ]
	, bgColor =      "#202020"
	, fgColor =      "orange"
	, alpha = 255
	, position =     TopW R 40
	, border =       NoBorder
	, borderColor =  "black"

	, sepChar =  "%"
	, alignSep = "}{"
	, iconRoot = ""
	, template = "}{ %UnsafeStdinReader%"

	, textOffset = -1
	, iconOffset = -1

	, lowerOnStart =     True
	, hideOnStart =      False
	, allDesktops =      True
	, overrideRedirect = True
	, pickBroadest =     False
	, persistent =       True

	, commands = [ Run UnsafeStdinReader ]
}

How to use with xmobar

sysinfobar | xmobar -d sysinfo_xmobar.rc