py3status

py3status is an extensible i3status wrapper written in python.

Using py3status, you can take control of your i3bar easily by:

using one of the availables modules shipped with py3status
writing your own modules and have their output displayed on your bar
handling click events on your i3bar and play with them in no time
seeing your clock tick every second whatever your i3status interval

No extra configuration file needed, just install & enjoy !

Documentation

Up to date documentation:

See the wiki

Learn how to easily handle i3bar click events directly from your i3status config:

Handle click events directly from your i3status config

Learn how to extend your current i3status config to easily interact with your i3bar:

Load and order py3status modules directly from your current i3status config

Learn how to write your own modules:

Write your own modules

Get help or share your ideas on IRC:

channel #py3status on FreeNode

Usage

In your i3 config file, simply switch from i3status to py3status in your status_command:

status_command py3status

Usually you have your own i3status configuration, just point to it:

status_command py3status -c ~/.i3/i3status.conf

Available modules

You can get a list and short description of all the available modules by using the CLI:

$ py3status modules list

To get more details about all the available modules and their configuration, use:

$ py3status modules details

All the modules shipped with py3status are present in the sources in the py3status/modules folder.

Most of them are configurable directly from your current i3status.conf, check them out to see all the configurable variables.

Installation

Pypi

Using pip:

$ pip install py3status

NB: Debian users should use pypi-install from the python-stdeb package instead of pip.

Gentoo Linux

Using emerge:

$ sudo emerge -a py3status

Arch Linux

Thanks to @waaaaargh, py3status is present in the Arch User Repository using this URL:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/py3status-git/

Fedora

Using yum:

$ yum install py3status

Options

You can see the help of py3status by issuing py3status -h:

-h, --help            show this help message and exit
-c I3STATUS_CONF, --config I3STATUS_CONF
                      path to i3status config file
-d, --debug           be verbose in syslog
-i INCLUDE_PATHS, --include INCLUDE_PATHS
                      include user-written modules from those directories
                      (default ~/.i3/py3status)
-n INTERVAL, --interval INTERVAL
                      update interval in seconds (default 1 sec)
-s, --standalone      standalone mode, do not use i3status
-t CACHE_TIMEOUT, --timeout CACHE_TIMEOUT
                      default injection cache timeout in seconds (default 60
                      sec)
-v, --version         show py3status version and exit

Control

Just like i3status, you can force an update of your i3bar by sending a SIGUSR1 signal to py3status. Note that this will also send a SIGUSR1 signal to i3status.

killall -USR1 py3status

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