s21v1d9p / slstatus

slstatus is a suckless status monitor for window managers that use WM_NAME (e.g. dwm) or stdin to fill the status bar

slstatus - Lightweight Status Bar for Window Managers

slstatus is a lightweight status monitor for window managers like dwm that fills the status bar with system information.

Features

• Battery percentage, state, and estimated time remaining
• CPU usage and frequency
• Custom shell commands
• Current date and time
• Disk usage and available storage
• Available entropy
• User, group, and host details
• IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6)
• Kernel version
• Keyboard indicators and current keymap
• System load average
• Network speeds (RX and TX)
• File counts for directories
• Memory and swap usage
• Temperature
• Uptime
• Volume percentage
• WiFi signal strength and SSID

Compatibility

slstatus works on Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. It requires Xlib headers to build.

Installation

Edit config.mk to match your system settings then run:

make clean install

See the man page for usage details. Customize the status bar by editing config.h.

Upcoming

• v1.0 release coming soon!
• Development has resumed after long hiatus.

Summary

slstatus is a lightweight status monitor for hackable window managers like dwm. It displays system stats like CPU, memory, network, temps, and more. Customizable and available on Linux, BSD.