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i3status

Generates a status bar for dzen2, xmobar or similar

i3status is a small program (about 1500 SLOC) for generating a status bar for 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.

Available in

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gentoo gitweb ↗ 2.15 2 13 h details ›

Versions & arches

VersionOverlay amd64arm64x86riscvarm Committed
2.15 gentoo amd64 testing arm64 testing x86 testing riscv testing arm testing view · download · history ↗
2.14-r1 gentoo amd64 stable arm64 testing x86 stable riscv testing arm testing view · download · history ↗

Use flags of 2.15

  • pulseaudio Add sound server support via media-libs/libpulse (may be PulseAudio or PipeWire)
  • test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
  • +filecaps Linux capabilities library is required for i3status to be able to read net bandwidth

Runtime dependencies of 2.15

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