Waybar is a modular status bar for Wayland compositors that provides a configuration-driven interface for system monitoring and desktop management. It functions as a shell component that integrates directly with Wayland protocols to track window manager states, manage system tray icons, and display real-time hardware, network, and power metrics. The project distinguishes itself through a highly flexible architecture that allows for independent or synchronized interface bars across multiple monitors, each with unique layout and styling rules. Users can extend the bar's functionality by creatin
Conky is a system monitoring application used to create custom desktop widgets that visualize real-time hardware performance and system metrics. It renders data such as CPU, memory, disk, and network usage directly onto the desktop environment as transparent overlays. The project extends its core monitoring capabilities through external data integration, allowing it to fetch information from remote APIs and mail servers. It also includes dedicated tracking for media playback status and current track information from music players. Users can personalize these displays using text, graphs, and
Very resourcefriendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust
The main features of greshake/i3status-rust are: Status Bars and Panels.
Open-source alternatives to greshake/i3status-rust include: alexays/waybar — Waybar is a modular status bar for Wayland compositors that provides a configuration-driven interface for system… andrewvos/vbar — A bar. brndnmtthws/conky — Conky is a system monitoring application used to create custom desktop widgets that visualize real-time hardware… burik666/yagostatus — Yet Another i3status replacement written in Go. chigoncalves/tinto-panel — Tiny X11 panel. aanatoly/fbpanel — lightweight X11 desktop panel.
