status_bar

Status bar for dwm. Customizable at runtime and updates instantly.

Build from Source

1.  Install a C++ compiler, Meson, GoogleTest (optional), argparse, X11 client-side libraries, and ALSA libraries.

Linux (Arch):

sudo pacman -S base-devel meson gtest argparse libx11 alsa-lib 

2.  Clone this project.

This project can be downloaded online here.

Alternatively, if you have Git installed, open a shell and enter the commands below. This project will be downloaded to the current working directory.

git clone https://github.com/cshmookler/status_bar.git
cd status_bar

3.  Build this project from source.

meson setup build
cd build
ninja

TODO

• date and time
• uptime
• disk space
• swap
• memory
• cpu usage
• cpu temperature
• load averages (1 min, 5 min, 15 min)
• battery status
• battery name
• battery percentage
• battery time remaining
• backlight percentage
• network status
• network name
• network SSID
• network signal strength percentage
• volume mute
• volume percentage
• capture mute
• capture percentage
• microphone status
• camera status
• user name
• outdated kernel indicator