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rstatusbar

Configurable statusbar in Rust for Xorg server using xsetroot

Caveats

Dependencies: rust, xorg-xsetroot
This library has been developed on and for Linux following open source philosophy.

Installation

Using cargo:

cargo install rstatusbar

Using yay or paru (AUR Arch Linux):

paru -S rstatusbar

Setup

In your ~/.xinitrc to start in every login

rstatusbar 2> rstatusbar.log &

Overview

Component	rstatusbar	NOTE
CPU usage	✔️	Percentage
RAM usage	✔️	Percentage
TEMPERATURE	✔️	Celcious
DISK USAGE	✔️	Percentage
VOLUME LEVEL	✔️	Level and Mute status
BLUETOOTH	❌
BATTERY LEVEL	✔️	Percentage
CUSTOM SCRIPT	✔️	Execute a custom script.sh
NETWORK STATUS	✔️	Up or down
WEATHER	✔️	Celcious, using wttr
DATE	✔️	Could be custimizable

Customizable

By default the statusbar contains: cpu usage, memory usage, temperature, disk usage, volume, network status and datetime
For a custom configuration put this file config.toml in your ~/.config/rstatusbar/config.toml and edit it to change values or delete a component.
Memory component example in config.toml:

[memory]
time = 1000  # Time in miliseconds defines how often the process runs
name = "RAM" # Name of the component. Could be empty => name = ""
icon = ""   # Icon of the component. Could be empty => icon = ""

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