polybar-cryptostocks

A polybar script that displays the price of various crypto-currencies and stocks.

Setup

Assuming your polybar config and scripts are in ~/.config/polybar/

git clone https://github.com/danama/polybar-cryptostocks.git &&
    cd polybar-cryptostocks &&
    mkdir -p ~/.config/polybar &&
    cp ./{cryptostocks-config,cryptostocks.py} ~/.config/polybar &&
    sudo chmod u+x ~/.config/polybar/cryptostocks.py

Then in ~/.config/polybar/config:

[bar/top]

...

modules-right = crypto

...

[module/crypto]
type = custom/script
interval = 300
exec = /home/<user>/.config/polybar/cryptostocks.py

Dependencies

The more up to date cryptofont icon font is used in the screenshots, though you are free to use any other font.

If using the cryptofont icon font, ensure that the following line is present in your ~/.config/polybar/config:

[bar/top]

...

font-0 = cryptofont:style=Regular;0

Example Configuration

~/.config/polybar/cryptostocks-config.yml

Features/options:

• Select your currency for conversions (crypto only)
• Define decimals for stocks prices (stocks only)
• Enable or Disable colors in polybar (default = True)
• Define up and down trends color
• Same structure for both types with placeholders for future improvements/fixes.
• Select the display mode per crypto

general:
  crypto_base_currency: USD
  stock_roundnumber: 1
  colors: True
  up_color: "%{F#03c03c}"
  down_color: "%{F#f00}"

stocks:
  AMC:
    name: 'AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc'
    ticker: 'AMC'
    label: 'AMC'
    display: 'both'
  AAPL:
    name: 'Apple Inc'
    ticker: 'AAPL'
    label: 'AAPL'
    display: 'both'

cryptos:
  bitcoin:
    name: 'bitcoin'
    ticker: 'BTC'
    icon: ''
    display: 'both'
  ethereum:
    name: 'ethereum'
    ticker: 'ETH'
    icon: ''
    display: 'both'
  cardano:
    name: 'cardano'
    ticker: 'ADA'
    icon: ''
    display: 'both'
  monero:
    name: 'monero'
    ticker: 'XMR'
    icon: ''
    display: 'both'

Tips

Multiple Fonts

If you need more than 1 font and/or to avoid conflicting ones you can define them in the relevant bar and select the right one for the module ( font-0 = 1, font-1 = 2, ...).

[bar/top]

...

font-0 = "Iosevka Nerd Font:size=10;4"
font-1 = "feather:size=10;3"
font-2 = "cryptofont:style=Regular;3"
...

[module/crypto]

...

label-font = 3

Work with fonts in the config file

You can use a tool like "Font Manager" to easily copy/paste the desired icon to an editor who supports the font. In my case, vscodium works just fine to preview (once you add it in the settings)

Display Modes

display = price

display = percentage

display = both

To work on

• add 24h prices variations for stocks
• add function for crypto requests
• separators ( | ) as optional
• look into interactions with the module
• ...

Credits

• https://github.com/willHol/polybar-crypto
• https://github.com/zack-ashen/polystock
• https://github.com/monzanifabio/cryptofont