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List of Available Blocks

Backlight

Creates a block to display screen brightness. This is a simplified version of the Xrandr block that reads brightness information directly from the filesystem, so it works under Wayland. The block uses inotify to listen for changes in the device's brightness directly, so there is no need to set an update interval.

When there is no device specified, this block will display information from the first device found in the /sys/class/backlight directory. If you only have one display, this approach should find it correctly.

It is possible to set the brightness using this block as well -- see below for details.

Examples

Show brightness for a specific device:

[[block]]
block = "backlight"
device = "intel_backlight"

Show brightness for the default device:

[[block]]
block = "backlight"

Options

Key Values Required Default
device The /sys/class/backlight device to read brightness information from. No Default device
step_width The brightness increment to use when scrolling, in percent. No 5
root_scaling Scaling exponent reciprocal (ie. root). No 1.0

Some devices expose raw values that are best handled with nonlinear scaling. The human perception of lightness is close to the cube root of relative luminance, so settings for root_scaling between 2.4 and 3.0 are worth trying. For devices with few discrete steps this should be 1.0 (linear).

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightness

Setting Brightness with the Mouse Wheel

The block allows for setting brightness with the mouse wheel. However, depending on how you installed i3status-rust, it may not have the appropriate permissions to modify these files, and will fail silently. To remedy this you can write a udev rule for your system (if you are comfortable doing so).

First, check that your user is a member of the "video" group using the groups command. Then add a rule in the /etc/udev/rules.d/ directory containing the following, for example in backlight.rules:

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", GROUP="video", MODE="0664"

This will allow the video group to modify all backlight devices. You will also need to restart for this rule to take effect.

Battery

Creates a block which displays the current battery state (Full, Charging or Discharging), percentage charged and estimate time until (dis)charged.

The battery block collapses when the battery is fully charged -- or, in the case of some Thinkpad batteries, when it reports "Not charging".

The battery block supports reading charging and status information from either sysfs or the UPower D-Bus interface. These "drivers" have largely identical features, but UPower does include support for device = "DisplayDevice", which treats all physical power sources as a single logical battery. This is particularly useful if your system has multiple batteries.

Examples

Update the battery state every ten seconds, and show the time remaining until (dis)charging is complete:

[[block]]
block = "battery"
interval = 10
format = "{percentage}% {time}"

Rely on Upower for battery updates and information:

[[block]]
block = "battery"
driver = "upower"
format = "{percentage}% {time}"

Options

Key Values Required Default
device The device in /sys/class/power_supply/ to read from. When using UPower, this can also be "DisplayDevice". No "BAT0"
driver One of "sysfs" or "upower". No "sysfs"
interval Update interval, in seconds. Only relevant for driver = "sysfs". No 10
format A format string. See below for available placeholders. No "{percentage}%"
full_format The format string that's used when the battery reaches full state. No "{percentage}%"
missing_format The format string that's used when a battery is missing. No "{percentage}%"
allow_missing Don't display errors when the battery cannot be found. Only works with the sysfs driver. No false
hide_missing Completely hide this block, if the battery cannot be found. Only works in combination with allow_missing. No false
show Deprecated in favour of format. Show remaining "time", "percentage" or "both" No "percentage"
upower Deprecated in favour of device. When true, use the Upower D-Bus driver. No false
info Minimum battery level, where state is set to info. No 60
good Minimum battery level, where state is set to good. No 60
warning Minimum battery level, where state is set to warning. No 30
critical Minimum battery level, where state is set to critical. No 15

The show option is deprecated, and will be removed in future versions. In the meantime, it will override the format option when present.

Format string

Placeholder Description
{percentage} Battery level, in percent.
{bar} The current battery level in a bar chart.
{time} Time remaining until (dis)charge is complete.
{power} Power consumption (in watts) by the battery or from the power supply when charging.

Bluetooth

Creates a block which displays the connectivity of a given Bluetooth device, or the battery level if this is supported. Relies on the Bluez D-Bus API, and is therefore asynchronous.

When the device can be identified as an audio headset, a keyboard, joystick, or mouse, use the relevant icon. Otherwise, fall back on the generic Bluetooth symbol.

Right-clicking the block will attempt to connect (or disconnect) the device.

Examples

A block for a Bluetooth device with the given MAC address:

[[block]]
block = "bluetooth"
mac = "A0:8A:F5:B8:01:FD"
label = " Rowkin"

Options

Key Values Required Default
mac MAC address of the Bluetooth device. Yes None
label Text label to display next to the icon. No None
hide_disconnected Hides the block when the device is disconnected No false

CPU Utilization

Creates a block which displays the overall CPU utilization, calculated from /proc/stat.

Examples

Update CPU usage every second:

[[block]]
block = "cpu"
interval = 1
format = "{barchart} {utilization}% {frequency}GHz"

Options

Key Values Required Default
info Minimum usage, where state is set to info. No 30
warning Minimum usage, where state is set to warning. No 60
critical Minimum usage, where state is set to critical. No 90
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 1
format A format string. Possible placeholders: {barchart} (barchart of each CPU's core utilization), {utilization} (average CPU utilization in percent) and {frequency} (CPU frequency). No "{utilization}%"
frequency Deprecated in favour of format. Sets format to {utilization}% {frequency}GHz No false
per_core Display CPU frequencies and utilization per core. No false
on_click Command to execute when the button is clicked. The command will be passed to whatever is specified in your $SHELL variable and - if not set - fallback to sh. No None

Custom

Creates a block that display the output of custom shell commands.

For further customisation, use the json option and have the shell command output valid JSON in the schema below:
{"icon": "ICON", "state": "STATE", "text": "YOURTEXT"}
icon is optional, it may be an icon name from icons.rs (default "")
state is optional, it may be Idle, Info, Good, Warning, Critical (default Idle)

Examples

Display temperature, update every 10 seconds:

[[block]]
block = "custom"
command = ''' cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp | awk '{printf("%.1f\n",$1/1000)}' '''

Cycle between "ON" and "OFF", update every 1 second, run <command> when block is clicked:

[[block]]
block = "custom"
cycle = ["echo ON", "echo OFF"]
on_click = "<command>"
interval = 1

Use JSON output:

[[block]]
block = "custom"
command = "echo '{\"icon\":\"weather_thunder\",\"state\":\"Critical\", \"text\": \"Danger!\"}'"
json = true

Display kernel, update the block only once:

[[block]]
block = "custom"
command = "uname -r"
interval = "once"

Display the screen brightness on an intel machine and update this only when pkill -SIGRTMIN+4 i3status-rs is called:

[[block]]
block = "custom"
command = ''' cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness | awk '{print $1}' '''
signal = 4
interval = "once"

Options

Note that command and cycle are mutually exclusive.

Key Values Required Default
command Shell command to execute & display. No None
on_click Command to execute when the button is clicked. No None
cycle Commands to execute and change when the button is clicked. No None
interval Update interval, in seconds (or "once" to update only once). No 10
json Use JSON from command output to format the block. If the JSON is not valid, the block will error out. No false
signal Signal value that causes an update for this block with 0 corresponding to -SIGRTMIN+0 and the largest value being -SIGRTMAX No None
hide_when_empty Hides the block when the command output (or json text field) is empty No false
shell Specify the shell to use when running commands. No $SHELL if set, otherwise fallback to sh

Custom DBus

Creates a block that can be updated asynchronously using DBus.

For example, updating the block using the command line tool qdbus: qdbus i3.status.rs /CurrentSoundDevice i3.status.rs.SetStatus Headphones music Good. The first argument is the text content of the block, the second (optional) argument is the icon to use (as found in icons.rs; default ""), and the third (optional) argument is the state (one of Idle, Info, Good, Warning, or Critical; default Idle).

Examples

[[block]]
block = "custom_dbus"
name = "CurrentSoundDevice"

Options

Key Values Required Default
name Name of the DBus object that i3status-rs will create. Must be unique. Yes None

Disk Space

Creates a block which displays disk space information.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "disk_space"
path = "/"
alias = "/"
info_type = "used"
unit = "GiB"
format = "{icon}{used}/{total} {unit} ({available}{unit} free)"

Options

Key Values Required Default
alert Available disk space critical level as a percentage or Unit. No 10.0
alias Alias that is displayed for path No "/"
format Format string for output (see below) No "{alias} {available} {unit}"
info_type Currently supported options are "available", "free", and "used" (sets value for alert and percentage calculation) No "available"
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 20
path Path to collect information from No "/"
unit Unit that is used to display disk space. Options are "MB", "MiB", "GB", "GiB", "TB", "TiB" and "Percent" No "GB"
warning Available disk space warning level as a percentage or Unit. No 20.0
alert_absolute Use Unit values for warning and alert instead of percentages No false

Available Format Keys

Key Value
{alias} Alias for disk path.
{available} Available disk space (free disk space minus reserved system space).
{bar} Display bar representing percentage.
{free} Free disk space.
{icon} Disk drive icon
{path} Path used for capacity check.
{percentage} Percentage of disk used or free (depends on info_type setting)
{total} Total disk space.
{unit} Unit used for disk space (see above).
{used} Used disk space.

Docker

Creates a block which shows the local docker daemon status (containers running, paused, stopped, total and image count).

Examples

[[block]]
block = "docker"
interval = 2
format = "{running}/{total}"

Options

Key Values Required Default
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 5
format A format string. See below for available placeholders. No "{running}"

Available Format Keys

Key Value
{total} Total containers on the host.
{running} Containers running on the host.
{stopped} Containers stopped on the host.
{paused} Containers paused on the host.
{images} Total images on the host.

Focused Window

Creates a block which displays the title or the active marks of the currently focused window. Uses push updates from i3 IPC, so no need to worry about resource usage. The block only updates when the focused window changes title or the focus changes. Also works with sway, due to it having compatibility with i3's IPC.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "focused_window"
max_width = 50
show_marks = "visible"

Options

Key Values Required Default
max_width Truncates titles to this length. No 21
show_marks Display marks instead of the title, if there are some. Options are "none", "all" or "visible", the latter of which ignores marks that start with an underscore. No "none"

Github

Creates a block which shows the unread notification count for a github account.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "github"
format = "{total}|{author}|{comment}|{mention}|{review_requested}"

Options

Key Values Required Default
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 30
format A format string. See below for available placeholders. No "{total}"
api_server API Server URL to use to fetch notifications. No https://api.github.com

It requires a Github personal access token with the "notifications" scope. It must be passed using the I3RS_GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable.

Available Format Keys

Key Value
{total} Total of all notifications
{assign} Total of notifications related to issues you're assigned on.
{author} Total of notifications related to threads you are the author of.
{comment} Total of notifications related to threads you commented on.
{invitation} Total of notifications related to invitations.
{manual} Total of notifications related to threads you manually subscribed on.
{mention} Total of notifications related to content you were specifically mentioned on.
{review_requested} Total of notifications related to PR you were requested to review.
{security_alert} Total of notifications related to security vulnerabilities found on your repositories.
{state_change} Total of notifications related to thread state change.
{subscribed} Total of notifications related to repositories you're watching.
{team_mention} Total of notification related to thread where your team was mentioned.

For more information about reasons, please see the API documentation.

Hueshift

Creates a block which display the current color temperature in Kelvin. When scrolling upon the block the color temperature is changed. A left click on the block sets the color temperature to click_temp that is by default to 6500K. A right click completely resets the color temperature to its default value (6500K).

Examples

[[block]]
block = "hueshift"
hue_shifter = "redshift"
step = 50
click_temp = 3500

Options

Key Values Required Default
step The step color temperature is in/decreased in kelvin No 100
hue_shifter Change color temperature. Available qualifiers are redshift or sct No "redshift"
max_temp max color temperature No 10000
min_temp min color temperature No 1000
click_temp left click color temperature No 6500

A hard limit is set for the max_temp to 10000K and the same for the min_temp which is 1000K. The step has a hard limit as well, defined to 500K to avoid too brutal changes.

IBus

Creates a block which displays the current global engine set in IBus. Updates are instant as D-Bus signalling is used.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "ibus"

With optional mappings:

[[block]]
block = "ibus"
[block.mappings]
"mozc-jp" = "JP"
"xkb:us::eng" = "EN"

Options

Key Values Required Default
format Format string. Available qualifiers are "engine" No "{engine}"

KDEConnect

Display info from the currently connected device in KDEConnect, updated asynchronously.

Block colours are updated based on the battery level, unless all bat_* thresholds are set to 0, in which case the block colours will depend on the notification count instead.

[[block]]
block = "kdeconnect"

Options

Key Values Required Default
device_id Device ID as per the output of kdeconnect --list-devices\. No Chooses the first found device, if any.
format Format string. Available qualifiers are "bat_icon", "bat_charge", "bat_state", "notif_icon", "notif_count", "name", "id". "bat_icon" will automatically change between the various battery icons depending on the current charge state. No "{name} {bat_icon}{bat_charge}% {notif_icon}{notif_count}"
format_disconnected Format string for when the phone is disconnected/unreachable. Same qualifiers as above, however they will be fixed at the last known value until the phone comes back online. No "{name}"
bat_info Min battery level below which state is set to info. No 60
bat_good Min battery level below which state is set to good. No 60
bat_warning Min battery level below which state is set to warning. No 30
bat_critical Min battery level below which state is set to critical. No 15

Keyboard Layout

Creates a block to display the current keyboard layout.

Four drivers are available:

  • setxkbmap which polls setxkbmap to get the current layout
  • localebus which can read asynchronous updates from the systemd org.freedesktop.locale1 D-Bus path
  • kbdd which uses kbdd to monitor per-window layout changes via DBus
  • sway which can read asynchronous updates from the sway IPC Which of these methods is appropriate will depend on your system setup.

Examples

Check setxkbmap every 15 seconds:

[[block]]
block = "keyboard_layout"
driver = "setxkbmap"
interval = 15

Listen to D-Bus for changes:

[[block]]
block = "keyboard_layout"
driver = "localebus"

Listen to kbdd for changes:

[[block]]
block = "keyboard_layout"
driver = "kbddbus"

Listen to sway for changes:

[[block]]
block = "keyboard_layout"
driver = "sway"
sway_kb_identifier = "1133:49706:Gaming_Keyboard_G110"

Options

Key Values Required Default
driver One of "setxkbmap", "localebus", "kbddbus" or "sway", depending on your system. No "setxkbmap"
interval Update interval, in seconds. Only used by the "setxkbmap" driver. No 60
format Format string, e.g. " {layout}" No "{layout}"
sway_kb_identifier Identifier of the device you want to monitor, as found in the output of swaymsg -t get_inputs No ""

Load

Creates a block which displays the system load average.

Examples

Display the 1-minute and 5-minute load averages, updated once per second:

[[block]]
block = "load"
format = "{1m} {5m}"
interval = 1

Options

Key Values Required Default
info Minimum load, where state is set to info. No 0.3
warning Minimum load, where state is set to warning. No 0.6
critical Minimum load, where state is set to critical. No 0.9
format Format string. You can use the placeholders 1m 5m and 15m, e.g. "1min avg: {1m}". No "{1m}"
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 3

Maildir

Creates a block which shows unread mails. Only supports maildir format.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "maildir"
interval = 60
inboxes = ["/home/user/mail/local", "/home/user/mail/gmail/Inbox"]
threshold_warning = 1
threshold_critical = 10
display_type = "new"

Options

Key Values Required Default
inboxes List of maildir inboxes to look for mails in Yes None
threshold_warning Number of unread mails where state is set to warning No 1
threshold_critical Number of unread mails where state is set to critical No 10
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 5
display_type Which part of the maildir to count. One of "new", "cur", or "all" No "new"
icon Whether or not to prepend the output with the mail icon No true

Memory

Creates a block displaying memory and swap usage.

By default, the format of this module is ": {MFm}MB/{MTm}MB({Mp}%)" (Swap values accordingly). That behaviour can be changed within your config.

This module keeps track of both Swap and Memory. By default, a click switches between them.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "memory"
format_mem = "{Mum}MB/{MTm}MB({Mup}%)"
format_swap = "{SUm}MB/{STm}MB({SUp}%)"
display_type = "memory"
icons = true
clickable = true
interval = 5
warning_mem = 80
warning_swap = 80
critical_mem = 95
critical_swap = 95

Options

Key Values Required Default
format_mem Format string for Memory view. All format values are described below. No "{MFm}MB/{MTm}MB({Mp}%)"
format_swap Format string for Swap view. No "{SFm}MB/{STm}MB({Sp}%)"
display_type Default view displayed on startup. Options are memory, swap No "memory"
icons Whether the format string should be prepended with Icons. No true
clickable Whether the view should switch between memory and swap on click. No true
warning_mem Percentage of memory usage, where state is set to warning. No 80.0
warning_swap Percentage of swap usage, where state is set to warning. No 80.0
critical_mem Percentage of memory usage, where state is set to critical. No 95.0
critical_swap Percentage of swap usage, where state is set to critical. No 95.0
interval The delay in seconds between an update. If clickable, an update is triggered on click. Integer values only. No 5

Format string specification

Key Value
{MTg} Memory total (GiB).
{MTm} Memory total (MiB).
{MAg} Available memory, including cached memory and buffers (GiB).
{MAm} Available memory, including cached memory and buffers (MiB).
{MAp} Available memory, including cached memory and buffers (%).
{MApi} Available memory, including cached memory and buffers (%) as integer.
{MFg} Memory free (GiB).
{MFm} Memory free (MiB).
{MFp} Memory free (%).
{MFpi} Memory free (%) as integer.
{Mug} Memory used, excluding cached memory and buffers; similar to htop's green bar (GiB).
{Mum} Memory used, excluding cached memory and buffers; similar to htop's green bar (MiB).
{Mup} Memory used, excluding cached memory and buffers; similar to htop's green bar (%).
{Mupi} Memory used, excluding cached memory and buffers; similar to htop's green bar (%) as integer.
{MUg} Total memory used (GiB).
{MUm} Total memory used (MiB).
{MUp} Total memory used (%).
{MUpi} Total memory used (%) as integer.
{Cg} Cached memory, similar to htop's yellow bar (GiB).
{Cm} Cached memory, similar to htop's yellow bar (MiB).
{Cp} Cached memory, similar to htop's yellow bar (%).
{Cpi} Cached memory, similar to htop's yellow bar (%) as integer.
{Bg} Buffers, similar to htop's blue bar (GiB).
{Bm} Buffers, similar to htop's blue bar (MiB).
{Bp} Buffers, similar to htop's blue bar (%).
{Bpi} Buffers, similar to htop's blue bar (%) as integer.
{STg} Swap total (GiB).
{STm} Swap total (MiB).
{SFg} Swap free (GiB).
{SFm} Swap free (MiB).
{SFp} Swap free (%).
{SFpi} Swap free (%) as integer.
{SUg} Swap used (GiB).
{SUm} Swap used (MiB).
{SUp} Swap used (%).
{SUpi} Swap used (%) as integer.

Music

Creates a block to display the current song title and artist in a fixed-width marquee. Also provides buttons for play/pause, previous and next. When there is no song playing the block collapses to show just the icon and any configured buttons.

Supports all music players that implement the MediaPlayer2 Interface. This includes:

and many others.

The block can be configured to drive a specific music player by name or automatically discover the currently active one.

Examples

Show the currently playing song on Spotify only, with play & next buttons:

[[block]]
block = "music"
player = "spotify"
buttons = ["play", "next"]

Same thing for any compatible player, takes the first active on the bus, but ignores "mpd" or anything with "kdeconnect" in the name:

[[block]]
block = "music"
buttons = ["play", "next"]
interface_name_exclude = [".*kdeconnect.*", "mpd"]

Start Spotify if the block is clicked whilst it's collapsed:

[[block]]
block = "music"
on_collapsed_click = "spotify"

Options

Key Values Required Default
player Name of the music player MPRIS interface. Run `busctl --user list grep "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2." cut -d' ' -f1` and the name is the part after "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2". If unset, the first player found will be chosen.
interface_name_exclude A list of regex patterns for player MPRIS interface names to ignore No ""
max_width Max width of the block in characters, not including the buttons No 21
dynamic_width Bool to specify whether the block will change width depending on the text content or remain static always (= max_width) No false
marquee Bool to specify if a marquee style rotation should be used if the title + artist is longer than max-width No true
marquee_interval Marquee interval in seconds. This is the delay between each rotation. No 10
marquee_speed Marquee speed in seconds. This is the scrolling time used per character. No 0.5
smart_trim When marquee rotation is disabled and the title + artist is longer than max-width, trim from both the artist and the title in proportion to their lengths, to try and show the most information possible. No false
separator String to insert between artist and title No " - "
buttons Array of control buttons to be displayed. Options are prev (previous title), play (play/pause) and next (next title) No []
on_collapsed_click Command to run when the block is clicked while collapsed. No None
on_click Command to run when the block is clicked while not collapsed. No None
seek_step Number of microseconds to seek forward/backward when scrolling on the bar. No 1000
hide_when_empty Hides the block when there is no player available. No false

Net

Creates a block which displays the upload and download throughput for a network interface. Units are by default in bytes per second (kB/s, MB/s, etc), but the 'use_bits' flag can be set to true to convert the units to bps (little b).

bitrate requires either ethtool for wired devices or iw for wireless devices.
ip and ipv6 require ip.
ssid requires one of iw, wpa_cli, nm-cli or iwctl.
signal_strength requires iw.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "net"
device = "wlp2s0"
format = "{ssid} {signal_strength} {ip} {speed_down} {graph_down}"
interval = 5
use_bits = false

Options

Key Values Required Default
device Network interface to monitor (name from /sys/class/net) Yes lo (loopback interface)
format Format string. See below for available qualifiers. No "{speed_up} {speed_down}"
speed_digits Number of digits to use when displaying speeds. No 3
speed_min_unit Smallest unit to use when displaying speeds. Possible choices: "B", "K", "M", "G", "T". No "K"
use_bits Display speeds in bits instead of bytes. No false
interval Update interval, in seconds. Note: the update interval for SSID and IP address is fixed at 30 seconds, and bitrate fixed at 10 seconds. No 1
hide_missing Whether to hide interfaces that don't exist on the system. No false
hide_inactive Whether to hide interfaces that are not connected (or missing). No false

Format String

Placeholder Description
ssid Display network SSID (wireless only).
signal_strength Display WiFi signal strength (wireless only).
bitrate Display connection bitrate.
ip Display connection IP address.
ipv6 Display connection IPv6 address.
speed_up Display upload speed.
speed_down Display download speed.
graph_up Display a bar graph for upload speed.
graph_down Display a bar graph for download speed.

Deprecated Options

Key Values Required Default
ssid Deprecated in favor of format. Display network SSID (wireless only). No false
signal_strength Deprecated in favor of format. Display WiFi signal strength (wireless only). No false
bitrate Deprecated in favor of format. Display connection bitrate. No false
ip Deprecated in favor of format. Display connection IP address. No false
ipv6 Deprecated in favor of format. Display connection IPv6 address. No false
speed_up Deprecated in favor of format. Display upload speed. No true
speed_down Deprecated in favor of format. Display download speed. No true
graph_up Deprecated in favor of format. Display a bar graph for upload speed. No false
graph_down Deprecated in favor of format. Display a bar graph for download speed. No false

NetworkManager

Creates a block which displays network connection information from NetworkManager.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "networkmanager"
on_click = "alacritty -e nmtui"
interface_name_exclude = ["br\\-[0-9a-f]{12}", "docker\\d+"]
interface_name_include = []

Options

Key Values Required Default
primary_only Whether to show only the primary active connection or all active connections No false
max_ssid_width Truncation length for SSID No 21
ap_format Acces point string formatter. See below for available placeholders. No "{ssid}"
device_format Device string formatter. See below for available placeholders. No "{icon}{ap} {ips}"
connection_format Connection string formatter. See below for available placeholders. No "{devices}"
on_click On-click handler. Commands are executed in a shell. No ""
interface_name_exclude A list of regex patterns for device interface names to ignore No ""
interface_name_include A list of regex patterns for device interface names to include (only interfaces that match at least one are shown) No ""

AP format string

Placeholder Description
{ssid} The SSID for this AP.
{strength} The signal strength in percent for this AP.
{freq} The frequency of this AP in MHz.

Device format string

Placeholder Description
{icon} The icon matching the device type.
{typename} The name of the device type.
{name} The name of the device interface.
{ap} The connected AP if available, formatted with the AP format string.
{ips} The list of IPs for this device.

Connection format string

Placeholder Description
{devices} The list of devices, each formatted with the device format string.

Notmuch

Creates a block which queries a notmuch database and displays the count of messages.

The simplest configuration will return the total count of messages in the notmuch database stored at $HOME/.mail

NOTE: This block can only be used if you build with cargo build --features=notmuch

Examples

[[block]]
block = "notmuch"
query = "tag:alert and not tag:trash"
threshold_warning = 1
threshold_critical = 10
name = "A"

Options

Key Values Required Default
maildir Path to the directory containing the notmuch database No $HOME/.mail
query Query to run on the database No ""
threshold_critical Mail count that triggers critical state No 99999
threshold_warning Mail count that triggers warning state No 99999
threshold_good Mail count that triggers good state No 99999
threshold_info Mail count that triggers info state No 99999
name Label to show before the mail count No ""
no_icon Disable the mail icon No false
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 10

Nvidia Gpu

Creates a block which can display the name, utilization, temperature, memory usage, fan speed and clock speed of your NVidia GPU.

By default the name provided by nvidia-smi will be shown. If label is set then clicking the left mouse button on the "name" part of the block will alternate it between showing the default name or label.

By default show_temperature shows the used memory. Clicking the left mouse on the "temperature" part of the block will alternate it between showing used or total available memory.

When using show_fan_speed, clicking the left mouse button on the "fan speed" part of the block will cause it to enter into a fan speed setting mode. In this mode you can scroll the mouse wheel over the block to change the fan speeds, and left click to exit the mode.

Requires nvidia-smi for displaying info and nvidia_settings for setting fan speed.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "nvidia_gpu"
label = "GT 1030"
show_memory = false
show_clocks = true
interval = 1

Options

Key Values Required Default
gpu_id GPU id in system No 0
label Display custom gpu label No ""
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 1
show_utilization Display gpu utilization. In percents. No true
show_memory Display memory information. No true
show_temperature Display gpu temperature. No true
show_fan_speed Display fan speed. No false
show_clocks Display gpu clocks. No false

Pacman

Creates a block which displays the pending updates available on pacman or an AUR helper.

Requires fakeroot to be installed (only required for pacman).

Examples

Update the list of pending updates every ten minutes (600 seconds):

Update interval should be set appropriately as to not exceed the AUR's daily rate limit.

pacman only config:

[[block]]
block = "pacman"
interval = 600
format = "{pacman} updates available"
format_singular = "{pacman} update available"
format_up_to_date = "system up to date"
critical_updates_regex = "(linux |linux-lts|linux-zen)"

pacman only config using warnings with ZFS modules:

[[block]]
block = "pacman"
interval = 600
format = "{pacman} updates available"
format_singular = "{pacman} update available"
format_up_to_date = "system up to date"
# If a linux update is availble, but no ZFS package, it won't be possible to
# actually perform a system upgrade, so we show a warning.
warning_updates_regex = "(linux |linux-lts|linux-zen)"
# If ZFS is available, we know that we can and should do an upgrade, so we show 
# the status as critical.
critical_updates_regex = "(zfs |zfs-lts)"

pacman and AUR helper config:

[[block]]
block = "pacman"
interval = 600
format = "{pacman} + {aur} = {both} updates available"
format_singular = "{both} update available"
format_up_to_date = "system up to date"
critical_updates_regex = "(linux |linux-lts|linux-zen)"
# aur_command should output available updates to stdout (ie behave as echo -ne "update\n")
aur_command = "pikaur -Qua"

Options

Key Values Required Default
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 600 (10min)
format Format override No "{pacman}"
format_singular Format override if exactly one update is available No "{pacman}"
format_up_to_date Format override if no updates are available No "{pacman}"
warning_updates_regex Display block as warning if updates matching regex are available No None
critical_updates_regex Display block as critical if updates matching regex are available No None
aur_command AUR command to check available updates, which outputs in the same format as pacman. e.g. pikaur -Qua if {both} or {aur} are used None

Available Format Keys

Key Value
{count} Number of pacman updates available (deprecated: use {pacman} instead)
{pacman} Number of updates available according to pacman
{aur} Number of updates available according to <aur_command>
{both} Cumulative number of updates available according to pacman and <aur_command>

Pomodoro

Creates a block which runs a pomodoro timer.

You can face problems showing the nagbar if i3 is configured to hide the status bar. See #701 to fix this.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "pomodoro"
length = 25
break_length = 5
message = "Take a break!"
break_message = "Back to work!"
use_nag = true
nag_path = "i3-nagbar"

Options

Key Values Required Default
length Timer duration in minutes. No 25
break_length Break duration in minutes. No 5
use_nag i3-nagbar enabled No false
message i3-nagbar message when timer expires. No Pomodoro over! Take a break!
break_message i3-nagbar message when break is over. No Break over! Time to work!
nag_path i3-nagbar binary path No i3-nagbar

Sound

Creates a block which displays the volume level (according to PulseAudio or ALSA). Right click to toggle mute, scroll to adjust volume.

Requires a PulseAudio installation or alsa-utils for ALSA.

PulseAudio support is a feature and can be turned on (--features "pulseaudio") / off (--no-default-features) during build with cargo. If PulseAudio support is enabled the "auto" driver will first try to connect to PulseAudio and then fallback to ALSA on error.

Note that if you are using PulseAudio commands (such as pactl) to control your volume, you should select the "pulseaudio" (or "auto") driver to see volume changes that exceed 100%.

Examples

Change the default scrolling step width to 3 percent:

[[block]]
block = "sound"
step_width = 3
[[block]]
block = "sound"
format = "{output_name} {volume}"
[block.mappings]
"alsa_output.usb-Harman_Multimedia_JBL_Pebbles_1.0.0-00.analog-stereo" = "🔈"
"alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo" = "🎧"

Options

Key Values Required Default
driver "auto", "pulseaudio", "alsa" No "auto" (Pulseaudio with ALSA fallback)
format Any string to use next to the icon. Available qualifiers: volume, output_name No {volume}%
name PulseAudio device name, or the ALSA control name as found in the output of amixer -D yourdevice scontrols No PulseAudio: @DEFAULT_SINK@ / ALSA: Master
device ALSA device name, usually in the form "hw:X" or "hw:X,Y" where X is the card number and Y is the device number as found in the output of aplay -l No default
device_kind PulseAudio device kind (source / sink) No sink
natural_mapping When using the ALSA driver, display the "mapped volume" as given by alsamixer/amixer -M, which represents the volume level more naturally with respect for the human ear No false
step_width The percent volume level is increased/decreased for the selected audio device when scrolling. Capped automatically at 50. No 5
max_vol Max volume in percent that can be set via scrolling. Note it can still be set above this value if changed by another application. No None
on_click Shell command to run when the sound block is clicked. No None
show_volume_when_muted Show the volume even if it is currently muted. No false

Speed Test

Creates a block which uses speedtest-cli to measure your ping, download, and upload speeds.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "speedtest"
bytes = true
interval = 1800

Options

Key Values Required Default
bytes Whether to use bytes or bits in the display (true for bytes, false for bits). No false
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 1800
speed_digits Number of digits to use when displaying speeds. No 3
speed_min_unit Smallest unit to use when displaying speeds. Possible choices: "B", "K", "M", "G", "T". No "K"

Taskwarrior

Creates a block which displays number of pending and started tasks of the current users taskwarrior list.

Clicking the left mouse button on the icon updates the number of pending tasks immediately.

Clicking the right mouse button on the icon toggles the view of the block between filtered (default) and non-filtered tasks. If there are no filters configured, the number of tasks stays the same and both modes are behaving equally.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "taskwarrior"
interval = 60
format = "{count} open tasks"
format_singular = "{count} open task"
format_everything_done = "nothing to do!"
warning_threshold = 10
critical_threshold = 20
filter_tags = ["work", "important"]

Options

Key Values Required Default
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 600 (10min)
warning_threshold The threshold of pending (or started) tasks when the block turns into a warning state. No 10
critical_threshold The threshold of pending (or started) tasks when the block turns into a critical state. No 20
filter_tags A list of tags a task has to have before its counted as a pending task. No <empty>
format Format override No "{count}"
format_singular Format override if exactly one task is pending No "{count}"
format_everything_done Format override if all tasks are completed No "{count}"

Available Format Keys

Key Value
{count} The number of pending tasks.

Temperature

Creates a block which displays the system temperature, based on lm_sensors' sensors -j output. The block has two modes: "collapsed", which uses only colour as an indicator, and "expanded", which shows the content of a format string.

Requires lm_sensors and appropriate kernel modules for your hardware.

The average, minimum, and maximum temperatures are computed using all sensors displayed by sensors -j, or optionally filtered by chip and inputs.

Note that the colour of the block is always determined by the maximum temperature across all sensors, not the average. You may need to keep this in mind if you have a misbehaving sensor.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "temperature"
collapsed = false
interval = 10
format = "{min}° min, {max}° max, {average}° avg"
chip = "*-isa-*"
inputs = ["CPUTIN", "SYSTIN"]

Options

Key Values Required Default
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 5
collapsed Whether the block will be collapsed by default. No true
scale Either celsius or fahrenheit No celsius
good Maximum temperature to set state to good. No 20 °C (68 °F)
idle Maximum temperature to set state to idle. No 45 °C (113 °F)
info Maximum temperature to set state to info. No 60 °C (140 °F)
warning Maximum temperature to set state to warning. Beyond this temperature, state is set to critical. No 80 °C (176 °F)
chip Narrows the results to a given chip name. * may be used as a wildcard. No None
inputs Narrows the results to individual inputs reported by each chip. No None
format Format string. No "{average}° avg, {max}° max"

Available Format Keys

Key Value
{min} Minimum temperature among all sensors.
{average} Average temperature among all sensors.
{max} Maximum temperature among all sensors.

Time

Creates a block which display the current time.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "time"
format = "%a %d/%m %R"
timezone = "US/Pacific"
interval = 60
locale = "fr_BE"

Options

Key Values Required Default
format Format string. See the chrono docs for all options. No "%a %d/%m %R"
on_click Shell command to run when the time block is clicked. No None
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 5
timezone A timezone specifier (e.g. "Europe/Lisbon") No Local timezone
locale Locale to apply when formatting the time No System locale

Toggle

Creates a toggle block. You can add commands to be executed to disable the toggle (command_off), and to enable it (command_on). If these command exit with a non-zero status, the block will not be toggled and the block state will be changed to give a visual warning of the failure. You also need to specify a command to determine the initial state of the toggle (command_state). When the command outputs nothing, the toggle is disabled, otherwise enabled. By specifying the interval property you can let the command_state be executed continuously.

Examples

This is what I use to toggle my external monitor configuration:

[[block]]
block = "toggle"

text = "4k"
command_state = "xrandr | grep DP1\\ connected\\ 38 | grep -v eDP1"
command_on = "~/.screenlayout/4kmon_default.sh"
command_off = "~/.screenlayout/builtin.sh"
interval = 5

Options

Key Values Required Default
text Label to include next to the toggle icon. No ""
command_on Shell Command to enable the toggle Yes None
command_off Shell Command to disable the toggle Yes None
command_state Shell Command to determine toggle state. Empty output => off. Any output => on. Yes None
icon_on Icon override for the toggle button while on. No "toggle_on"
icon_off Icon override for the toggle button while off. No "toggle_off"
interval Update interval, in seconds. No None

Uptime

Creates a block which displays system uptime. The block will always display the 2 biggest units, so minutes and seconds, or hours and minutes or days and hours or weeks and days.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "uptime"

Options

Key Values Required Default
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 60

Watson

Watson is a simple CLI time tracking application. This block will show the name of your current active project, tags and optionally recorded time. Clicking the widget will toggle the show_time variable dynamically.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "watson"
show_time = true
state_path = "/home/user/.config/watson/state"

Options

Key Values Required Default
show_time Whether to show recorded time No false
state_path Path to the Watson state file No $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/watson/state
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 60

Weather

Creates a block which displays local weather and temperature information. In order to use this block, you will need access to a supported weather API service. At the time of writing, OpenWeatherMap is the only supported service.

Configuring the Weather block requires configuring a weather service, which may require API keys and other parameters.

If using the autolocate feature, set the block update interval such that you do not exceed ipapi.co's free daily limit of 1000 hits.

Examples

Show detailed weather in San Francisco through the OpenWeatherMap service:

[[block]]
block = "weather"
format = "{weather} ({location}) {temp}°, {wind} m/s {direction}"
service = { name = "openweathermap", api_key = "XXX", city_id = "5398563", units = "metric" }

Options

Key Values Required Default
format The text format of the weather display. No "{weather} {temp}°"
service The configuration of a weather service (see below). Yes None
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 600
autolocate Gets your location using the ipapi.co IP location service (no API key required). If the API call fails then the block will fallback to city_id or place. No false

OpenWeatherMap Options

To use the service you will need a (free) API key.

Key Values Required Default
name openweathermap Yes None
api_key Your OpenWeatherMap API key. Yes None
city_id OpenWeatherMap's ID for the city. Yes* None
place OpenWeatherMap 'By city name' search query. See here Yes* None
units One of metric or imperial. Yes None

Either one of city_id or place is required. If both are supplied, city_id takes precedence.

The options api_key, city_id, place can be omitted from configuration, in which case they must be provided in the environment variables OPENWEATHERMAP_API_KEY, OPENWEATHERMAP_CITY_ID, OPENWEATHERMAP_PLACE.

Available Format Keys

Key Value
{location} Location name (exact format depends on the service).
{temp} Temperature.
{apparent} Australian Apparent Temperature.
{humidity} Humidity.
{weather} Textual description of the weather, e.g. "Raining".
{wind} Wind speed.
{direction} Wind direction, e.g. "NE".

Xrandr

Creates a block which shows screen information (name, brightness, resolution). With a click you can toggle through your active screens and with wheel up and down you can adjust the selected screens brightness. Regarding brightness control, xrandr changes the brightness of the display using gamma rather than changing the brightness in hardware, so if that is not desirable then consider using the backlight block instead.

NOTE: Some users report issues (e.g. here and here when using this block. The cause is currently unknown, however setting a higher update interval may help.

Examples

[[block]]
block = "xrandr"
icons = true
resolution = true
interval = 2

Options

Key Values Required Default
icons Show icons for brightness and resolution No true
resolution Shows the screens resolution No false
step_width The steps brightness is in/decreased for the selected screen (When greater than 50 it gets limited to 50) No 5
interval Update interval, in seconds. No 5