dwmstat

dwmstat

A dwm status bar in python customized for my version of dwm with different colors. This status bar update with signals for better volume integration and also displays a loading bar when your package manager is running

  1. Usage
  2. Loading bar
  3. Dependancies
  4. Install

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Usage

Usage: dwmstat
Sets the status bar of dwm to a small and precise status bar
Arguments:
      -h, --help              The help message
      -v, --verbose           Display on the terminal the output of the command
      -t, --time              Set the refresh time in seconds (default: 60)
Status output:
      [Date Time][Battery][Local IP addresses][Volume][Distribution hostname]
Made by p4p1.

Loading bar

The loading bar is toggled when a package manager is running, currently it does not show progress properly and just endlessly cicles but I am looking into changing that soon.

http://apetoken.top/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/loading.png

Install

To install this status bar you can use pip the python package by downloading the repository and running:

$ sudo pip3 install -U .

After installation you can add the script to your startup app, if you need the full path you can use whereis

Dependancies

The dependancies for python should be automatically installed by pip.

Visit original content creator repository https://github.com/p4p1/dwmstat

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