py3status

py3status is an extensible i3status wrapper written in python.

Using py3status, you can take control of your i3bar easily by:

• writing your own modules and have their output displayed on your bar
• handling click events on your i3bar and play with them in no time
• seeing your clock tick every second whatever your i3status interval

No extra configuration file needed, just install & enjoy !

Documentation

See the wiki for up to date documentation:

• https://github.com/ultrabug/py3status/wiki

Learn how to write your own modules:

• https://github.com/ultrabug/py3status/wiki/Write-your-own-modules

Get help or share your ideas on IRC:

• channel #py3status on FreeNode

Requirements

You must set the output_format to i3bar in the general section of your i3status.conf:

general {
    colors = true
    interval = 5
    output_format = "i3bar"
}

Usage

In your i3 config file, simply switch from i3status to py3status in your status_command:

status_command py3status

Usually you have your own i3status configuration, just point to it:

status_command py3status -c ~/.i3/i3status.conf

Installation

Pypi

Using pip:

$ pip install py3status

Gentoo Linux

Using emerge:

$ sudo emerge -a py3status

Arch Linux

Thanks to @waaaaargh, py3status is present in the Arch User Repository using this URL:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/py3status-git/

Options

You can see the help of py3status by issuing py3status -h:

-c I3STATUS_CONF  path to i3status config file
--debug           be verbose in syslog
-i INCLUDE_PATHS  include user-written modules from those directories
                  (default .i3/py3status)
-n INTERVAL       update interval in seconds (default 1 sec)
-s, --standalone  standalone mode, do not use i3status
-t CACHE_TIMEOUT  default injection cache timeout in seconds
                  (default 60 sec)
-v, --version     show py3status version and exit

Control

Just like i3status, you can force an update by sending a SIGUSR1 signal to py3status. Note that this will also send a SIGUSR1 signal to i3status.

killall -USR1 py3status