bumblebee-status/Modules.md

Table of modules

Name	Description
amixer	get volume level
apt	Displays APT package update information (/) Requires the following debian packages: * update-notifier-common
arch-update	Check updates to Arch Linux.
battery-upower	Displays battery status, remaining percentage and charging information. Parameters: * battery-upower.warning : Warning threshold in % of remaining charge (defaults to 20) * battery-upower.critical : Critical threshold in % of remaining charge (defaults to 10) * battery-upower.showremaining : If set to true (default) shows the remaining time until the batteries are completely discharged
battery	Displays battery status, remaining percentage and charging information. Parameters: * battery.device : Comma-separated list of battery devices to read information from (defaults to auto for auto-detection) * battery.warning : Warning threshold in % of remaining charge (defaults to 20) * battery.critical : Critical threshold in % of remaining charge (defaults to 10) * battery.showdevice : If set to "true", add the device name to the widget (defaults to False) * battery.decorate : If set to "false", hides additional icons (charging, etc.) (defaults to True)
battery_all	Displays battery status, remaining percentage and charging information. Parameters: * battery.device : Comma-separated list of battery devices to read information from (defaults to auto for auto-detection) * battery.warning : Warning threshold in % of remaining charge (defaults to 20) * battery.critical : Critical threshold in % of remaining charge (defaults to 10) * batter.showremaining : If set to true (default) shows the remaining time until the batteries are completely discharged
bluetooth	Displays bluetooth status (Bluez). Left mouse click launches manager app, right click toggles bluetooth. Needs dbus-send to toggle bluetooth state. Parameters: * bluetooth.device : the device to read state from (default is hci0) * bluetooth.manager : application to launch on click (blueman-manager) * bluetooth.dbus_destination : dbus destination (defaults to org.blueman.Mechanism) * bluetooth.dbus_destination_path : dbus destination path (defaults to /) * bluetooth.right_click_popup : use popup menu when right-clicked (defaults to True)
brightness	Displays the brightness of a display Parameters: * brightness.step: The amount of increase/decrease on scroll in % (defaults to 2) * brightness.device_path: The device path (defaults to /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight), can contain wildcards (in this case, the first matching path will be used)
caffeine	Enable/disable automatic screen locking. Requires the following executables: * xdg-screensaver * xdotool * xprop (as dependency for xdotool) * notify-send
cmus	Displays information about the current song in cmus. Requires the following executable: * cmus-remote Parameters: * cmus.format: Format string for the song information. Tag values can be put in curly brackets (i.e. {artist}) * cmus.layout: Space-separated list of widgets to add. Possible widgets are the buttons/toggles cmus.prev, cmus.next, cmus.shuffle and cmus.repeat, and the main display with play/pause function cmus.main.
cpu	Displays CPU utilization across all CPUs. Parameters: * cpu.warning : Warning threshold in % of CPU usage (defaults to 70%) * cpu.critical: Critical threshold in % of CPU usage (defaults to 80%) * cpu.format : Format string (defaults to "{:.01f}%")
currency	Displays currency exchange rates. Currently, displays currency between GBP and USD/EUR only. Requires the following python packages: * requests Parameters: * currency.interval: Interval in minutes between updates, default is 1. * currency.source: Source currency (ex. "GBP", "EUR"). Defaults to "auto", which infers the local one from IP address. * currency.destination: Comma-separated list of destination currencies (defaults to "USD,EUR") * currency.sourceformat: String format for source formatting; Defaults to "{}: {}" and has two variables, the base symbol and the rate list * currency.destinationdelimiter: Delimiter used for separating individual rates (defaults to "
datetime	Displays the current date and time. Parameters: * datetime.format: strftime()-compatible formatting string * date.format : alias for datetime.format * time.format : alias for datetime.format * datetime.locale: locale to use rather than the system default * date.locale : alias for datetime.locale * time.locale : alias for datetime.locale
datetimetz	Displays the current date and time with timezone options. Parameters: * datetimetz.format : strftime()-compatible formatting string * datetimetz.timezone : IANA timezone name * datetz.format : alias for datetimetz.format * timetz.format : alias for datetimetz.format * timetz.timezone : alias for datetimetz.timezone * datetimetz.locale : locale to use rather than the system default * datetz.locale : alias for datetimetz.locale * timetz.locale : alias for datetimetz.locale * timetz.timezone : alias for datetimetz.timezone
deadbeef	Displays the current song being played in DeaDBeeF and provides some media control bindings. Left click toggles pause, scroll up skips the current song, scroll down returns to the previous song. Requires the following library: * subprocess Parameters: * deadbeef.format: Format string (defaults to "{artist} - {title}") Available values are: {artist}, {title}, {album}, {length}, {trackno}, {year}, {comment}, {copyright}, {time} This is deprecated, but much simpler. * deadbeef.tf_format: A foobar2000 title formatting-style format string. These can be much more sophisticated than the standard format strings. This is off by default, but specifying any tf_format will enable it. If both deadbeef.format and deadbeef.tf_format are specified, deadbeef.tf_format takes priority. * deadbeef.tf_format_if_stopped: Controls whether or not the tf_format format string should be displayed even if no song is paused or playing. This could be useful if you want to implement your own stop strings with the built in logic. Any non- null value will enable this (by default the module will hide itself when the player is stopped). * deadbeef.previous: Change binding for previous song (default is left click) * deadbeef.next: Change binding for next song (default is right click) * deadbeef.pause: Change binding for toggling pause (default is middle click) Available options for deadbeef.previous, deadbeef.next and deadbeef.pause are: LEFT_CLICK, RIGHT_CLICK, MIDDLE_CLICK, SCROLL_UP, SCROLL_DOWN
deezer	Displays the current song being played Requires the following library: * python-dbus Parameters: * deezer.format: Format string (defaults to "{artist} - {title}") Available values are: {album}, {title}, {artist}, {trackNumber}, {playbackStatus} * deezer.previous: Change binding for previous song (default is left click) * deezer.next: Change binding for next song (default is right click) * deezer.pause: Change binding for toggling pause (default is middle click) Available options for deezer.previous, deezer.next and deezer.pause are: LEFT_CLICK, RIGHT_CLICK, MIDDLE_CLICK, SCROLL_UP, SCROLL_DOWN
disk	Shows free diskspace, total diskspace and the percentage of free disk space. Parameters: * disk.warning: Warning threshold in % of disk space (defaults to 80%) * disk.critical: Critical threshold in % of disk space (defaults ot 90%) * disk.path: Path to calculate disk usage from (defaults to /) * disk.open: Which application / file manager to launch (default xdg-open) * disk.format: Format string, tags {path}, {used}, {left}, {size} and {percent} (defaults to "{path} {used}/{size} ({percent:05.02f}%)") * (deprecated) disk.showUsed: Show used space (defaults to yes) * (deprecated) disk.showSize: Show total size (defaults to yes) * (deprecated) disk.showPercent: Show usage percentage (defaults to yes)
dnf	Displays DNF package update information (///) Requires the following executable: * dnf Parameters: * dnf.interval: Time in minutes between two consecutive update checks (defaults to 30 minutes)
docker_ps	Displays the number of docker containers running Requires the following python packages: * docker
dunst	Toggle dunst notifications.
error	Draws an error widget.
getcrypto	Displays the price of a cryptocurrency. Requires the following python packages: * requests Parameters: * getcrypto.interval: Interval in seconds for updating the price, default is 120, less than that will probably get your IP banned. * getcrypto.getbtc: 0 for not getting price of BTC, 1 for getting it (default). * getcrypto.geteth: 0 for not getting price of ETH, 1 for getting it (default). * getcrypto.getltc: 0 for not getting price of LTC, 1 for getting it (default). * getcrypto.getcur: Set the currency to display the price in, usd is the default.
git	Print the branch and git status for the currently focused window. Requires: * xcwd * Python module 'pygit2'
github	Displays the unread GitHub notifications for a GitHub user Requires the following library: * requests Parameters: * github.token: GitHub user access token, the token needs to have the 'notifications' scope. * github.interval: Interval in minutes between updates, default is 5.
gpmdp	Displays information about the current song in Google Play music player. Requires the following executable: * gpmdp-remote
hddtemp	Fetch hard drive temeperature data from a hddtemp daemon that runs on localhost and default port (7634)
hostname	Displays the system hostname.
http_status	Display HTTP status code Parameters: * http_status.label: Prefix label (optional) * http_status.target: Target to retrieve the HTTP status from * http_status.expect: Expected HTTP status
indicator	Displays the indicator status, for numlock, scrolllock and capslock Parameters: * indicator.include: Comma-separated list of interface prefixes to include (defaults to "numlock,capslock") * indicator.signalstype: If you want the signali type color to be "critical" or "warning" (defaults to "warning")
kernel	Shows Linux kernel version information
layout-xkb	Displays the current keyboard layout using libX11 Requires the following library: * libX11.so.6 and python module: * xkbgroup Parameters: * layout-xkb.showname: Boolean that indicate whether the full name should be displayed. Defaults to false (only the symbol will be displayed) * layout-xkb.show_variant: Boolean that indecates whether the variant name should be displayed. Defaults to true.
layout	Displays and changes the current keyboard layout Requires the following executable: * setxkbmap
load	Displays system load. Parameters: * load.warning : Warning threshold for the one-minute load average (defaults to 70% of the number of CPUs) * load.critical: Critical threshold for the one-minute load average (defaults to 80% of the number of CPUs)
memory	Displays available RAM, total amount of RAM and percentage available. Parameters: * memory.warning : Warning threshold in % of memory used (defaults to 80%) * memory.critical: Critical threshold in % of memory used (defaults to 90%) * memory.format: Format string (defaults to "{used}/{total} ({percent:05.02f}%)") * memory.usedonly: Only show the amount of RAM in use (defaults to False). Same as memory.format="{used}"
mocp	Displays information about the current song in mocp. Left click toggles play/pause. Right click toggles shuffle. Requires the following executable: * mocp Parameters: * mocp.format: Format string for the song information. Replace string sequences with the actual information: %state State %file File %title Title, includes track, artist, song title and album %artist Artist %song SongTitle %album Album %tt TotalTime %tl TimeLeft %ts TotalSec %ct CurrentTime %cs CurrentSec %b Bitrate %r Sample rate
mpd	Displays information about the current song in mpd. Requires the following executable: * mpc Parameters: * mpd.format: Format string for the song information. Tag values can be put in curly brackets (i.e. {artist}) * mpd.host: MPD host to connect to. (mpc behaviour by default)
network_traffic	Displays network traffic * No extra configuration needed
nic	Displays the name, IP address(es) and status of each available network interface. Requires the following python module: * netifaces Parameters: * nic.exclude: Comma-separated list of interface prefixes to exclude (defaults to "lo,virbr,docker,vboxnet,veth,br") * nic.include: Comma-separated list of interfaces to include * nic.states: Comma-separated list of states to show (prefix with "^" to invert - i.e. ^down -> show all devices that are not in state down) * nic.format: Format string (defaults to "{intf} {state} {ip} {ssid}")
notmuch_count	Displays the result of a notmuch count query default : unread emails which path do not contained "Trash" (notmuch count "tag:unread AND NOT path:/.Trash./") Parameters: * notmuch_count.query: notmuch count query to show result Errors: if the notmuch query failed, the shown value is -1 Dependencies: notmuch (https://notmuchmail.org/)
nvidiagpu	Displays GPU name, temperature and memory usage. Parameters: * nvidiagpu.format: Format string (defaults to "{name}: {temp}°C %{usedmem}/{totalmem} MiB") Available values are: {name} {temp} {mem_used} {mem_total} {fanspeed} {clock_gpu} {clock_mem} Requires nvidia-smi
pacman	Displays update information per repository for pacman. Parameters: * pacman.sum: If you prefere displaying updates with a single digit (defaults to "False") Requires the following executables: * fakeroot * pacman
pihole	Displays the pi-hole status (up/down) together with the number of ads that were blocked today Parameters: * pihole.address : pi-hole address (e.q: http://192.168.1.3) * pihole.pwhash : pi-hole webinterface password hash (can be obtained from the /etc/pihole/SetupVars.conf file)
ping	Periodically checks the RTT of a configurable host using ICMP echos Requires the following executable: * ping Parameters: * ping.interval: Time in seconds between two RTT checks (defaults to 60) * ping.address : IP address to check * ping.timeout : Timeout for waiting for a reply (defaults to 5.0) * ping.probes : Number of probes to send (defaults to 5) * ping.warning : Threshold for warning state, in seconds (defaults to 1.0) * ping.critical: Threshold for critical state, in seconds (defaults to 2.0)
pomodoro	Display and run a Pomodoro timer. Left click to start timer, left click again to pause. Right click will cancel the timer. Parameters: * pomodoro.work: The work duration of timer in minutes (defaults to 25) * pomodoro.break: The break duration of timer in minutes (defaults to 5) * pomodoro.format: Timer display format with "%m" and "%s" for minutes and seconds (defaults to "%m:%s") Examples: "%m min %s sec", "%mm", "", "timer" * pomodoro.notify: Notification command to run when timer ends/starts (defaults to nothing) Example: 'notify-send "Time up!"'
prime	Displays and changes the current selected prime video card Left click will call 'sudo prime-select nvidia' Right click will call 'sudo prime-select nvidia' Running these commands without a password requires editing your sudoers file (always use visudo, it's very easy to make a mistake and get locked out of your computer!) sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/prime Then put a line like this in there: user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/prime-select If you can't figure out the sudoers thing, then don't worry, it's still really useful. Parameters: * prime.nvidiastring: String to use when nvidia is selected (defaults to "intel") * prime.intelstring: String to use when intel is selected (defaults to "intel") Requires the following executable: * prime-select
progress	Show progress for cp, mv, dd, ... Parameters: * progress.placeholder: Text to display while no process is running (defaults to "n/a") * progress.barwidth: Width of the progressbar if it is used (defaults to 8) * progress.format: Format string (defaults to "{bar} {cmd} {arg}") Available values are: {bar} {pid} {cmd} {arg} {percentage} {quantity} {speed} {time} * progress.barfilledchar: Character used to draw the filled part of the bar (defaults to "#"), notice that it can be a string * progress.baremptychar: Character used to draw the empty part of the bar (defaults to "-"), notice that it can be a string Requires the following executable: * progress
publicip	Displays public IP address Requires the following python packages: * requests Parameters: * publicip.region: us-central (default), us-east, us-west, uk, de, pl, nl * publicip.service: web address that returns plaintext ip address (ex. "http://l2.io/ip")
pulseaudio	Displays volume and mute status and controls for PulseAudio devices. Use wheel up and down to change volume, left click mutes, right click opens pavucontrol. Aliases: pasink (use this to control output instead of input), pasource Parameters: * pulseaudio.autostart: If set to "true" (default is "false"), automatically starts the pulseaudio daemon if it is not running * pulseaudio.percent_change: How much to change volume by when scrolling on the module (default is 2%) * pulseaudio.limit: Upper limit for setting the volume (default is 0%, which means "no limit") Note: If the left and right channels have different volumes, the limit might not be reached exactly. Requires the following executable: * pulseaudio * pactl * pavucontrol
redshift	Displays the current color temperature of redshift Requires the following executable: * redshift Parameters: * redshift.location : location provider, either of "geoclue2" (default), "ipinfo" (requires the requests package), or "manual" * redshift.lat : latitude if location is set to "manual" * redshift.lon : longitude if location is set to "manual"
rotation	Shows a widget for each connected screen and allows the user to loop through different orientations. Requires the following executable: * xrandr
rss	RSS news ticker Fetches rss news items and shows these as a news ticker. Left-clicking will open the full story in a browser. New stories are highlighted. Parameters: * rss.feeds : Space-separated list of RSS URLs * rss.length : Maximum length of the module, default is 60
sensors	Displays sensor temperature Parameters: * sensors.path: path to temperature file (default /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp). * sensors.json: if set to "true", interpret sensors.path as JSON "path" in the output of "sensors -j" (i.e. //.../), for example, path could be: "coretemp-isa-00000/Core 0/temp1_input" (defaults to "false") * sensors.match: (fallback) Line to match against output of 'sensors -u' (default: temp1_input) * sensors.match_pattern: (fallback) Line to match against before temperature is read (no default) * sensors.match_number: (fallback) which of the matches you want (default -1: last match). * sensors.show_freq: whether to show CPU frequency. (default: true)
sensors2	Displays sensor temperature and CPU frequency Parameters: * sensors2.chip: "sensors -u" compatible filter for chip to display (default to empty - show all chips) * sensors2.showcpu: Enable or disable CPU frequency display (default: true) * sensors2.showtemp: Enable or disable temperature display (default: true) * sensors2.showfan: Enable or disable fan display (default: true) * sensors2.showother: Enable or display "other" sensor readings (default: false) * sensors2.showname: Enable or disable show of sensor name (default: false)
shell	Execute command in shell and print result Few command examples: 'ping 1.1.1.1 -c 1
shortcut	Shows a widget per user-defined shortcut and allows to define the behaviour when clicking on it. For more than one shortcut, the commands and labels are strings separated by a demiliter (; semicolon by default). For example in order to create two shortcuts labeled A and B with commands cmdA and cmdB you could do: ./bumblebee-status -m shortcut -p shortcut.cmd="ls;ps" shortcut.label="A;B" Parameters: * shortcut.cmds : List of commands to execute * shortcut.labels: List of widgets' labels (text) * shortcut.delim : Commands and labels delimiter (; semicolon by default)
spaceapi	Displays the state of a Space API endpoint Space API is an API for hackspaces based on JSON. See spaceapi.io for an example. Requires the following libraries: * requests * regex Parameters: * spaceapi.url: String representation of the api endpoint * spaceapi.format: Format string for the output Format Strings: * Format strings are indicated by double %% * They represent a leaf in the JSON tree, layers seperated by "." * Boolean values can be overwritten by appending "%true%false" in the format string * Example: to reference "open" in "{"state":{"open": true}}" you would write "%%state.open%%", if you also want to say "Open/Closed" depending on the boolean you would write "%%state.open%Open%Closed%%"
spacer	Draws a widget with configurable text content. Parameters: * spacer.text: Widget contents (defaults to empty string)
spotify	Displays the current song being played Requires the following library: * python-dbus Parameters: * spotify.format: Format string (defaults to "{artist} - {title}") Available values are: {album}, {title}, {artist}, {trackNumber}, {playbackStatus} * spotify.previous: Change binding for previous song (default is left click) * spotify.next: Change binding for next song (default is right click) * spotify.pause: Change binding for toggling pause (default is middle click) Available options for spotify.previous, spotify.next and spotify.pause are: LEFT_CLICK, RIGHT_CLICK, MIDDLE_CLICK, SCROLL_UP, SCROLL_DOWN
stock	Display a stock quote from worldtradingdata.com Requires the following python packages: * requests Parameters: * stock.symbols : Comma-separated list of symbols to fetch * stock.change : Should we fetch change in stock value (defaults to True)
sun	Displays sunrise and sunset times Parameters: * cpu.lat : Latitude of your location * cpu.lon : Longitude of your location
system	system module adds the possibility to * shutdown * reboot the system. Per default a confirmation dialog is shown before the actual action is performed. Parameters: * system.confirm: show confirmation dialog before performing any action (default: true) * system.reboot: specify a reboot command (defaults to 'reboot') * system.shutdown: specify a shutdown command (defaults to 'shutdown -h now') * system.logout: specify a logout command (defaults to 'i3exit logout') * system.switch_user: specify a command for switching the user (defaults to 'i3exit switch_user') * system.lock: specify a command for locking the screen (defaults to 'i3exit lock') * system.suspend: specify a command for suspending (defaults to 'i3exit suspend') * system.hibernate: specify a command for hibernating (defaults to 'i3exit hibernate')
taskwarrior	Displays the number of pending tasks in TaskWarrior. Requires the following library: * taskw Parameters: * taskwarrior.taskrc : path to the taskrc file (defaults to ~/.taskrc)
test	Test module
title	Displays focused i3 window title. Requirements: * i3ipc Parameters: * title.max : Maximum character length for title before truncating. Defaults to 64. * title.placeholder : Placeholder text to be placed if title was truncated. Defaults to "...". * title.scroll : Boolean flag for scrolling title. Defaults to False
todo	Displays the number of todo items from a text file Parameters: * todo.file: File to read TODOs from (defaults to ~/Documents/todo.txt)
traffic	Displays network IO for interfaces. Parameters: * traffic.exclude: Comma-separated list of interface prefixes to exclude (defaults to "lo,virbr,docker,vboxnet,veth") * traffic.states: Comma-separated list of states to show (prefix with "^" to invert - i.e. ^down -> show all devices that are not in state down) * traffic.showname: If set to False, hide network interface name (defaults to True)
twmn	Toggle twmn notifications.
uptime	Displays the system uptime.
vault	Copy passwords from a password store into the clipboard (currently supports only "pass") Many thanks to @bbernhard for the idea! Parameters: * vault.duration: Duration until password is cleared from clipboard (defaults to 30) * vault.location: Location of the password store (defaults to ~/.password-store) * vault.offx: x-axis offset of popup menu (defaults to 0) * vault.offy: y-axis offset of popup menu (defaults to 0)
vpn	Displays the VPN profile that is currently in use. Left click opens a popup menu that lists all available VPN profiles and allows to establish a VPN connection using that profile. Prerequisites: * nmcli needs to be installed and configured properly. To quickly test, whether nmcli is working correctly, type "nmcli -g NAME,TYPE,DEVICE con" which lists all the connection profiles that are configured. Make sure that your VPN profile is in that list! e.g: to import a openvpn profile via nmcli: sudo nmcli connection import type openvpn file </path/to/your/openvpn/profile.ovpn>
weather	Displays the temperature on the current location based on the ip Requires the following python packages: * requests Parameters: * weather.location: Set location, defaults to 'auto' for getting location from http://ipinfo.io If set to a comma-separated list, left-click and right-click can be used to rotate the locations. Locations should be city names or city ids. * weather.unit: metric (default), kelvin, imperial * weather.showcity: If set to true, show location information, otherwise hide it (defaults to true) * weather.showminmax: If set to true, show the minimum and maximum temperature, otherwise hide it (defaults to false) * weather.apikey: API key from http://api.openweathermap.org
xkcd	Opens a random xkcd comic in the browser.
xrandr	Shows a widget for each connected screen and allows the user to enable/disable screens. Parameters: * xrandr.overwrite_i3config: If set to 'true', this module assembles a new i3 config every time a screen is enabled or disabled by taking the file "/.config/i3/config.template" and appending a file "/.config/i3/config." for every screen. * xrandr.autoupdate: If set to 'false', does not invoke xrandr automatically. Instead, the module will only refresh when displays are enabled or disabled (defaults to true) Requires the following python module: * (optional) i3 - if present, the need for updating the widget list is auto-detected Requires the following executable: * xrandr
zpool	Displays info about zpools present on the system Parameters: * zpool.list: Comma-separated list of zpools to display info for. If empty, info for all zpools is displayed. (Default: "") * zpool.format: Format string, tags {name}, {used}, {left}, {size}, {percentfree}, {percentuse}, {status}, {shortstatus}, {fragpercent}, {deduppercent} are supported. (Default: "{name} {used}/{size} ({percentfree}%)") * zpool.showio: Show also widgets detailing current read and write I/O (Default: true) * zpool.ioformat: Format string for I/O widget, tags {ops} (operations per seconds) and {band} (bandwidth) are supported. (Default: "{band}") * zpool.warnfree: Warn if free space is below this percentage (Default: 10) * zpool.sudo: Use sudo when calling the zpool binary. (Default: false) Option zpool.sudo is intended for Linux users using zfsonlinux older than 0.7.0: In pre-0.7.0 releases of zfsonlinux regular users couldn't invoke even informative commands such as zpool list. If this option is true, command zpool list is invoked with sudo. If this option is used, the following (or ekvivalent) must be added to the sudoers(5): <br><username/ALL> ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/zpool list<br> Be aware of security implications of doing this!