bar3x is an easy to use and powerful status bar for your Linux desktop written in Golang. Linux status bars typically choose between highly customizable text and rich graphics. bar3x takes a slightly different approach by providing a simple markup language for its configuration that allows for :

• Easy addition of new built-in modules
• Rich external command modules
• Customizable graphics

Download the latest release

Or, if you have the Golang toolchain installed :

go get github.com/ShimmerGlass/bar3x

Building bar3x requires Go and go-bindata. go-bindata is go-get-able:

go get github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata
git clone github.com/ShimmerGlass/bar3x
cd bar3x
go generate
go build .
# Copy ./bar3x to a directory in your $PATH

• libcairo : should already installed as it is used by GTK, otherwise:
  • Debian/Ubuntu: apt install libcairo2
  • Fedora: yum install cairo
  • Arch: pacman -S cairo

bar3x comes with a default configuration, and can be customized using bar3x -config config.yaml to change part or all of these parameters.

Find the list of available modules in the Wiki.

Here is an example config :

// colors configuration
bg_color:            "#17191e" // bar background
text_color:          "#d4e5f7" // general text
accent_color:        "#1ebce8" // icons and UI elements such as bars
neutral_color:       "#37393e" // background elements such as module separators and background graphs
neutral_light_color: "#90949d" // used for less important text such as units

// modules can be placed on the left, center and right of the bar
bar_left: |
  <ModuleRow> // choose the modules you want in each <ModuleRow>
    <Volume />
  </ModuleRow>

bar_center: |
  <ModuleRow>
    <DateTime />
  </ModuleRow>

bar_right: |
  <ModuleRow>
    <Interface Iface="enp3s0" />
    <CPU />
    <RAM />
    <DiskUsage MountPoint="/" />
  </ModuleRow>

Much more that the colors can be customized, see this Wiki page on how to cutomize your bar.