6 conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
7 more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
10 \e[1mconky
\e[22m[
\e[4moptions
\e[24m]
13 Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on torsmo. Since its
14 inception, Conky has changed significantly from its predecessor, while
15 maintaining simplicity and configurability. Conky can display just
16 about anything, either on your root desktop or in its own window. Not
17 only does Conky have many built-in objects, it can also display just
18 about any piece of information by using scripts and other external pro‐
21 Conky has more than 250 built in objects, including support for a
22 plethora of OS stats (uname, uptime, CPU usage, mem usage, disk usage,
23 "top" like process stats, and network monitoring, just to name a few),
24 built in IMAP and POP3 support, built in support for many popular music
25 players (MPD, XMMS2, BMPx, Audacious), and much much more. Conky can
26 display this info either as text, or using simple progress bars and
27 graph widgets, with different fonts and colours.
29 We are always looking for help, whether its reporting bugs, writing
30 patches, or writing docs. Please use the facilities at SourceForge to
31 make bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches, or stop by
32 #conky on irc.freenode.net if you have questions or want to contribute.
34 Thanks for your interest in Conky.
37 For users compiling from source on a binary distro, make sure you have
38 the X development libraries installed. This should be a package along
39 the lines of "libx11-dev" or "xorg-x11-dev" for X11 libs, and similar
40 "-dev" format for the other libs required (depending on your configure
43 Conky has (for some time) been available in the repositories of most
44 popular distributions. Here are some installation instructions for a
47 Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-
48 admin/conky" for installation. There is also usually an up-to-date
49 ebuild within Conky's package or in the git repo.
51 Debian, etc. users -- Conky should be in your repositories, and can be
52 installed by doing "aptitude install conky".
54 Example to compile and run Conky with all optional components (note
55 that some configure options may differ for your system):
57 \e[1msh autogen.sh # Only required if building from the git repo
\e[0m
59 \e[1m./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --in‐
\e[0m
60 \e[1mfodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --local‐
\e[0m
61 \e[1mstatedir=/var/lib --disable-own-window --enable-audacious[=yes|no|lega‐
\e[0m
62 \e[1mcy] --enable-bmpx --disable-hddtemp --disable-mpd --enable-xmms2 --dis‐
\e[0m
63 \e[1mable-portmon --disable-network --enable-debug --disable-x11 --dis‐
\e[0m
64 \e[1mable-double-buffer --disable-xdamage --disable-xft
\e[0m
68 \e[1mmake install # Optional
\e[0m
72 Conky has been tested to be compatible with C99 C, however it has not
73 been tested with anything other than gcc, and is not guaranteed to work
76 \e[1mYOU SHOULD KNOW
\e[0m
77 Conky is generally very good on resources. That said, the more you try
78 to make Conky do, the more resources it is going to consume.
80 An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
81 conky". Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart. You
82 can now also do the same with SIGHUP.
85 Command line options override configurations defined in configuration
88 \e[1m-v | -V | --version
\e[0m
89 Prints version and exits
92 \e[1m-q | --quiet
\e[0m
93 Run Conky in 'quiet mode' (ie. no output)
96 \e[1m-a | --alignment=ALIGNMENT
\e[0m
97 Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom,middle}_{left,right,mid‐
101 \e[1m-b | --double-buffer
\e[0m
102 Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")
105 \e[1m-c | --config=FILE
\e[0m
106 Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc
109 \e[1m-d | --daemonize
\e[0m
110 Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background
113 \e[1m-f | --font=FONT
\e[0m
117 \e[1m-h | --help
\e[0m
118 Prints command line help and exits
121 \e[1m-o | --own-window
\e[0m
122 Create own window to draw
125 \e[1m-t | --text=TEXT
\e[0m
126 Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '
129 \e[1m-u | --interval=SECONDS
\e[0m
133 \e[1m-w | --window-id=WIN_ID
\e[0m
137 \e[1m-x X_COORDINATE
\e[0m
141 \e[1m-y Y_COORDINATE
\e[0m
146 Number of times to update Conky (and quit)
149 \e[1mCONFIGURATION SETTINGS
\e[0m
150 Default configuration file location is $HOME/.conkyrc or
151 ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems, sysconfdir is /etc,
152 and you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf).
154 You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and then start modifying
155 it. Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net/
157 \e[1malias
\e[22mUse this to create aliases of variables. The first argument is
158 the new name, the second the old name, and the other arguments
159 are passed on to the variable. Example: If you want to use $al‐
160 pha instead of ${beta gamma delta} then you have to write the
161 following: alias alpha beta gamma delta . PS: Instead of creat‐
162 ing an alias in the config you can also use environment vari‐
163 ables. Example: Start conky like this: alpha="beta gamma delta"
168 Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_mid‐
169 dle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, mid‐
170 dle_right, or none (also can be abreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl,
175 Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when
179 \e[1mborder_margin
\e[0m
180 Border margin in pixels
183 \e[1mborder_width
\e[0m
184 Border width in pixels
187 \e[1mcolorN
\e[22mPredefine a color for use inside TEXT segments. Substitute N by
188 a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. When specifying the color
189 value in hex, omit the leading hash (#).
192 \e[1mcpu_avg_samples
\e[0m
193 The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
196 \e[1mtop_cpu_separate
\e[0m
197 If true, cpu in top will show usage of one processor's power. If
198 false, cpu in top will show the usage of all processors' power
202 \e[1mdefault_bar_size
\e[0m
203 Specify a default width and height for bars. Example: 'de‐
204 fault_bar_size 0 6'. This is particularly useful for execbar and
205 execibar as they do not take size arguments
208 \e[1mdefault_graph_size
\e[0m
209 Specify a default width and height for graphs. Example: 'de‐
210 fault_graph_size 0 25'. This is particularly useful for exec‐
211 graph and execigraph as they do not take size arguments
214 \e[1mdefault_gauge_size
\e[0m
215 Specify a default width and height for gauges. Example: 'de‐
216 fault_gauge_size 25 25'. This is particularly useful for exec‐
217 gauge and execigauge as they do not take size arguments
220 \e[1mdefault_color
\e[0m
221 Default color and border color
224 \e[1mdefault_outline_color
\e[0m
225 Default outline color
228 \e[1mdefault_shade_color
\e[0m
229 Default shading color and border's shading color
232 \e[1mdouble_buffer
\e[0m
233 Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom‐
234 mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be
238 \e[1mdraw_borders
\e[0m
239 Draw borders around text?
242 \e[1mdraw_graph_borders
\e[0m
243 Draw borders around graphs?
246 \e[1mdraw_outline
\e[0m
250 \e[1mdraw_shades
\e[0m
254 \e[1mfont
\e[22mFont name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
257 \e[1mgap_x
\e[22mGap, in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as
258 passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10
261 \e[1mgap_y
\e[22mGap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same as
262 passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10.
265 \e[1mif_up_strictness
\e[0m
266 How strict should if_up be when testing an interface for being
267 up? The value is one of up, link or address, to check for the
268 interface being solely up, being up and having link or being up,
269 having link and an assigned IP address.
272 \e[1mimap
\e[22mDefault global IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
273 interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". De‐
274 fault port is 143, default folder is 'INBOX', default interval
275 is 5 minutes, and default number of retries before giving up is
276 5. If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to
277 enter the password when Conky starts.
281 Mail spool for mail checking
284 \e[1mmax_port_monitor_connections
\e[0m
285 Allow each port monitor to track at most this many connections
286 (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
289 \e[1mmax_specials
\e[0m
290 Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts, offsets, aligns,
291 etc. (default is 512)
294 \e[1mmax_user_text bytes
\e[0m
295 Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in
296 config file (default is 16384 bytes)
299 \e[1mtext_buffer_size bytes
\e[0m
300 Size of the standard text buffer (default is 256 bytes). This
301 buffer is used for intermediary text, such as individual lines,
302 output from $exec vars, and various other variables. Increasing
303 the size of this buffer can drastically reduce Conky's perfor‐
304 mance, but will allow for more text display per variable. The
305 size of this buffer cannot be smaller than the default value of
309 \e[1mmaximum_width pixels
\e[0m
310 Maximum width of window
313 \e[1mminimum_size width (height)
\e[0m
314 Minimum size of window
325 \e[1mmpd_password
\e[0m
329 \e[1mmusic_player_interval
\e[0m
330 Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's update
334 \e[1mnet_avg_samples
\e[0m
335 The number of samples to average for net data
339 Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
342 \e[1moverride_utf8_locale
\e[0m
343 Force UTF8? requires XFT
347 Boolean, create own window to draw?
350 \e[1mown_window_class
\e[0m
351 Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".
354 \e[1mown_window_colour colour
\e[0m
355 If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour
356 (defaults to black). Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a
357 valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
360 \e[1mown_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
\e[0m
361 If own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to
362 affect the way Conky displays. Notes: Use own_window_type desk‐
363 top as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
364 If you use own_window_type override, window manager hints have
365 no meaning and are ignored.
368 \e[1mown_window_title
\e[0m
369 Manually set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".
372 \e[1mown_window_transparent
\e[0m
373 Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
376 \e[1mown_window_type
\e[0m
377 if own_window is yes, you may specify type normal, desktop, dock
378 or override (default: normal). Desktop windows are special win‐
379 dows that have no window decorations; are always visible on your
380 desktop; do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky
381 across all workspaces. Override windows are not under the con‐
382 trol of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type of win‐
383 dow can be useful for certain situations.
386 \e[1mout_to_console
\e[0m
387 Print text to stdout.
390 \e[1mout_to_stderr
\e[0m
391 Print text to stderr.
395 When set to no, there will be no output in X (useful when you
396 also use things like out_to_console). If you set it to no, make
397 sure that it's placed before all other X-related setting (take
398 the first line of your configfile to be sure). Default value is
402 \e[1moverwrite_file
\e[0m
403 Overwrite the file given as argument.
406 \e[1mappend_file
\e[0m
407 Append the file given as argument.
410 \e[1mpad_percents
\e[0m
411 Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
414 \e[1mpop3
\e[22mDefault global POP3 server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
415 interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port is
416 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
417 tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
418 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
421 \e[1mshort_units
\e[0m
422 Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). De‐
426 \e[1mshow_graph_scale
\e[0m
427 Shows the maximum value in scaled graphs.
430 \e[1mshow_graph_range
\e[0m
431 Shows the time range covered by a graph.
434 \e[1mstippled_borders
\e[0m
435 Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
438 \e[1mtemperature_unit
\e[0m
439 Desired output unit of all objects displaying a temperature.
440 Parameters are either "fahrenheit" or "celsius". The default
441 unit is degree Celsius.
445 Define a template for later use inside TEXT segments. Substitute
446 N by a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. The value of the
447 variable is being inserted into the stuff below TEXT at the cor‐
448 responding position, but before some substitutions are applied:
453 '\N' -> template argument N
456 \e[1mtotal_run_times
\e[0m
457 Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero
458 makes Conky run forever
461 \e[1mupdate_interval
\e[0m
462 Update interval in seconds
466 Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
470 Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving oth‐
471 er things around. Arguments are left, right, and none (default).
472 The old true/false values are deprecated and default to
473 right/none respectively. Note that this only helps if you are
474 using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
478 Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
482 Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.
489 \e[1mTEXT
\e[22mAfter this begins text to be formatted on screen. Backslash (\)
490 escapes newlines in the text section. This can be useful for
491 cleaning up config files where conky is used to pipe input to
496 Colors are parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
497 /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt. Also, ⟨http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html⟩.
498 Color can be also in #rrggbb format (hex).
500 \e[1maddr interface
\e[0m
501 IP address for an interface, or "No Address" if no address is
505 \e[1maddrs interface
\e[0m
506 IP addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux
510 \e[1macpiacadapter
\e[0m
511 ACPI ac adapter state.
519 ACPI temperature in C.
523 CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
527 Fan speed from therm_adt746x
530 \e[1malignr (num)
\e[0m
531 Right-justify text, with space of N
534 \e[1malignc (num)
\e[0m
538 \e[1mapm_adapter
\e[0m
539 Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)
542 \e[1mapm_battery_life
\e[0m
543 Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)
546 \e[1mapm_battery_time
\e[0m
547 Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or "unknown" if
548 AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)
551 \e[1maudacious_bar (height),(width)
\e[0m
555 \e[1maudacious_bitrate
\e[0m
556 Bitrate of current tune
559 \e[1maudacious_channels
\e[0m
560 Number of audio channels of current tune
563 \e[1maudacious_filename
\e[0m
564 Full path and filename of current tune
567 \e[1maudacious_frequency
\e[0m
568 Sampling frequency of current tune
571 \e[1maudacious_length
\e[0m
572 Total length of current tune as MM:SS
575 \e[1maudacious_length_seconds
\e[0m
576 Total length of current tune in seconds
579 \e[1maudacious_playlist_position
\e[0m
580 Playlist position of current tune
583 \e[1maudacious_playlist_length
\e[0m
584 Number of tunes in playlist
587 \e[1maudacious_position
\e[0m
588 Position of current tune (MM:SS)
591 \e[1maudacious_position_seconds
\e[0m
592 Position of current tune in seconds
595 \e[1maudacious_status
\e[0m
596 Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)
599 \e[1maudacious_title (max length)
\e[0m
600 Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier
603 \e[1maudacious_main_volume
\e[0m
604 The current volume fetched from Audacious
607 \e[1mbattery (num)
\e[0m
608 Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM
609 battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default
613 \e[1mbattery_short (num)
\e[0m
614 Battery status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM
615 battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default
616 is BAT0). This mode display a short status, which means that C
617 is displayed instead of charging and D is displayed instead of
621 \e[1mbattery_bar (height),(width) (num)
\e[0m
622 Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI bat‐
623 tery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
626 \e[1mbattery_percent (num)
\e[0m
627 Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery num‐
628 ber can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
631 \e[1mbattery_time (num)
\e[0m
632 Battery charge/discharge time remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI
633 battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
636 \e[1mbmpx_artist
\e[0m
637 Artist in current BMPx track
641 Album in current BMPx track
645 Title of the current BMPx track
649 Track number of the current BMPx track
652 \e[1mbmpx_bitrate
\e[0m
653 Bitrate of the current BMPx track
657 URI of the current BMPx track
661 Amount of memory buffered
664 \e[1mcached
\e[22mAmount of memory cached
667 \e[1mcolor (color)
\e[0m
668 Change drawing color to color
671 \e[1mcolorN
\e[22mChange drawing color to colorN configuration option, where N is
672 a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively.
675 \e[1mconky_version
\e[0m
679 \e[1mcombine var1 var2
\e[0m
680 Places the lines of var2 to the right of the lines of var1 seperated by the chars that are put between var1 and var2. For example: ${combine ${head /proc/cpuinfo 2} - ${head /proc/meminfo 1}} gives as output "cpuinfo_line1 - meminfo_line1" on line 1 and "cpuinfo_line2 -" on line 2. $combine vars can also be nested to place more vars next to each other.
683 \e[1mconky_build_date
\e[0m
687 \e[1mconky_build_arch
\e[0m
688 CPU architecture Conky was built for
692 CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number can be
693 provided as an argument. ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and
694 ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.
697 \e[1mcpubar (cpuN) (height),(width)
\e[0m
698 Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels. See
699 $cpu for more info on SMP.
702 \e[1mcpugauge (cpuN) (height),(width)
\e[0m
703 Elliptical gauge that shows CPU usage, height and width are
704 gauge's vertical and horizontal axis respectively. See $cpu for
708 \e[1mcpugraph (cpuN) ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
\e[0m
709 \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale)
\e[0m
710 CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See
711 $cpu for more info on SMP. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see
712 small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
715 \e[1mdiskio (device)
\e[0m
716 Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form
717 of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.
720 \e[1mdiskiograph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gra‐
\e[0m
721 \e[1mdient colour 2) (scale) (device)
\e[0m
722 Disk IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is
723 non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic
724 scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" instead of "nor‐
728 \e[1mdiskio_read (device)
\e[0m
729 Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.
732 \e[1mdiskiograph_read ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
\e[0m
733 \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (device)
\e[0m
734 Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
735 scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as
736 in diskio. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when
737 you use "log" instead of "normal".
740 \e[1mdiskio_write (device)
\e[0m
741 Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.
744 \e[1mdiskiograph_write ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
\e[0m
745 \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (device)
\e[0m
746 Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus the #.
747 If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device
748 as in diskio. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers)
749 when you use "log" instead of "normal".
752 \e[1mdisk_protect device
\e[0m
753 Disk protection status, if supported (needs kernel-patch).
754 Prints either "frozen" or "free " (note the padding).
757 \e[1mdownspeed net
\e[0m
758 Download speed in KiB
761 \e[1mdownspeedf net
\e[0m
762 Download speed in KiB with one decimal
765 \e[1mdownspeedgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
\e[0m
766 \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (net)
\e[0m
767 Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
768 scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a
769 logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" in‐
773 \e[1melse
\e[22mText to show if any of the above are not true
776 \e[1mentropy_avail
\e[0m
777 Current entropy available for crypto freaks
780 \e[1mentropy_bar (height),(width)
\e[0m
781 Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks
784 \e[1mentropy_poolsize
\e[0m
785 Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks
788 \e[1meval string
\e[0m
789 Evalutates given string according to the rules of TEXT interpre‐
790 tation, i.e. parsing any contained text object specifications
791 into their output, any occuring '$$' into a single '$' and so
792 on. The output is then being parsed again.
795 \e[1mexec command
\e[0m
796 Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn‐
797 ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
798 recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
801 \e[1mexecbar command
\e[0m
802 Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value be‐
803 tween 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for
804 bars can be controlled via the default_bar_size config setting.
807 \e[1mexecgauge command
\e[0m
808 Same as exec, except if the first value returned is a value be‐
809 tween 0-100, it will use that number for a gauge. The size for
810 gauges can be controlled via the default_gauge_size config set‐
814 \e[1mexecgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi‐
\e[0m
815 \e[1ment colour 2) (scale) command
\e[0m
816 Same as execbar, but graphs values. Uses a logaritmic scale when
817 the log option is given (to see small numbers). Values still
818 have to be between 0 and 100. The size for graphs can be con‐
819 trolled via the default_graph_size config setting.
822 \e[1mexeci interval command
\e[0m
823 Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
824 than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci
827 \e[1mexecibar interval command
\e[0m
828 Same as execbar, except with an interval
831 \e[1mexecigraph interval command
\e[0m
832 Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg and graphs values.
835 \e[1mexecigauge interval command
\e[0m
836 Same as execgauge, but takes an interval arg and gauges values.
839 \e[1mexecp command
\e[0m
840 Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn‐
841 ing: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd
842 recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch. This
843 differs from $exec in that it parses the output of the command,
844 so you can insert things like ${color red}hi!${color} in your
845 script and have it correctly parsed by Conky. Caveats: Conky
846 parses and evaluates the output of $execp every time Conky
847 loops, and then destroys all the objects. If you try to use any‐
848 thing like $execi within an $execp statement, it will function‐
849 ally run at the same interval that the $execp statement runs, as
850 it is created and destroyed at every interval.
853 \e[1mexecpi interval command
\e[0m
854 Same as execp but with specific interval. Interval can't be less
855 than update_interval in configuration. Note that the output from
856 the $execpi command is still parsed and evaluated at every in‐
860 \e[1mfont (font)
\e[0m
861 Specify a different font. This new font will apply to the cur‐
862 rent line and everything following. You can use a $font with no
863 arguments to change back to the default font (much like with
868 Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
869 omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
873 Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
874 omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
877 \e[1mfreq_dyn (n)
\e[0m
878 Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz (defaults to 1), but is calcu‐
879 lated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction.
880 Only available for x86/amd64.
883 \e[1mfreq_dyn_g (n)
\e[0m
884 Returns CPU #n's frequency in GHz (defaults to 1), but is calcu‐
885 lated by counting to clock cycles to complete an instruction.
886 Only available for x86/amd64.
889 \e[1mfs_bar (height),(width) fs
\e[0m
890 Bar that shows how much space is used on a file system. height
891 is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.
894 \e[1mfs_free (fs)
\e[0m
895 Free space on a file system available for users.
898 \e[1mfs_free_perc (fs)
\e[0m
899 Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
902 \e[1mfs_size (fs)
\e[0m
906 \e[1mfs_type (fs)
\e[0m
910 \e[1mfs_used (fs)
\e[0m
911 File system used space
914 \e[1mgoto x
\e[22mThe next element will be printed at position 'x'.
918 Displays the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" ac‐
922 \e[1mgw_ip
\e[22mDisplays the default gateway's IP or "multiple"/"none" accord‐
926 \e[1mhddtemp dev, (host,(port))
\e[0m
927 Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported
928 by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port. Default host is
929 127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.
932 \e[1mhead logfile lines (interval)
\e[0m
933 Displays first N lines of supplied text text file. If interval
934 is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30
935 lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
938 \e[1mhr (height)
\e[0m
939 Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
942 \e[1mhwmon (dev) type n
\e[0m
943 Hwmon sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omit‐
944 ted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is either
945 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' meaning
946 temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See
947 /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local computer.
950 \e[1miconv_start codeset_from codeset_to
\e[0m
951 Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv. Needs
952 to be stopped with iconv_stop.
956 Stop iconv codeset conversion.
959 \e[1mi2c (dev) type n
\e[0m
960 I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted
961 if you have only one I2C device. Parameter type is either 'in'
962 or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' meaning tem‐
963 perature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See
964 /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
967 \e[1mi8k_ac_status
\e[0m
968 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
969 whether ac power is on, as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to
970 human-readable). Beware that this is by default not enabled by
975 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
976 the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.
979 \e[1mi8k_buttons_status
\e[0m
980 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
981 the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.
984 \e[1mi8k_cpu_temp
\e[0m
985 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
986 the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.
989 \e[1mi8k_left_fan_rpm
\e[0m
990 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
991 the left fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
992 listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
996 \e[1mi8k_left_fan_status
\e[0m
997 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
998 the left fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-
999 readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in re‐
1003 \e[1mi8k_right_fan_rpm
\e[0m
1004 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
1005 the right fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per minute as
1006 listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
1010 \e[1mi8k_right_fan_status
\e[0m
1011 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
1012 the right fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to hu‐
1013 man-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans in
1017 \e[1mi8k_serial
\e[0m
1018 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
1019 your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.
1022 \e[1mi8k_version
\e[0m
1023 If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
1024 the version formatting of /proc/i8k.
1028 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.
1031 \e[1mibm_temps N
\e[0m
1032 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the IBM
1033 temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the
1037 \e[1mibm_volume
\e[0m
1038 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the "master" volume, con‐
1039 trolled by the volume keys (0-14).
1042 \e[1mibm_brightness
\e[0m
1043 If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops's
1047 \e[1mif_empty (var)
\e[0m
1048 if conky variable VAR is empty, display everything between
1049 $if_empty and the matching $endif
1052 \e[1mif_existing file (string)
\e[0m
1053 if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the
1054 matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks for FILE
1055 containing the specified string and prints everything between
1056 $if_existing and the matching $endif.
1059 \e[1mif_gw
\e[22mif there is at least one default gateway, display everything be‐
1060 tween $if_gw and the matching $endif
1063 \e[1mif_match expression
\e[0m
1064 Evaluates the given boolean expression, printing everything be‐
1065 tween $if_match and the matching $endif depending on whether the
1066 evaluation returns true or not. Valid expressions consist of a
1067 left side, an operator and a right side. Left and right sides
1068 are being parsed for contained text objects before evaluation.
1069 Recognised left and right side types are:
1071 \e[1mdouble
\e[22m: argument consists of only digits and a single dot.
1072 \e[1mlong
\e[22m: argument consists of only digits.
1073 \e[1mstring
\e[22m: argument is enclosed in quotation mark or the checks for
1074 double and long failed before.
1076 Valid operands are: '>', '<', '>=', '<=', '==', '!='.
1079 \e[1mif_mixer_mute (mixer)
\e[0m
1080 If mixer exists, display everything between $if_mixer_mute and
1081 the matching $endif. If no mixer is specified, "Master" is used.
1084 \e[1mif_running (process)
\e[0m
1085 if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the
1086 matching $endif. This uses the ``pidof'' command, so the -x
1087 switch is also supported.
1090 \e[1mif_mounted (mountpoint)
\e[0m
1091 if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted
1092 and the matching $endif
1095 \e[1mif_smapi_bat_installed (INDEX)
\e[0m
1096 when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed,
1097 display everything between $if_smapi_bat_installed and the
1101 \e[1mif_up (interface)
\e[0m
1102 if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up
1103 and the matching $endif
1106 \e[1mif_updatenr (updatenr)
\e[0m
1107 If it's the UPDATENR-th time that conky updates, display every‐
1108 thing between $if_updatenr and the matching $endif. The counter
1109 resets when the highest UPDATENR is reached. Example :
1110 "{$if_updatenr 1}foo$endif{$if_updatenr 2}bar$endif{$if_updatenr
1111 4}$endif" shows foo 25% of the time followed by bar 25% of the
1112 time followed by nothing the other half of the time.
1115 \e[1mimap_messages (args)
\e[0m
1116 Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by de‐
1117 fault. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
1118 passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
1119 [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port
1120 is 143, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
1121 tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
1122 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
1125 \e[1mimap_unseen (args)
\e[0m
1126 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox
1127 by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
1128 passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
1129 [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port
1130 is 143, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
1131 tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
1132 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
1135 \e[1mioscheduler disk
\e[0m
1136 Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given disk name
1137 (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")
1140 \e[1mkernel
\e[22mKernel version
1143 \e[1mlaptop_mode
\e[0m
1144 The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
1148 (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past
1149 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
1152 \e[1mloadgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi‐
\e[0m
1153 \e[1ment colour 2) (scale)
\e[0m
1154 Load1 average graph, similar to xload, with optional colours in
1155 hex, minus the #. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small num‐
1156 bers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
1159 \e[1mlines textfile
\e[0m
1160 Displays the number of lines in the given file
1164 Machine, i686 for example
1167 \e[1mmails (mailbox) (interval)
\e[0m
1168 Mail count in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
1169 Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can use
1170 a program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using
1171 your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
1174 \e[1mnew_mails (mailbox) (interval)
\e[0m
1175 Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not.
1176 Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
1179 \e[1mseen_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1180 Number of mails marked as seen in the specified mailbox or mail
1181 spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
1182 type will return -1.
1185 \e[1munseen_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1186 Number of new or unseen mails in the specified mailbox or mail
1187 spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
1188 type will return -1.
1191 \e[1mflagged_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1192 Number of mails marked as flagged in the specified mailbox or
1193 mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
1194 mbox type will return -1.
1197 \e[1munflagged_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1198 Number of mails not marked as flagged in the specified mailbox
1199 or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
1200 mbox type will return -1.
1203 \e[1mforwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1204 Number of mails marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox or
1205 mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
1206 mbox type will return -1.
1209 \e[1munforwarded_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1210 Number of mails not marked as forwarded in the specified mailbox
1211 or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
1212 mbox type will return -1.
1215 \e[1mreplied_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1216 Number of mails marked as replied in the specified mailbox or
1217 mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
1218 mbox type will return -1.
1221 \e[1munreplied_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1222 Number of mails not marked as replied in the specified mailbox
1223 or mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
1224 mbox type will return -1.
1227 \e[1mdraft_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1228 Number of mails marked as draft in the specified mailbox or mail
1229 spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported, mbox
1230 type will return -1.
1233 \e[1mtrashed_mails (maildir) (interval)
\e[0m
1234 Number of mails marked as trashed in the specified mailbox or
1235 mail spool if not. Only maildir type mailboxes are supported,
1236 mbox type will return -1.
1239 \e[1mmboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject
\e[0m
1240 \e[1mwidth) mbox
\e[0m
1241 Print a summary of recent messages in an mbox format mailbox.
1242 mbox parameter is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsu‐
1243 lated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}
1246 \e[1mmem
\e[22mAmount of memory in use
1249 \e[1mmembar (height),(width)
\e[0m
1250 Bar that shows amount of memory in use
1253 \e[1mmemgauge (height),(width)
\e[0m
1254 Gauge that shows amount of memory in use (see cpugauge)
1257 \e[1mmemgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi‐
\e[0m
1258 \e[1ment colour 2) (scale)
\e[0m
1259 Memory usage graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small num‐
1260 bers) when you use "log" instead of "normal".
1263 \e[1mmemeasyfree
\e[0m
1264 Amount of free memory including the memory that is very easily
1265 freed (buffers/cache)
1269 Amount of free memory
1272 \e[1mmemmax
\e[22mTotal amount of memory
1276 Percentage of memory in use
1279 \e[1mmixer (device)
\e[0m
1280 Prints the mixer value as reported by the OS. Default mixer is
1281 "vol", but you can specify one of the following optional argu‐
1282 ments: "vol", "bass", "treble", "synth", "pcm", "speaker",
1283 "line", "mic", "cd", "mix", "pcm2", "rec", "igain", "ogain",
1284 "line1", "line2", "line3", "dig1", "dig2", "dig3", "phin",
1285 "phout", "video", "radio", "monitor". Refer to the definition of
1286 SOUND_DEVICE_NAMES in <linux/soundcard.h> (on Linux), <sound‐
1287 card.h> (on OpenBSD), or <sys/soundcard.h> to find the exact op‐
1288 tions available on your system.
1291 \e[1mmixerbar (device)
\e[0m
1292 Displays mixer value in a bar as reported by the OS. See docs
1293 for $mixer for details on arguments.
1296 \e[1mmixerr (device)
\e[0m
1297 Prints the right channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See
1298 docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
1301 \e[1mmixerrbar (device)
\e[0m
1302 Displays the right channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
1303 the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
1306 \e[1mmixerl (device)
\e[0m
1307 Prints the left channel mixer value as reported by the OS. See
1308 docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
1311 \e[1mmixerlbar (device)
\e[0m
1312 Displays the left channel mixer value in a bar as reported by
1313 the OS. See docs for $mixer for details on arguments.
1317 Current state of MOC; playing, stopped etc.
1321 File name of the current MOC song
1325 Title of the current MOC song
1328 \e[1mmoc_artist
\e[0m
1329 Artist of the current MOC song
1333 The current song name being played in MOC.
1337 Album of the current MOC song
1340 \e[1mmoc_totaltime
\e[0m
1341 Total length of the current MOC song
1344 \e[1mmoc_timeleft
\e[0m
1345 Time left in the current MOC song
1348 \e[1mmoc_curtime
\e[0m
1349 Current time of the current MOC song
1352 \e[1mmoc_bitrate
\e[0m
1353 Bitrate in the current MOC song
1357 Rate of the current MOC song
1361 Number of the monitor on which conky is running
1364 \e[1mmonitor_number
\e[0m
1368 \e[1mmpd_artist
\e[0m
1369 Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
1373 Album in current MPD song
1376 \e[1mmpd_bar (height),(width)
\e[0m
1377 Bar of mpd's progress
1380 \e[1mmpd_bitrate
\e[0m
1381 Bitrate of current song
1384 \e[1mmpd_status
\e[0m
1385 Playing, stopped, et cetera.
1388 \e[1mmpd_title (max length)
\e[0m
1389 Title of current MPD song
1396 \e[1mmpd_elapsed
\e[0m
1400 \e[1mmpd_length
\e[0m
1404 \e[1mmpd_percent
\e[0m
1405 Percent of song's progress
1408 \e[1mmpd_random
\e[0m
1409 Random status (On/Off)
1412 \e[1mmpd_repeat
\e[0m
1413 Repeat status (On/Off)
1417 Prints the MPD track field
1421 Prints the MPD name field
1425 Prints the file name of the current MPD song
1428 \e[1mmpd_smart (max length)
\e[0m
1429 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
1430 name, depending on whats available
1433 \e[1mif_mpd_playing
\e[0m
1434 if mpd is playing or paused, display everything between
1435 $if_mpd_playing and the matching $endif
1438 \e[1mnameserver (index)
\e[0m
1439 Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and
1447 \e[1mnvidia threshold temp ambient gpufreq memfreq imagequality
\e[0m
1448 Nvidia graficcard support for the XNVCtrl library. Each option
1449 can be shortened to the least significant part. Temperatures
1450 are printed as float, all other values as integer.
1452 \e[1mthreshold
\e[22m: the thresholdtemperature at which the gpu slows down
1453 \e[1mtemp
\e[22m: gives the gpu current temperature
1454 \e[1mambient
\e[22m: gives current air temperature near GPU case
1455 \e[1mgpufreq
\e[22m: gives the current gpu frequency
1456 \e[1mmemfreq
\e[22m: gives the current mem frequency
1457 \e[1mimagequality
\e[22m: which imagequality should be choosen by OpenGL ap‐
1461 \e[1moutlinecolor (color)
\e[0m
1462 Change outline color
1465 \e[1mpb_battery item
\e[0m
1466 If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on bat‐
1467 tery status. The item parameter specifies, what information to
1468 display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are:
1470 \e[1mstatus
\e[22m: Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharg‐
1471 ing or absent (running on AC)
1472 \e[1mpercent
\e[22m: Display charge of battery in percent, if charging or
1473 discharging. Nothing will be displayed, if battery is fully
1475 \e[1mtime
\e[22m: Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully
1476 charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if
1477 battery is absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
1481 \e[1mplatform (dev) type n
\e[0m
1482 Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be
1483 omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is
1484 either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp'
1485 meaning temperature. Parameter n is number of the sensor. See
1486 /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on your local computer.
1489 \e[1mpop3_unseen (args)
\e[0m
1490 Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox
1491 by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by
1492 passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
1493 [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r retries]". Default port
1494 is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and default number of re‐
1495 tries before giving up is 5. If the password is supplied as '*',
1496 you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
1499 \e[1mpop3_used (args)
\e[0m
1500 Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global
1501 POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes
1502 seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are:
1503 "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command] [-r re‐
1504 tries]". Default port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes, and
1505 default number of retries before giving up is 5. If the password
1506 is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password
1510 \e[1mpre_exec shell command
\e[0m
1511 Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything
1512 and puts output as text.
1516 Total processes (sleeping and running)
1519 \e[1mrunning_processes
\e[0m
1520 Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
1523 \e[1mscroll length (step) text
\e[0m
1524 Scroll 'text' by 'step' characters showing 'length' number of
1525 characters at the same time. The text may also contain vari‐
1526 ables. 'step' is optional and defaults to 1 if not set. If a var
1527 creates output on multiple lines then the lines are placed be‐
1528 hind each other separated with a '|'-sign. Do NOT use vars that
1529 change colors or otherwise affect the design inside a scrolling
1530 text. If you want spaces between the start and the end of
1531 'text', place them at the end of 'text' not at the front ("foo‐
1532 bar" and " foobar" can both generate "barfoo" but "foobar " will
1533 keep the spaces like this "bar foo").
1536 \e[1mshadecolor (color)
\e[0m
1537 Change shading color
1540 \e[1msmapi (ARGS)
\e[0m
1541 when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/plat‐
1542 form/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat (IN‐
1543 DEX) (FILENAME)' to display the corresponding files' content.
1544 This is a very raw method of accessing the smapi values. When
1545 available, better use one of the smapi_* variables instead.
1548 \e[1msmapi_bat_bar (INDEX),(height),(width)
\e[0m
1549 when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery
1550 with index INDEX as a bar.
1553 \e[1msmapi_bat_perc (INDEX)
\e[0m
1554 when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of
1555 the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable be‐
1556 cause it supports the 'use_spacer' configuration option.
1559 \e[1msmapi_bat_power INDEX
\e[0m
1560 when using smapi, display the current power of the battery with
1561 index INDEX in watt. This is a separate variable because the
1562 original read out value is being converted from mW. The sign of
1563 the output reflects charging (positive) or discharging (nega‐
1567 \e[1msmapi_bat_temp INDEX
\e[0m
1568 when using smapi, display the current temperature of the battery
1569 with index INDEX in degree Celsius. This is a separate variable
1570 because the original read out value is being converted from mil‐
1574 \e[1mstippled_hr (space)
\e[0m
1575 Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
1578 \e[1mswapbar (height),(width)
\e[0m
1579 Bar that shows amount of swap in use
1582 \e[1mswap
\e[22mAmount of swap in use
1586 Total amount of swap
1590 Percentage of swap in use
1594 System name, Linux for example
1597 \e[1mtcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index)
\e[4m
\e[22m(ip4
\e[24m
\e[4monly
\e[24m
\e[4mat
\e[24m
\e[4mpresent)
\e[0m
1598 TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be
1599 in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:
1601 \e[1mcount
\e[22m- total number of connections in the range
1602 \e[1mrip
\e[22m- remote ip address
1603 \e[1mrhost
\e[22m- remote host name
1604 \e[1mrport
\e[22m- remote port number
1605 \e[1mrservice
\e[22m- remote service name from /etc/services
1606 \e[1mlip
\e[22m- local ip address
1607 \e[1mlhost
\e[22m- local host name
1608 \e[1mlport
\e[22m- local port number
1609 \e[1mlservice
\e[22m- local service name from /etc/services
1611 The connection index provides you with access to each connection
1612 in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for in‐
1613 dex values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are
1614 simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must
1615 be omitted. It is required for all other items.
1618 \e[1m${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count}
\e[22m- displays the number of connec‐
1619 tions in the bittorrent port range
1620 \e[1m${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0}
\e[22m- displays the remote host ip of the
1621 first sshd connection
1622 \e[1m${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9}
\e[22m- displays the remote host ip of the
1623 tenth sshd connection
1624 \e[1m${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0}
\e[22m- displays the remote host name of
1625 the first connection on a privileged port
1626 \e[1m${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4}
\e[22m- displays the remote host port of
1627 the fifth connection on a privileged port
1628 \e[1m${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14}
\e[22m- displays the local service
1629 name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
1631 Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range
1632 actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin‐
1633 gle port range for different items and different indexes all use
1634 the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
1635 creating redundant monitors.
1637 \e[1mtexeci interval command
\e[0m
1638 Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the
1639 output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a
1640 thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat‐
1641 ing. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time
1642 it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a
1643 script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the in‐
1644 terval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
1647 \e[1moffset (pixels)
\e[0m
1648 Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.
1651 \e[1mrss url delay_in_minutes action (num_par (spaces_in_front))
\e[0m
1652 Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the follow‐
1653 ing: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num
1654 par) and item_titles (when using this action and spaces_in_front
1655 is given conky places that many spaces in front of each item).
1658 \e[1mtab (width, (start))
\e[0m
1659 Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.
1660 The unit is pixels for both arguments.
1663 \e[1mtail logfile lines (interval)
\e[0m
1664 Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is
1665 not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines
1666 can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.
1669 \e[1mtemplateN (arg1) (arg2) (arg3 ...)
\e[0m
1670 Evaluate the content of the templateN configuration variable
1671 (where N is a value between 0 and 9, inclusively), applying sub‐
1672 stitutions as described in the documentation of the correspond‐
1673 ing configuration variable. The number of arguments is option‐
1674 al, but must match the highest referred index in the template.
1675 You can use the same special sequences in each argument as the
1676 ones valid for a template definition, e.g. to allow an argument
1677 to contain a whitespace. Also simple nesting of templates is
1680 Here are some examples of template definitions:
1683 template1 \1: ${fs_used \2} / ${fs_size \2}
1686 The following list shows sample usage of the templates defined
1687 above, with the equivalent syntax when not using any template at
1690 using template same without template
1691 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1692 ${template0 node name} $nodename
1693 ${template1 root /} root: ${fs_free /} /
1695 ${template1 ${template2\ disk\ root} /} disk root: ${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}
1698 \e[1mtime (format)
\e[0m
1699 Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for‐
1703 \e[1mutime (format)
\e[0m
1704 Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).
1707 \e[1mtztime (timezone) (format)
\e[0m
1708 Local time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more
1709 information about format. The timezone argument is specified in
1710 similar fashion as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in
1711 /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.
1714 \e[1mtotaldown net
\e[0m
1715 Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
1716 there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has al‐
1717 ready done that before conky has started.
1720 \e[1mtop type, num
\e[0m
1721 This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
1722 processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us‐
1723 age, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
1724 "pid", "cpu", "mem", "mem_res", "mem_vsize", and "time". There
1725 can be a max of 10 processes listed.
1728 \e[1mtop_mem type, num
\e[0m
1729 Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
1732 \e[1mtop_time type, num
\e[0m
1733 Same as top, except sorted by total CPU time instead of current
1737 \e[1mtotalup net
\e[0m
1738 Total upload, this one too, may overflow
1741 \e[1mupdates Number of updates
\e[0m
1745 \e[1mupspeed net
\e[0m
1749 \e[1mupspeedf net
\e[0m
1750 Upload speed in KiB with one decimal
1753 \e[1mupspeedgraph ("normal"|"log") (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)
\e[0m
1754 \e[1m(gradient colour 2) (scale) (net)
\e[0m
1755 Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
1756 scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a
1757 logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use "log" in‐
1761 \e[1muptime
\e[22mUptime
1764 \e[1muptime_short
\e[0m
1765 Uptime in a shorter format
1768 \e[1muser_number
\e[0m
1769 Number of users logged in
1772 \e[1muser_names
\e[0m
1773 Lists the names of the users logged in
1776 \e[1muser_terms
\e[0m
1777 Lists the consoles in use
1780 \e[1muser_times
\e[0m
1781 Lists how long users have been logged in for
1784 \e[1mvoffset (pixels)
\e[0m
1785 Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
1786 text to overlap. See also $offset.
1789 \e[1mvoltage_mv (n)
\e[0m
1790 Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If
1791 omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
1794 \e[1mvoltage_v (n)
\e[0m
1795 Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are counted from 1. If omit‐
1796 ted, the parameter defaults to 1.
1799 \e[1mwireless_essid net
\e[0m
1800 Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)
1803 \e[1mwireless_mode net
\e[0m
1804 Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)
1807 \e[1mwireless_bitrate net
\e[0m
1808 Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)
1811 \e[1mwireless_ap net
\e[0m
1812 Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)
1815 \e[1mwireless_link_qual net
\e[0m
1816 Wireless link quality (Linux only)
1819 \e[1mwireless_link_qual_max net
\e[0m
1820 Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)
1823 \e[1mwireless_link_qual_perc net
\e[0m
1824 Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)
1827 \e[1mwireless_link_bar (height), (width) net
\e[0m
1828 Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)
1831 \e[1mwords textfile
\e[0m
1832 Displays the number of words in the given file
1835 \e[1mxmms2_artist
\e[0m
1836 Artist in current XMMS2 song
1839 \e[1mxmms2_album
\e[0m
1840 Album in current XMMS2 song
1843 \e[1mxmms2_title
\e[0m
1844 Title in current XMMS2 song
1847 \e[1mxmms2_genre
\e[0m
1848 Genre in current XMMS2 song
1851 \e[1mxmms2_comment
\e[0m
1852 Comment in current XMMS2 song
1855 \e[1mxmms2_decoder
\e[0m
1859 \e[1mxmms2_transport
\e[0m
1860 Transport plugin used
1864 Full path to current song
1867 \e[1mxmms2_tracknr
\e[0m
1868 Track number in current XMMS2 song
1871 \e[1mxmms2_bitrate
\e[0m
1872 Bitrate of current song
1876 XMMS2 id of current song
1879 \e[1mxmms2_duration
\e[0m
1880 Duration of current song
1883 \e[1mxmms2_elapsed
\e[0m
1887 \e[1mxmms2_size
\e[0m
1888 Size of current song
1891 \e[1mxmms2_percent
\e[0m
1892 Percent of song's progress
1895 \e[1mxmms2_status
\e[0m
1896 XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)
1899 \e[1mxmms2_bar (height),(width)
\e[0m
1900 Bar of XMMS2's progress
1903 \e[1mxmms2_smart
\e[0m
1904 Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
1905 name, depending on whats available
1908 \e[1mif_xmms2_connected
\e[0m
1909 Display everything between $if_xmms2_connected and the matching
1910 $endif if xmms2 is running.
1913 \e[1meve api_userid api_key character_id
\e[0m
1914 Fetches your currently training skill from the Eve Online API
1915 servers (http://www.eve-online.com/) and displays the skill
1916 along with the remaining training time.
1920 conky
\e[1m-t '${time %D %H:%M}' -o -u 30
\e[0m
1921 Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
1922 sec update interval.
1924 conky
\e[1m-a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
\e[0m
1925 Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).
1928 \e[4m~/.conkyrc
\e[24m default configuration file
1931 Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
1932 all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
1933 been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
1934 disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
1935 show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
1936 Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
1937 useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
1938 which makes Conky to create its own window. If you do try running Conky
1939 in its own window, be sure to read up on the own_window_type settings
1943 ⟨http://conky.sourceforge.net/⟩
1945 ⟨http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky⟩
1947 #conky on irc.freenode.net
1950 Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al. Any
1951 original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license (see LICENSE.BSD
1952 for a copy). All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed un‐
1953 der the GPL (see LICENSE.GPL for a copy), except where noted different‐
1954 ly (such as in portmon code, timed thread code, and audacious code
1955 which are LGPL, and prss which is an MIT-style license).
1958 The Conky dev team (see AUTHORS for a full list of contributors).