Rust Status Bar

A lightweight and customizable status bar written in Rust, designed for Linux users. This status bar displays useful system information such as CPU usage, battery status, Wi-Fi connectivity, network speed, and the current date and time. It also dynamically updates the colors and icons based on certain thresholds, like battery percentage or Wi-Fi connection status.

Features

• CPU Usage: Displays the current CPU load with customizable colors.
• Battery Status: Displays the battery percentage and changes the icon and color based on battery levels:
  • 0-20%: Red background with the lowest battery icon
  • 21-40%: Orange background with a low battery icon
  • 41-60%: Yellow background with a medium battery icon
  • 61-80%: Green background with a high battery icon
  • 81-100%: Blue background with a full battery icon
• Wi-Fi Connectivity: Displays the Wi-Fi status (Connected/Disconnected) and changes the background color to red when disconnected.
• Network Speed: Displays the download and upload speed, converting to MB/s when the speed exceeds 10 KB/s.
• Date and Time: Displays the current date (day and month) and time in HH:MM AM/PM format.

Dependencies

The status bar requires the following dependencies:

1. Rust: Install the Rust toolchain using rustup.
2. chrono Crate: Used for date and time handling.
3. sysinfo Crate: Used for system information such as CPU usage.
4. ifstat: A command-line utility to monitor network bandwidth.
5. xsetroot: root window parameter setting utility for X

Installing Dependencies

To install Rust and Cargo, run the following commands:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env

To add the necessary dependencies to your Cargo.toml, include the following:

[dependencies]
chrono = "0.4"
sysinfo = "0.23"

Install ifstat for monitoring network speed:

sudo apt-get install ifstat

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Zero-A9/status-bar.git
cd status-bar

2. Set up your environment:

Make sure you have Rust installed and have added the required dependencies in Cargo.toml.

Build the project using Cargo:

cargo build --release

3. Run the compiled binary:

./target/release/status-bar

You can add this to your .xinitrc or .xsession file to automatically start the status bar when you start your X session.