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**Conky** is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays
any kind of information on your desktop.
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👉 Grab the [latest release from GitHub ](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/latest ).
[📹 An introduction to Conky (YouTube) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtpLEoRKmg&t=19s ).
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## Features
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Conky can display more than 300 built-in objects, including support for:
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- A plethora of OS stats (uname, uptime, **CPU usage** , **mem
usage**, disk usage, ** "top"** like process stats, and **network
monitoring**, just to name a few).
- Built-in **IMAP** and **POP3** support.
- Built-in support for many popular music players ([MPD][],
[XMMS2][], [Audacious][]).
- Can be extended using built-in [**Lua** ](lua ) support, or any of your
own scripts and programs ([more](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki#tutorial)).
- Built-in [**Imlib2**][imlib2] and [**Cairo**][cairo] bindings for arbitrary drawing
with Lua ([more](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Lua)).
- Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Haiku OS, and macOS!
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... and much much more.
Conky can display information either as text, or using simple progress
bars and graph widgets, with different fonts and colours.
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## Screenshots
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[](https://raw.github.com/wiki/brndnmtthws/conky/configs/brenden/screenshot.png)
[](https://raw.github.com/wiki/brndnmtthws/conky/configs/ke49/screenshot.png)
[](https://raw.github.com/wiki/brndnmtthws/conky/configs/jc/screenshot.png)
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See the User Configs below for more screenshots and associated config files.
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## Quickstart
Conky comes bundled with many package managers. However, if you'd like to try the latest release of Conky, you can try the AppImage build. If you have `jq` and `curl` installed, run the following command to fetch the latest AppImage:
```ShellSession
$ curl -sL -o conky-x86_64.AppImage \
$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/latest | \
jq --raw-output '.assets[0] | .browser_download_url')
$ ls
conky-x86_64.AppImage
```
If you don't have `jq` and `curl` installed, go to
https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/latest and fetch the latest
AppImage. Then:
```ShellSession
$ chmod +x ./conky-x86_64.AppImage
$ ./conky-x86_64.AppImage -C > ~/.conkyrc
$ ./conky-x86_64.AppImage
```
And that's it! [Check out the Wiki ](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki ) for more details on configuring Conky.
_Note_: To use the AppImage, you may need to install additional runtime libraries.
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## Documentation
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The [GitHub Wiki ](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki ) serves as a central hub for all of
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Conky's documentation.
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- [Installation ](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Installation )
- [Configuration Settings ](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Configurations )
- [User Configs ](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Configs )
- [Frequently Asked Questions ](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/FAQ )
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## License
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Conky is licensed under the terms of the [GPLv3 ](LICENSE ) license.
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## Contributing
Contributions are welcome from anyone.
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Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md ](CONTRIBUTING.md ) for guidelines on contributing to Conky.
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[mpd]: https://musicpd.org/
[xmms2]: https://github.com/xmms2/wiki/wiki
[audacious]: https://audacious-media-player.org/
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[luawiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_%28programming_language%29
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[imlib2]: https://docs.enlightenment.org/api/imlib2/html/
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[cairo]: https://www.cairographics.org/
