addr
(interface)
IP address for an interface
acpiacadapter
ACPI ac adapter state.
acpifan
ACPI fan state
acpitemp
ACPI temperature.
adt746xcpu
CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
adt746xfan
Fan speed from therm_adt746x
alignr
(num)
Right-justify text, with space of N
alignc
(num)
Align text to centre
battery
(num)
Remaining capacity in ACPI or APM battery. ACPI battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).
buffers
Amount of memory buffered
cached
Amount of memory cached
color
(color)
Change drawing color to color
cpu
CPU usage in percents
cpubar
(height)
Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels
cpugraph
(height, width, gradient colour 1, gradient colour 2)
CPU usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #.
downspeed
net
Download speed in kilobytes
downspeedf
net
Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal
downspeedgraph
net, (height, width, gradient colour 1, gradient colour 2)
Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.
else
Text to show if any of the above are not true
exec
shell command
Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warning: this takes a lot more resources than other variables. I'd recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.
execbar
shell command
Same as exec, except if the first value return is a value between 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for the bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.
execgraph
shell command
Same as execbar, but graphs values
execi
interval, shell command
Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be less than update_interval in configuration.
font
font
Specify a different font. Only applies to one line.
fs_bar
(height, fs)
Bar that shows how much space is used on a file system. height is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.
fs_free
(fs)
Free space on a file system available for users.
fs_free_perc
(fs)
Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.
fs_size
(fs)
File system size
fs_used
(fs)
File system used space
hr
(height)
Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels
i2c
(dev), type, n
I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev may be omitted if you have only one I2C device. type is either in (or vol) meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp/tempf (first in C, second in F) meaning temperature. n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.
if_running
(process)
if PROCESS is running, display everything if_running and the matching $endif
if_existing
(file)
if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the matching $endif
if_mounted
(mountpoint)
if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between if_mounted and the matching $endif
kernel
Kernel version
linkstatus
(interface)
Get the link status for wireless connections
loadavg
(1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
machine
Machine, i686 for example
mails
Mail count in mail spool. You can use program like fetchmail to get mails from some server using your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.
mem
Amount of memory in use
membar
(height)
Bar that shows amount of memory in use
memmax
Total amount of memory
memperc
Percentage of memory in use
metar_ob_time
self-explanatory
metar_temp
self-explanatory
metar_tempf
temp in F
metar_windchill
self-explanatory
metar_dew_poin
self-explanatory
metar_rh
self-explanatory
metar_windspeed
self-explanatory
metar_winddir
self-explanatory
metar_swinddir
self-explanatory
metar_cloud
self-explanatory
metar_u2d_time
self-explanatory
ml_upload_counter
total session upload in mb
ml_download_counter
total session download in mb
ml_nshared_files
number of shared files
ml_shared_counter
total session shared in mb, buggy in some mldonkey versions
ml_tcp_upload_rate
tcp upload rate in kb/s
ml_tcp_download_rate
tcp download rate in kb/s
ml_udp_upload_rate
udp upload rate in kb/s
ml_udp_download_rate
udp download rate in kb/s
ml_ndownloaded_files
number of completed files
ml_ndownloading_files
number of downloading files
mpd_artist
Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile
mpd_album
Album in current MPD song
mpd_bar
height
Bar of mpd's progress
mpd_bitrate
Bitrate of current song
mpd_status
Playing, stopped, et cetera.
mpd_title
Title of current MPD song
mpd_vol
MPD's volume
mpd_elapsed
Song's elapsed time
mpd_length
Song's length
mpd_percent
Percent of song's progress
new_mails
Unread mail count in mail spool.
nodename
Hostname
outlinecolor
(color)
Change outline color
pre_exec
shell command
Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything and puts output as text.
processes
Total processes (sleeping and running)
running_processes
Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6
shadecolor
(color)
Change shading color
stippled_hr
(space)
Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
swapbar
(height)
Bar that shows amount of swap in use
swap
Amount of swap in use
swapmax
Total amount of swap
swapperc
Percentage of swap in use
sysname
System name, Linux for example
offse
pixels
Move text over by N pixels
tail
logfile, lines interval> Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines. Max of 30 lines can be displayed.
time
(format)
Local time, see man strftime to get more information about format
totaldown
net
Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has already done that before conky has started.
top
type, num
This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically, processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu usage, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name", "pid", "cpu", and mem". There can be a max of 10 processes listed.
top_mem
type, num
Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu
totalup
net
Total upload, this one too, may overflow
updates
Number of updates
for debugging
upspeed
net
Upload speed in kilobytes
upspeedf
net
Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
upspeedgraph
net, (height, width, gradient colour 1, gradient colour 2)
Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #.
uptime
Uptime
uptime_short
Uptime in a shorter format
seti_prog
Seti@home current progress
seti_progbar
(height)
Seti@home current progress bar
seti_credit
Seti@home total user credit