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[📕 Documentaton](https://conky.cc/)
[💬 Join the Matrix chat](https://matrix.to/#/#conky:frens.io)
**Conky** is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays
any kind of information on your desktop. It can also run on Wayland (poorly), macOS, output
to your console, a file, or even HTTP (oh my!).
👉 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).
## Features
Conky can display more than 300 built-in objects, including support for:
- 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**][luawiki] 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, and macOS!
- [Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/brndnmtthws/conky/) available for amd64, armv7, and aarch64 (aka armv8)
... and much much more.
Conky can display information either as text, or using simple progress bars and
graph widgets, with different fonts and colours, as well as handle [mouse events](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Mouse-Events).
## Screenshots
[](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)
See the User Configs below for more screenshots and associated config files.
## Installing Conky
Many package managers already include Conky. However, if you'd like to try the
latest version of Conky, you can use the AppImage or the Nix flake.
### AppImage
To try the AppImage, head to
and fetch the latest
AppImage. You'll need to set the executable bit, then you can create a conkyrc,
and run it as follows:
```ShellSession
chmod +x ./conky-*.AppImage # make it executable
./conky-*.AppImage -C > ~/.conkyrc # create a default config
./conky-*.AppImage # run
```
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.
### Nix flake
As of Conky v1.17.0, there's a Nix flake available in addition to the upstream
Nix package. You can include it as an input as follows:
```nix
{
inputs = {
conky.url = "github:brndnmtthws/conky";
};
}
```
And use `inputs.conky.packages.${system}.default` (or
`inputs.conky.packages.${system}.conky` for versions <=v1.19.8) to include the
package. To use a specific version, add the git tag to the URL, such as
`github:brndnmtthws/conky?ref=refs/tags/v1.19.8`.
Note that a Nix package [exists in
nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix), and
although it's not always up-to-date with the bleeding edge, it does offer more configuration options.
## Documentation
→ [**Reference documentation**](https://conky.cc/) ←
The [Conky Wiki](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki) also serves as a central hub for
Conky. Some resources from the Wiki include:
- [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)
## License
Conky is licensed under the terms of the [GPLv3](LICENSE) license.
## Contributing
Contributions are welcome from anyone.
Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines on contributing to Conky.
[mpd]: https://musicpd.org/
[xmms2]: https://github.com/xmms2/wiki/wiki
[audacious]: https://audacious-media-player.org/
[luawiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_%28programming_language%29
[imlib2]: https://docs.enlightenment.org/api/imlib2/html/
[cairo]: https://www.cairographics.org/
## Supporting this project
Conky exists only through the hard work of a collection of volunteers. Please
consider sponsoring the project's developers if you get value out of Conky.
## Stargazers over time
[](https://starchart.cc/brndnmtthws/conky)