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<p align="center"><img width="300" src="logo/conky-logotype-horizontal-violet.png"></p>
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**Conky** is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays
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any kind of information on your desktop.
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👉 Grab the [latest release from GitHub](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/latest).
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[📹 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
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usage**, disk usage, **"top"** like process stats, and **network
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monitoring**, just to name a few).
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- Built-in **IMAP** and **POP3** support.
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- Built-in support for many popular music players ([MPD][],
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[XMMS2][], [Audacious][]).
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- Can be extended using built-in [**Lua**](lua) support, or any of your
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own scripts and programs ([more](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki#tutorial)).
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- Built-in [**Imlib2**][imlib2] and [**Cairo**][cairo] bindings for arbitrary drawing
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with Lua ([more](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Lua)).
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- Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Haiku OS, and macOS!
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... and much much more.
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Conky can display information either as text, or using simple progress
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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)
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[](https://raw.github.com/wiki/brndnmtthws/conky/configs/ke49/screenshot.png)
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[](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
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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:
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```ShellSession
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$ curl -sL -o conky-x86_64.AppImage \
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$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/latest | \
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jq --raw-output '.assets[0] | .browser_download_url')
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$ ls
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conky-x86_64.AppImage
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```
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If you don't have `jq` and `curl` installed, go to
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https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/latest and fetch the latest
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AppImage. Then:
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```ShellSession
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$ chmod +x ./conky-x86_64.AppImage
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$ ./conky-x86_64.AppImage -C > ~/.conkyrc
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$ ./conky-x86_64.AppImage
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```
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And that's it! [Check out the Wiki](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki) for more details on configuring Conky.
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_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)
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- [Configuration Settings](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Configurations)
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- [User Configs](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Configs)
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- [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
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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/
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[xmms2]: https://github.com/xmms2/wiki/wiki
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[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/
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