aslstatus

Asynchronous, multithreaded status monitor.

Note: The original aslstatus repository (https://notabug.org/dm9pZCAq/aslstatus) is currently inaccessible. This is an unmaintained fork.

Dependencies

Required:

• pthread
• pkg-config (build-time)

Optional:

• libasound-dev (for ALSA volume component)
• libxcb-dev + libxcb-xkb-dev (for X11 components)

Building

make
sudo make install

Build Options

• AUDIO=ALSA - Audio backend: ALSA, PULSE, or empty [default: ALSA]
• X=0 - Disable X11 support if not needed [default: 1]

Configuration

Edit config.h to customize components, intervals, and format strings.

Current configuration shows:

• Battery state and percentage
• CPU and RAM usage
• Disk usage (NVME and SATA)
• Date and time
• Weather (via custom script)

Usage with dwl

#!/bin/sh
STATUS_FIFO="/tmp/dwlstatus"
[ -p "$STATUS_FIFO" ] || mkfifo "$STATUS_FIFO"

aslstatus -s > "$STATUS_FIFO" &
exec dwl -s "autostart commands here" < "$STATUS_FIFO"

See components_config.h for component-specific settings.