# greshake/i3status-rust

Very resourcefriendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust

Repository: https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/i3status-rust
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-15T17:55:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 53, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3427, "days_push": 18, "days_rel": 159, "gap_med": 121.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3141, forks 518 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:45.866861+00:00)

## What it is
i3status-rust is a resource-friendly, feature-rich replacement for i3status written in pure Rust. It renders configurable 'blocks' of system information (time, battery, volume, etc.) on status bars that support the i3bar protocol.

## Use cases
- show battery, volume, and clock in my i3 status bar
- replace i3status with something faster and more configurable
- display system info blocks on an i3bar-compatible status bar
- customize a status bar with themes and icons via TOML config
- monitor system resources from a tiling window manager bar

## When to choose
- you use i3 or another i3bar-protocol-compatible window manager and want a modern, efficient status generator
- you want rich block-based system info with themes, icons, and TOML configuration
- you prefer a Rust implementation with low resource usage

## When to avoid
- you use a desktop environment with its own panel
- your bar uses a different protocol like Wayland's swaybar with custom requirements not covered by i3bar
- you need a GUI-based configuration tool

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, cli, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: rust, cli
- tags: i3status, i3bar, status-bar, window-manager, system-monitoring, waybar-alternative, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- greshake/i3status-rust (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.866861+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:45:36.144065+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.866861+00:00, sha 6a21ab36f197)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.