Dogky

A custom Conky-like Linux system monitor written in Rust. The window is positioned under Sway.

Aim

This project exists to replace my Conky configuration.

Issues with Conky:

• My configuration requires:
  • Shell commands for many parts that Conky macros do not cover.
  • Custom Python code for the weather panel.
• Conky has many C macros, e.g. OBJ in src/core.cc, making things hard to refactor.
• Conky attempts to support X.org, macOS. This introduces lots of code we don't need.

Configuration

• ~/.config/dogky/dogky.yaml
  • See src/config.rs for options.
  • Commands, e.g. cpu_memory.process_list.top_command, have environment variable support.
• ~/.config/dogky/styles.yaml
  • See src/styles_config.rs for options. Values are ones accepted by Freya.

The UI layout isn't configurable.

Usage

Copy src/show-ram-frequency.service to /etc/systemd/system/show-ram-frequency.service. Enable it:

$ systemctl enable show-ram-frequency.service

The UI is clickable. The cursor icon changes where this applies.

• Weather panel
  • Opens the weather forecast in a browser.
• Process list
  • Run a user-specified command. The intention is to launch some version of Top.
• A copy cursor will appear on copyable fields.

Development Setup

To set up the project for development, run:

$ cd dogky/
$ pre-commit install --hook-type pre-commit --hook-type commit-msg