xbar - a tiny XCB status bar An incredibly lightweight information bar, designed to print important real-time system metrics. Beyond foreground and background colors, xbar offers limited customization for a distraction-free user experience. INSTALL ======= Building and installing from source: git clone http://github.com/mcpcpc/xbar cd xbar make sudo make install EXAMPLES ======== Create shell script to update xbar (e.g. ~/bar.sh): while true; do xbar "$(date)" sleep 0.1s done Add shell script to your X server init script: echo "~/bar.sh &" > ~/.xinitrc