Hello, there.

Using CMake to build Conky is pretty easy, and here is how I do it:

1. From the top level source dir, create a build working dir, and cd into it
  $ mkdir build
  $ cd build
2. Run the cmake configuration process
  $ cmake ../ # pass the path to the sources to cmake
  OR
  $ ccmake ../ # you can also use the fance curses interface, or try cmake-gui
3. Compile as usual, and enjoy the out-of-source goodness
  $ make
  # make install # if you want

There are a number of build options for Conky, and the best way to discover
them is to use the ccmake (or cmake-gui) CMake tool for browsing them.

Certain Conky build time features (such as doc generation) require third-party
applications, which you should be notified of via CMake.  In the case of doc
generation, you'll need the docbook2X package (available on most
distributions).

== INSTALLATION OF THE IMAGE ==

Build the image with:
 $ docker build --tag=conky .

or if you want the commandline version:
 $ docker build --build-arg X11=no --tag=conkycmd .

== RUNNING OF THE CONTAINER ==

After building you can run the graphical version with:
 $ docker run --rm -ti --net=host -e DISPLAY -v ~/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority conky
The commandline version is easier:
 $ docker run --rm -ti conkycmd

If you want to pass some options to conky you can just add them if you mention
'conky' twice. Once for the image and once for the command. For example:
 $ docker run --rm -ti --net=host -e DISPLAY -v ~/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority conky conky --version
will show you the version of conky. Since you don't need X for this you could also do:
 $ docker run --rm -ti conkycmd conky --version

If you want to fiddle around a bit with the configuration first you could do:
 $ docker run --rm -ti --net=host -e DISPLAY -v ~/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority conky bash
<change things is in the configuration>
 $ conky -c configurationfile ; exit

See the docker docs to a lot of other ways to (ab)use this container


== WHY ==

Disadvantages of using the docker:

 - You'll have to install docker.
This can be done by following the instructions in
https://docs.docker.com/install/ to install docker CE. But just using the
packagemanager of your distro like you would do with other software will work.
- A lot of info will be about the current container instead of the whole system
- At the moment our docker image is still in development fase.


Advantages of using docker:

- During the installation you won't have to care about which compilers,
libraries, ... are installed. Neither should you care about how to use them.
- The containerization of conky will make it a lot harder to let problems with
conky affect the rest of the system.
- Your Conky will run in exactly the same environment as everyone else's, so
if it works for someone it will work for everyone. No matter which distro you
are using or how you configured that distro. (The conky configuration itself
will matter and also the version of conky)
- Problems will be easier to recreate by developers causing faster debugging.

[![Linux build](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/actions/workflows/build-and-test-linux.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/actions/workflows/build-and-test-linux.yaml) [![macOS build](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/actions/workflows/build-and-test-macos.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/actions/workflows/build-and-test-macos.yaml) [![Docker build](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/actions/workflows/docker.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/actions/workflows/docker.yaml) [![AppImage build](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/actions/workflows/publish-appimage.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/actions/workflows/publish-appimage.yml)

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<p align="center"><img width="300" src="logo/conky-logotype-horizontal-violet.png"></p>

**Conky** is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays
any kind of information on your desktop.

�� Grab the [latest release from GitHub](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/latest).

[�� An introduction to Conky (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtpLEoRKmg&t=19s).

## Features

Conky can display more than 300 built-in objects, including support for:

- A plethora of OS stats (uname, uptime, **CPU usage**, **mem
  usage**, disk usage, **"top"** like process stats, and **network
  monitoring**, just to name a few).
- Built-in **IMAP** and **POP3** support.
- Built-in support for many popular music players ([MPD][],
  [XMMS2][], [Audacious][]).
- Can be extended using built-in [**Lua**](lua) support, or any of your
  own scripts and programs ([more](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki#tutorial)).
- Built-in [**Imlib2**][imlib2] and [**Cairo**][cairo] bindings for arbitrary drawing
  with Lua ([more](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Lua)).
- Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Haiku, and macOS!
- [Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/brndnmtthws/conky/) available for amd64, armv7, and aarch64 (aka armv8)

... and much much more.

Conky can display information either as text, or using simple progress
bars and graph widgets, with different fonts and colours.

## Screenshots

[![screenshot](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/configs/brenden/screenshot-thumb.png)](https://raw.github.com/wiki/brndnmtthws/conky/configs/brenden/screenshot.png)
[![screenshot](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/configs/ke49/screenshot-thumb.png)](https://raw.github.com/wiki/brndnmtthws/conky/configs/ke49/screenshot.png)
[![screenshot](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/configs/jc/screenshot-thumb.png)](https://raw.github.com/wiki/brndnmtthws/conky/configs/jc/screenshot.png)

See the User Configs below for more screenshots and associated config files.

## Quickstart

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:

```ShellSession
$ curl -sL -o conky-x86_64.AppImage \
    $(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/latest | \
    jq --raw-output '.assets[0] | .browser_download_url')
$ ls
conky-x86_64.AppImage
```

If you don't have `jq` and `curl` installed, go to
https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/latest and fetch the latest
AppImage. Then:

```ShellSession
$ chmod +x ./conky-x86_64.AppImage
$ ./conky-x86_64.AppImage -C > ~/.conkyrc
$ ./conky-x86_64.AppImage
```

And that's it! [Check out the Wiki](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki) for more details on configuring Conky.

_Note_: To use the AppImage, you may need to install additional runtime libraries.

## Documentation

The [GitHub Wiki](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki) serves as a central hub for all of
Conky's documentation.

- [Installation](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Installation)
- [Configuration Settings](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Configurations)
- [User Configs](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/Configs)
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/FAQ)

## License

Conky is licensed under the terms of the [GPLv3](LICENSE) license.

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome from anyone.

Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines on contributing to Conky.

[mpd]: https://musicpd.org/
[xmms2]: https://github.com/xmms2/wiki/wiki
[audacious]: https://audacious-media-player.org/
[luawiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_%28programming_language%29
[imlib2]: https://docs.enlightenment.org/api/imlib2/html/
[cairo]: https://www.cairographics.org/

## Supporting this project

Conky exists only through the hard work of a collection of volunteers. Please
consider sponsoring the project's developers if you get value out of Conky.

## Stargazers over time

[![Stargazers over time](https://starchart.cc/brndnmtthws/conky.svg)](https://starchart.cc/brndnmtthws/conky)