README.md

polybar-lmsensors

Simple programme that prints the values of the specified lmsensors.

Uses the lm-sensors (linux monitoring sensors) pacakge, on top of the hwmon kernel feature.

Setup

• Install lm-sensors
  • Ubuntu: sudo apt install lm-sensors libsensors-dev
  • Arch: pacman -S lm_sensors
• Configure lm-sensors
  • Run sensors-detect
  • Make any necessary adjustments to the configuration in /etc/sensors3.conf, using /etc/sensors.d/*
• Download polybar-lmsensors, chmod 0755, and enjoy!
  • Or, with the go toolchain installed, build it manually with go get github.com/mt-inside/polybar-lmsensors

Example

Manual Execution

$ ./polybar-lmsensors -t -n -u it8688-isa-0a40/SYS_FAN2=sys k10temp-pci-00c3/Tdie
Fan sys 825/min, Temp Tdie 41°C

Polybar Config

[module/sensors-cpu]
type = custom/script
interval = 2
format-prefix = " "
exec = path/to/polybar-lmsensors -u -n -t k10temp-pci-00c3/Tdie it8688-isa-0a40/CPU_FAN=cpu