Simple system info applet for cosmic

Installation

Manual

The applet can be installed using the following steps:

sudo apt install libxkbcommon-dev just
git clone https://github.com/cosmic-utils/cosmic-ext-applet-sysinfo.git
cd cosmic-ext-applet-sysinfo
just build
sudo just install

libxkbcommon-dev is required by smithay-client-toolkit

Arch Linux

On Arch Linux, the applet can be installed using the PKGBUILD cosmic-ext-applet-sysinfo-git, available on the AUR.

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Network Interface Detection & Configuration

The applet automatically monitors physical network interfaces (Ethernet and Wi-Fi), ignoring virtual interfaces and loopback.

Advanced Configuration

The applet also provides a configuration that can be used to specify interfaces to include or exclude.

cd ~/.config/cosmic/io.github.cosmic-utils.cosmic-ext-applet-sysinfo/v1/

Example configuration:

Include interface(s) in the include_interfaces file:

Some(["enp7s0", "wlp4s0"])

Or exclude specific interface(s) in exclude_interfaces file:

Some(["lo", "br0", "docker0", "virbr0"])

or

None

• include_interfaces: Only monitor listed interfaces
• exclude_interfaces: Ignore listed interfaces
• Both options can be combined; include_interfaces is applied first
• Without configuration: all physical interfaces are monitored
• For hotplugged devices (10s rescan interval), prefer exclude_interfaces as interface names may be unpredictable

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Uninstall

To uninstall files installed by just install, run:

sudo just uninstall