py3status-cpu-governor

Python module for py3status to show the cpu_governor state in i3

This is handy if you manage your governor manually with something like or use gamemode

alias performance_mode='echo performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor'
alias powersave_mode='echo powersave | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor'
alias schedutil_mode='echo schedutil | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor'
alias cpu_frequency_watch='watch -n.5 "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep \"^[c]pu MHz\""'

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Pre-reqs

• i3
• py3status

Installation

From Git

git clone https://github.com/mcgillij/py3status-cpu-governor.git
mkdir -p ~/.i3/py3status && cd ~/.i3/py3status
ln -s <PATH_TO_CLONED_REPO>/src/py3status-cpu-governor/cpu_governor.py ./

With pip, pipenv or poetry

pip install py3status-cpu-governor
pipenv install py3status-cpu-governor
poetry add py3status-cpu-governor && poetry install

With yay

yay -S py3status-cpu-governor

Building Arch package w/PKGBUILD

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/py3status-cpu-governor.git
cd py3status-cpu-governor.git
makechrootpkg -c -r $HOME/$CHROOT

Installing Arch package

sudo pacman -U --asdeps py3status-cpu-governor-*-any.pkg.tar.zst

Configuration

add the following line to your ~/.config/i3/i3status.conf

order += "cpu_governor"

And restart your i3 session.