i3-glance

i3-glance is a lightweight daemon for the i3 window manager that automatically renames workspaces based on the applications running in each workspace.

Example screenshot with fontawesome icons:

Install

Using go install:

go install github.com/ls4154/i3-glance@latest

Or build manually:

git clone https://github.com/ls4154/i3-glance.git
cd i3-glance
go build .

Usage

./i3-glance &

By default, config is loaded from ~/.config/i3-glance/config.toml. Use --config to specify a different path.

See the included example toml config files for how to set up application icons and workspace names.

i3 Config Example

Add to your ~/.config/i3/config:

exec --no-startup-id i3-glance

bar {
    # Use FontAwesome for icons (check your font name with fc-list)
    font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono, Font Awesome 7 Free 10
    status_command i3status
}