Weather && Stats

A KDE Plasma 6 panel widget that displays live weather and system stats in a single compact bar.

What it shows

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Weather — current conditions via Open-Meteo (no API key required)
CPU Temp — reads directly from hwmon (Intel coretemp, AMD k10temp/zenpower, ARM cpu-thermal); turns red above your threshold
CPU Usage — sampled from /proc/stat
Memory Usage — percentage of RAM in use
Network Speed — live download/upload on your most active interface

All stats update on configurable intervals. Each section can be toggled on or off.

Requirements

KDE Plasma 6.0+
A Nerd Font set as your panel font (for icons)
bash, free, /proc/stat, /proc/net/dev (standard on any Linux system)

Installation

Manual

git clone https://github.com/samjage/weather-and-stats.git
kpackagetool6 --install weather-and-stats

Then right-click your panel → Add Widgets → search for Weather && Stats.

To update after changes

kpackagetool6 --upgrade weather-and-stats

Configuration

Right-click the widget → Configure Weather && Stats:

Setting	Description	Default
Location	Search by city name (geocoded via Open-Meteo)	Canal Winchester, OH
Temperature unit	°F or °C	°F
Show condition text	Adds e.g. "Partly Cloudy" after the temp	Off
Weather refresh	How often to fetch weather (minutes)	5 min
CPU temp unit	°F or °C	°C
CPU temp alert threshold	Temp at which the reading turns red	80°C
Stats refresh	How often to poll system stats (seconds)	3 sec
Visible stats	Toggle CPU temp, CPU usage, memory, network	All on

How it works

Weather is fetched with a plain XMLHttpRequest — no API key, no account needed. Open-Meteo is free for non-commercial use.

System stats come from a small shell script (contents/stats.sh) that the widget runs on a timer. It takes two /proc/stat samples 1 second apart to calculate CPU usage, and reads the same interface from /proc/net/dev for network throughput. No external dependencies.

License

GPL-2.0 — see LICENSE if added, or the metadata.json for the declaration.

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