A KDE Plasma 6 panel/taskbar widget displaying live weather and system stats in a single compact bar. Designed to sit in your top or bottom panel — not a desktop widget.

Stats

Stat	Details
Weather	Current conditions via Open-Meteo — no API key required
CPU Temp	Reads from hwmon (Intel coretemp, AMD k10temp/zenpower, ARM cpu-thermal); turns red above your threshold
CPU Usage	Sampled from `/proc/stat`
Memory	Percentage of RAM in use
Network	Live download/upload on your most active interface

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

Requirements

Requirement	Notes
KDE Plasma 6.0+
`bash`, `free`, `/proc/stat`, `/proc/net/dev`	Standard on any Linux system
Nerd Font	Optional — falls back to plain Unicode symbols if disabled in settings

Installation

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

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

Placement: Plasma always adds new widgets at a default position. After adding, right-click your panel → Enter Edit Mode and drag the widget to your preferred spot (e.g. left of the system tray). Plasma has no API for widgets to declare a position automatically.

Updating

kpackagetool6 --type Plasma/Applet --upgrade weather-and-stats

Configuration

Right-click the widget → Configure Weather && Stats

Weather

Setting	Description	Default
Location	City name, geocoded via Open-Meteo	Chicago, IL
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	5 min

System Stats

Setting	Description	Default
CPU temp unit	°F or °C	°C
CPU temp threshold	Temp at which the reading turns red	80°C
Stats refresh	How often to poll system stats	3 sec
CPU temp	Toggle visibility	On
CPU usage	Toggle visibility	On
Memory	Toggle visibility	On
Network	Toggle visibility	On

Appearance

Setting	Description	Default
Nerd Font icons	Disable for plain Unicode symbol fallback	On

How it works

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

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

License

GPL-2.0 — see metadata.json for the declaration.