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# popcorn # Popcorn
Minimal, fast, configurable OSD popup renderer for Linux.
Designed for use with lightweight desktops.
Popcorn shows a small on-screen popup for events like volume, brightness, or battery changes.
It is a **one-shot renderer**: other daemons or scripts call this binary with values and Popcorn displays the popup and exits.
Popcorn uses **Slint** for rendering and supports complete styling through a simple TOML configuration file.
## Features
- Extremely lightweight and fast
- Works perfectly on tiling WMs
- Fully configurable
- Unicode glyphs as icons: Works well with Nerd Fonts.
- Designed to be triggered by scripts, daemons, or key-bindings.
- CLI-supplied dynamic values (icon, percent, colors)
- Config-supplied static styling (size, fonts, colors, position, padding, timeout)
- Resolution-independent placement
## Installation
Install using cargo:
```
cargo install --git https://git.candifloss.cc/candifloss/popcorn.git popcorn
```
Optionally move the binary into your `$PATH`:
```
sudo mv ~/.cargo/bin/popcorn /usr/bin/
```
## Usage
Popcorn is typically invoked by a system daemon, widget, or window manager keybindings. Configure your app or WM keybinding to execute:
```
popcorn --value={percent_value} --icon="{osd_icon}" --color="{hex_color_string}"
```
### Arguments
| Option | Description |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `--value <PERCENT>` | Percentage value for the popup (0 to 100). Used for volume, brightness, battery, etc. |
| `--icon <GLYPH>` | UTF-8 icon glyph. Nerd Fonts recommended. |
| `--color <AARRGGBB>` | Fill color. If omitted, config fallback is used. |
### Example calls
#### Volume change
```
popcorn --value=45 --icon="" --color="ff55aaff" # Normal volume: Bluish color.
```
#### Brightness change
```
popcorn --value=80 --icon="󰃟" # No color specified. Falls back to default.
```
#### Battery status
```
popcorn --value=20 --icon="󰁼" --color="ffcc4444" # Low battery: Reddish color.
```
## Configiration
See the [configuration guide](config.md).
## License
This project is licensed under the **GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 or later**. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of this License.
This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the **GNU General Public License** for more details.
For a copy of the full license, see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file in the project repository.
Simple OSD popups for your desktop