cryptik - the cryptocurrency ticker

a cli application for displaying the current price of a cryptocurrency, designed (but not limited) to be ran in conky. cryptik supports multiple exchanges and multiple currencies.

Install

Install via pip or pipx: pipx install cryptik or view the cryptik gitlab page.

Setup

cryptik can be ran by passing all options in during the call or you can set up a config file to specify defaults.

Running

You can run cryptik directly from the terminal to get current prices:

1$ cryptik
2BTMP:BTC $29511.55 @19:57

You can also call cryptic from within conky:

1...
2$hr${font}
3Mail: ${new_mails}/${mails}${if_existing /tmp/.networkstatup}
4${color2}${texeci 600 cryptik}${color}
5Shortcuts List: A+F1
6${hr}
7...

Which produces a result similar to the following in conky: