A Python script that displays the current Org-mode clock status in Waybar (Sway/Wayland status bar). Shows the active task name and elapsed time, or "No active clock" when nothing is being tracked.

waybar-emacs-orgmode-clocks.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import subprocess
import json

def get_current_clock():
    try:
        # Elisp to get current clock info with elapsed time
        elisp_command = '''
        (if (org-clock-is-active)
            (format "%s [%s]"
                (let ((heading org-clock-heading))
                    (if (> (length heading) 30)
                        (concat (substring heading 0 27) "...")
                        heading))
                (org-duration-from-minutes
                    (floor (org-time-convert-to-integer
                        (time-subtract (current-time) org-clock-start-time))
                        60)))
            "No active clock")
        '''

        # Run emacsclient to query running Emacs instance
        result = subprocess.run(
            ["emacsclient", "-e", elisp_command],
            capture_output=True,
            text=True,
            timeout=1
        )

        # Clean up the output
        output = result.stdout.strip().replace('"', '')

        # JSON format for waybar
        return {
            "text": output,
            "class": "active" if output != "No active clock" else "inactive",
            "tooltip": output
        }
    except Exception as e:
        return {
            "text": "Error",
            "class": "error",
            "tooltip": str(e)
        }

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(json.dumps(get_current_clock()))

Waybar Org-mode Clock Module

A Python script that displays the current Org-mode clock status in Waybar (Sway/Wayland status bar). Shows the active task name and elapsed time, or "No active clock" when nothing is being tracked.

Requires:

• Running Emacs daemon
• Waybar - emacsclient
• org-mode

Usage:

• Add to Waybar config as a custom module to monitor your Org-mode time tracking directly in your status bar.