Variable	Explanation
alignment	Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, bottom_left, bottom_right, or none
background	Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started
on_bottom	Set conky on the bottom of all other applications
border_margin	Border margin in pixels
border_width	Border width in pixels
cpu_avg_samples	The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring
default_color	Default color and border color
default_shade_color	Default shading color and border's shading color
default_outline_color	Default outline color
double_buffer	Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recommended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be so big.
draw_borders	Draw borders around text?
draw_shades	Draw shades?
draw_outline	Draw outlines?
font	Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font
gap_x	Gap between right or left border of screen, same as passing -x at command line
gap_y	Gap between top or bottom border of screen, same as passing -y at command line
no_buffers	Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?
mail_spool	Mail spool for mail checking
maximum_width	Maximum width of window
minimum_size	Minimum size of window
mldonkey_hostname	Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
mldonkey_port	Mldonkey port, 4001 default
mldonkey_login	Mldonkey login, default none
mldonkey_password	Mldonkey password, default none
mpd_host	Host of MPD server
mpd_port	Port of MPD server
mpd_password	MPD server password
net_avg_samples	The number of samples to average for net data
override_utf8_locale	Force UTF8? requires XFT
own_window	Boolean, create own window to draw?
own_window_transparent	Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?
own_window_colour	If own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour (defaults to black). Takes either a hex value (#ffffff) or a valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)
out_to_console	Print text to stdout.
pad_percents	Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)
stippled_borders	Border stippling (dashing) in pixels
total_run_times	Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting. Zero makes Conky run forever
update_interval	Update interval in seconds
uppercase	Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case
use_spacer	Adds spaces after certain objects to stop them from moving other things around. Note that this only helps if you are using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.
use_xft	Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
min_port_monitors	Allow for the creation of at least this number of port monitors (if 0 or not set, default is 16)
min_port_monitor_connections	Allow each port monitor to track at least this many connections (if 0 or not set, default is 256)
TEXT	After this begins text to be formatted on screen