Steam Friends

August 2, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

A dankbar widget to show the number of friends online and a popout to tell you who!

Screenshot

Popout

Horizontal Pill (text off) Horizontal Pill (text on)

Features

  • Sort by status or by user name, with an icon-only sort/refresh toolbar
  • Shows which friends are online and their status (Online, Away, Busy, Snooze, Looking to Trade, Looking to Play), each with its own colored status dot
  • If in a game, shows which game, with friends grouped by game when sorted by status
  • Game group headers show the game's Steam capsule art and are clickable, opening that game's store page
  • Friend avatars shown next to each entry
  • Click a friend to open a Steam chat with them
  • "Last updated" timestamp shown in the popout
  • Optional toggle to show/hide the "Friends Online" text in the bar, leaving just the icon and count
  • Clear error banner shown in the popout if a fetch fails (bad API key, network issue, etc.) instead of silently showing nothing

Installation

Very easy, just do one of the following:

  • Go to danklinux.com/plugins and search for it, then click 'Install'
  • Open DMS settings > plugins > browse > seach > Install
  • On the GitHub page > Code > Download Zip > extract it to: ~/.config/DankMaterialShell/plugins

Setup

Your going to need two things for this to work:

  • Steam API - You can get your own Steam API key from here: Steam API
  • Steam ID - You can findout your Steam ID here: Steam ID Then enter both of these in the Steam Friends Plugin on the DMS settings.
  • Now open DMS settings > plugins > then enter the API and ID into the Steam Friends plugin settings

Author

Created by banicans