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 * [Battery Indicator (UPower)](https://github.com/stefano-m/awesome-power_widget)
 * [[Google Play Music Desktop Player|recipes/gpmdp]]
 * [Set of simple widgets](https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets) - widgets for battery, cpu, brightness, volume, email, etc.
+* [Microphone state](../recipes/mic)
 
 ## Libraries
 
diff --git a/recipes/mic.lua b/recipes/mic.lua
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+--[[
+
+        Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
+        * (c) 2021, bzgec
+
+
+# Microphone state widget/watcher
+This widget can be used to display the current microphone status.
+
+## Requirements
+- `amixer` - this command is used to get and toggle microphone state
+
+## Usage
+- Download [mic.lua](https://awesomewm.org/recipes/mic.lua) file and put it into awesome's
+  folder (like `~/.config/awesome/widgets/mic.lua`)
+- Add widget to `theme.lua`:
+
+  ```lua
+  local widgets = {
+      mic = require("widgets/mic"),
+  }
+  theme.mic = widgets.mic({
+      timeout = 10,
+      settings = function(self)
+          if self.state == "muted" then
+              self.widget:set_image(theme.widget_micMuted)
+          else
+              self.widget:set_image(theme.widget_micUnmuted)
+          end
+      end
+  })
+  local widget_mic = wibox.widget { theme.mic.widget, layout = wibox.layout.align.horizontal }
+  ```
+
+- Create a shortcut to toggle microphone state (add to `rc.lua`):
+
+  ```lua
+  -- Toggle microphone state
+  awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "m",
+            function ()
+                beautiful.mic:toggle()
+            end,
+            {description = "Toggle microphone (amixer)", group = "Hotkeys"}
+  ),
+  ```
+
+- You can also add a command to mute the microphone state on boot. Add this to your `rc.lua`:
+
+  ```lua
+  -- Mute microphone on boot
+  beautiful.mic:mute()
+  ```
+
+--]]
+
+
+local awful   = require("awful")
+local naughty = require("naughty")
+local gears   = require("gears")
+local wibox   = require("wibox")
+
+local function factory(args)
+    local args = args or {}
+
+    local mic = {
+        widget   = args.widget or wibox.widget.imagebox(),
+        settings = args.settings or function(self) end,
+        timeout  = args.timeout or 10,
+        timer    = gears.timer,
+        state    = "",
+    }
+
+    function mic:mute()
+        awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("amixer set Capture nocap",
+            function()
+                self:update()
+            end
+        )
+    end
+
+    function mic:unmute()
+        awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("amixer set Capture cap",
+            function()
+                self:update()
+            end
+        )
+    end
+
+    function mic:toggle()
+        awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("amixer set Capture toggle",
+            function()
+                self:update()
+            end
+        )
+    end
+
+    function mic:pressed(button)
+        if button == 1 then
+            self:toggle()
+        end
+    end
+
+    function mic:update()
+        -- Check that timer has started
+        if self.timer.started then
+            self.timer:emit_signal("timeout")
+        end
+    end
+
+    -- Read `amixer get Capture` command and try to `grep` all "[on]" lines.
+    --   - If there are lines with "[on]" then assume microphone is "unmuted".
+    --   - If there are NO lines with "[on]" then assume microphone is "muted".
+    mic, mic.timer = awful.widget.watch(
+        "bash -c \"amixer get Capture | grep '\\[on\\]'\"",
+        mic.timeout,
+        function(self, stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
+            local current_micState = "error"
+
+            if exitcode == 1 then
+                -- Exit code 1 - no line selected
+                current_micState = "muted"
+            elseif exitcode == 0 then
+                -- Exit code 0 - a line is selected
+                current_micState = "unmuted"
+            else
+                -- Other exit code (2) - error occurred
+                current_micState = "error"
+            end
+
+            -- Compare new and old state
+            if current_micState ~= self.state then
+                if current_micState == "muted" then
+                    naughty.notify({preset=naughty.config.presets.normal,
+                                    title="mic widget info",
+                                    text='muted'})
+                elseif current_micState == "unmuted" then
+                    naughty.notify({preset=naughty.config.presets.normal,
+                                    title="mic widget info",
+                                    text='unmuted'})
+                else
+                    naughty.notify({preset=naughty.config.presets.critical,
+                                    title="mic widget error",
+                                    text='Error on "amixer get Capture | grep \'\\[on\\]\'"'})
+                end
+
+                -- Store new microphone state
+                self.state = current_micState
+            end
+
+            -- Call user/theme defined function
+            self:settings()
+        end,
+        mic  -- base_widget (passed in callback function as first parameter)
+    )
+
+    -- add mouse click
+    mic.widget:connect_signal("button::press", function(c, _, _, button)
+        mic:pressed(button)
+    end)
+
+    return mic
+end
+
+return factory
diff --git a/recipes/mic.mdwn b/recipes/mic.mdwn
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+# Microphone state widget/watcher
+This widget can be used to display the current microphone status.
+
+## Requirements
+- `amixer` - this command is used to get and toggle microphone state
+
+## Usage
+- Download [mic.lua](https://awesomewm.org/recipes/mic.lua) file and put it into awesome's
+  folder (like `~/.config/awesome/widgets/mic.lua`)
+- Add widget to `theme.lua`:
+
+  ```lua
+  local widgets = {
+      mic = require("widgets/mic"),
+  }
+  theme.mic = widgets.mic({
+      timeout = 10,
+      settings = function(self)
+          if self.state == "muted" then
+              self.widget:set_image(theme.widget_micMuted)
+          else
+              self.widget:set_image(theme.widget_micUnmuted)
+          end
+      end
+  })
+  local widget_mic = wibox.widget { theme.mic.widget, layout = wibox.layout.align.horizontal }
+  ```
+
+- Create a shortcut to toggle microphone state (add to `rc.lua`):
+
+  ```lua
+  -- Toggle microphone state
+  awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "m",
+            function ()
+                beautiful.mic:toggle()
+            end,
+            {description = "Toggle microphone (amixer)", group = "Hotkeys"}
+  ),
+  ```
+
+- You can also add a command to mute the microphone state on boot. Add this to your `rc.lua`:
+
+  ```lua
+  -- Mute microphone on boot
+  beautiful.mic:mute()
+  ```