parwaitbar is a Matlab class that displays a progress bar compatible with for/parfor loops.
If parallel.pool.DataQueue is available, parwaitbar uses the queue to update the waitbar asynchronously.
If parallel.pool.DataQueue is unavailable, parwaitbar creates a temporary text file, saved in the current folder, to communicate information between workers. The file is deleted when the last task is completed.
Basic usage:
N = 100;
wb = parwaitbar(N);
parfor i=1:N
...
wb.progress();
end
See the Github repository for more detailed instructions on how to customize the waitbar.
I don't have a Windows machine at hand to test its compatibility. If you can succesfully test it on a Windows system, I'll be happy to update the platform compatibility.
Cite As
Olivier Trottier (2026). parwaitbar (https://github.com/oliviertrottier/parwaitbar), GitHub. Retrieved .
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Acknowledgements
Inspired by: TimedProgressBar, Progress monitor (progress bar) that works with parfor
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