For openSUSE Tumbleweed run the following as root:
zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ur4ltz:I3Soft/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:ur4ltz:I3Soft.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install i3status
For openSUSE Leap 15.2 run the following as root:
zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ur4ltz:I3Soft/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/home:ur4ltz:I3Soft.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install i3status
For openSUSE Leap 15.1 run the following as root:
zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ur4ltz:I3Soft/openSUSE_Leap_15.1/home:ur4ltz:I3Soft.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install i3status
For openSUSE Factory run the following as root:
zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ur4ltz:I3Soft/openSUSE_Factory/home:ur4ltz:I3Soft.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install i3status