Evisum is a system monitor using Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).
It was written organically and took many hours and a lot of manual reading to implement. It’s pretty and pays homage to FOSS applications from the 90s. Support for processes, process, CPU, memory, sensors and networking.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, FreeBSD, DragonFlyBSD and OpenBSD with equal feature parity
Website: github.com/haxworx/evisum
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Developer: Alastair Roy Poole
License: BSD License

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