Monitorets is a small utility application offering a simple and quick view at the usage of several of your computer resources.
It’s almost like an applet or a widget for your Linux desktop.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Configurable – choose which resources to view:
- CPU.
- GPU.
- Memory.
- Swap.
- Network downlink traffic.
- Network uplink traffic.
- Home folder ( ~ ) space.
- Root ( / ) space.
- CPU, Memory and I/O pressure.
- Temperature sensors.
- Select between horizontal and vertical layout.
- Choose Light or Dark theme.
Website: github.com/jorchube/monitorets
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Developer: Jordi Chulia
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Monitorets is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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