Monitorets is a compact graphical application that displays essential system resource information in a small desktop window. It resembles a desktop applet or widget rather than a traditional system monitor, making it useful for keeping an eye on resource consumption while working.
The application focuses on providing a quick overview of selected statistics. Instead of presenting comprehensive lists of processes and hardware properties, Monitorets concentrates on the measurements that users want to see throughout the day.
Its configurable interface allows monitoring components to be shown or hidden according to individual preferences. A user might want to follow processor and memory consumption, while another might be more interested in network traffic, storage availability or temperature readings.
Monitorets can be arranged horizontally or vertically, allowing its compact display to fit alongside other desktop windows. This makes it particularly useful when monitoring hardware activity during an extended task without repeatedly opening a full system monitor.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays current CPU utilisation.
- Offers experimental GPU monitoring, depending on hardware and driver support.
- Shows physical memory and swap consumption.
- Displays incoming and outgoing network traffic separately.
- Monitors available storage space in the user’s home directory.
- Shows storage usage for the root filesystem.
- Provides CPU pressure information.
- Displays memory and I/O pressure statistics.
- Supports available hardware temperature sensors.
- Allows individual monitoring components to be enabled or disabled.
- Offers horizontal and vertical arrangements for its monitoring interface.
- Provides selectable light and dark colour themes.
- Uses a compact design suited to persistent desktop monitoring.
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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