Saidar is a curses-based open source application for viewing the system statistics available through libstatgrab. Statistics include CPU, processes, load, memory, swap, network I/O, disk I/O, and file system information.
Saidar is included as part of libstatgrab, a library that provides cross platform access to statistics about the system on which it is run. It is written in C and presents a selection of useful interfaces which can be used to access key system statistics.
The current list of supported and tested platforms includes FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, DragonFly BSD, HP-UX and AIX.
Key Features
- Statistics include CPU, processes, load, memory, swap, network I/O, disk I/O, and file system information.
- Colour support.
Website: libstatgrab.org
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Peter Saunders, Adam Sampson, Tim Bishop, Jens Rehsack
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Saidar is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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