socktop is a terminal-based system monitor designed to display performance information from local and remote computers.
It uses a lightweight monitoring agent to collect system statistics and communicate with the terminal client over WebSockets. This allows administrators to examine resource consumption on another computer without opening a conventional remote desktop session.
The interface brings together CPU, memory, storage, processes and network activity in a single dashboard. It is useful for monitoring servers, small computers and other systems that are administered remotely.
Unlike network-specific monitoring tools, socktop provides a wider picture of system health. Its network information forms one part of a broader resource monitoring interface.
The program also offers local monitoring facilities and supports encrypted connections to remote agents.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Monitors remote computers through a lightweight agent using WebSocket connections.
- Supports encrypted WebSocket connections with TLS certificate verification.
- Displays overall CPU utilisation and per-core activity.
- Shows CPU and memory consumption for individual processes.
- Provides memory and swap usage gauges.
- Displays filesystem and disk utilisation statistics.
- Monitors network throughput for individual interfaces.
- Includes sparklines and peak traffic indicators.
- Offers optional GPU and temperature monitoring where supported.
- Interactive process list with sorting and scrolling.
- Supports authenticated remote monitoring with access tokens.
- Provides saved connection profiles and configurable update intervals.
- Includes a compact display mode for smaller terminal windows.
- Supports local process termination without exposing that capability through the remote agent.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/jasonwitty/socktop
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Developer: Jason Witty
License: MIT License
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