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sdrtop – terminal monitor for software-defined radio hardware

October 15, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

sdrtop monitors software-defined radios in the terminal with live spectrum, waterfall, RF measurements, signal decoding and IQ recording.

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GtkStressTesting – stress and monitor hardware components

October 3, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

GtkStressTesting is a GTK utility for stressing and monitoring CPU and memory while showing detailed hardware information and sensor data.

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