The tools featured in this roundup are targeted at a desktop user who wants to monitor resources being used on their machine.
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Tag: system monitoring
27 Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to the Top Utility
top is a small, venerable utility that offers a dynamic real-time view of a running system. We identify alternatives to top that offer more control in managing processes on a running system.
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qps – Qt process viewer and manager
Qps is a Qt-based process viewer with tree displays, sortable columns, priority controls and detailed inspection of running tasks.
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COSMIC System Monitor – graphical system resource monitor
COSMIC System Monitor tracks CPU, memory, GPU, disk and network activity with live charts, process lists and application controls.
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bootvine – live systemd boot and shutdown visualisation
bootvine visualises systemd startup and shutdown jobs in a live console tree with service timings, dependency context, and failure details.
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Stacer (fork) – Linux system optimizer and monitoring tool
Stacer is a Qt-based Linux system optimiser with resource graphs, service and process controls, startup management and system cleaning.
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smartctl_exporter – Prometheus exporter for storage health monitoring
smartctl_exporter exposes disk health data from smartctl to Prometheus, including temperatures, errors, power-on time and NVMe wear.
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GT-STACER – Linux system optimiser and monitor
GT-STACER provides graphical Linux system monitoring, process management, cleaning, backup, firewall controls and power management.
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rdmatop – terminal monitor for RDMA network traffic
rdmatop monitors RDMA network throughput, device counters, packet drops, retransmissions and process activity in a terminal.
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all-smi – GPU and NPU monitoring for local and remote systems
all-smi monitors GPUs and NPUs on Linux, macOS and Windows with live terminal views, remote cluster monitoring and metrics export.
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25 Best Free and Open Source Linux System Monitoring Tools
System monitoring can help identify problems before they escalate to emergency status.
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Coroot – observability platform
Coroot is an observability platform that turns metrics, logs, traces, and profiles into actionable insights.
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openITCOCKPIT – system monitoring platform
openITCOCKPIT is a system monitoring platform designed to provide a central interface for monitoring IT infrastructure.
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ESSH – persistent SSH sessions with terminal health dashboards
ESSH manages persistent SSH shells using OpenSSH and tmux, with reconnection, host health dashboards, themes and multiple sessions.
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CoreX – graphical hardware and sensor monitor
CoreX monitors Linux hardware sensors with customisable device dashboards, real-time charts and a configurable floating desktop widget.
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Usage – analyse system resources and storage
Usage is a GNOME utility for checking CPU, memory, network activity and storage usage, with accessible views of running applications.
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GPU-T – graphics card information utility
GPU-T identifies AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards on Linux, showing hardware specifications, live sensor readings and graphics API support.
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Xtop – TUI system monitor
Xtop is a Rust terminal system monitor with live resource graphs, process search, custom layouts, themes and configurable alerts.
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bb – process viewer
bb is a lightweight Rust process viewer with process-tree navigation, searching, sorting, highlighting and direct process signalling.
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PeekFetch – interactive terminal hardware information viewer
PeekFetch provides an interactive terminal view of CPU, memory, disk and network information with keyboard navigation and live updates.
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