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rdmatop – terminal monitor for RDMA network traffic

September 16, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

rdmatop monitors RDMA network throughput, device counters, packet drops, retransmissions and process activity in a terminal.

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25 Best Free and Open Source Linux System Monitoring Tools

August 22, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

System monitoring can help identify problems before they escalate to emergency status.

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Coroot – observability platform

August 18, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Coroot is an observability platform that turns metrics, logs, traces, and profiles into actionable insights.

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openITCOCKPIT – system monitoring platform

August 18, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

openITCOCKPIT is a system monitoring platform designed to provide a central interface for monitoring IT infrastructure.

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Monitor System

12 Best Free and Open Source GUI Tools for System Resources Monitoring in Linux

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

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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Monitor System

26 Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to the Top Utility

May 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

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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ESSH – persistent SSH sessions with terminal health dashboards

May 30, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

ESSH manages persistent SSH shells using OpenSSH and tmux, with reconnection, host health dashboards, themes and multiple sessions.

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Monitor System

CoreX – graphical hardware and sensor monitor

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

CoreX monitors Linux hardware sensors with customisable device dashboards, real-time charts and a configurable floating desktop widget.

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Monitor System

Usage – analyse system resources and storage

March 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Usage is a GNOME utility for checking CPU, memory, network activity and storage usage, with accessible views of running applications.

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Monitor System

Xtop – TUI system monitor

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Xtop is a Rust terminal system monitor with live resource graphs, process search, custom layouts, themes and configurable alerts.

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Monitor System

bb – process viewer

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

bb is a lightweight Rust process viewer with process-tree navigation, searching, sorting, highlighting and direct process signalling.

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Beszel – lightweight server monitoring platform

December 6, 2025 Steve Emms Software

Beszel is a lightweight server monitoring platform that includes Docker statistics, historical data, and alert functions.

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Monitor System

sot – system observation tool

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

sot is a Python terminal system observation tool with live resource graphs and straightforward installation through pipx or uv on Linux.

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Monitor System

xosview2 – configurable X11 system resource monitor

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Xosview2 provides X11 system resource meters for CPU, memory, disk, network, interrupts and more, with flexible graphs and layouts.

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Selection of utilities

alram – alarm for RAM

November 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

alram monitors available Linux RAM, displays low-memory notifications and can terminate selected processes using a configurable threshold.

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Utility

socktop – terminal-based remote system monitor

September 15, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI, Utilities

socktop is a remote system monitor with a rich TUI, inspired by top/btop, talking to a lightweight agent over WebSockets.

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Essential System Utils

psrecord – record the CPU and memory activity of a process

August 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

psrecord monitors process CPU and memory usage, recording time-series data, CSV logs and plots, with optional child-process tracking.

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System Administration

jdSystemMonitor is a desktop-independent system monitor for Linux

May 5, 2025 Steve Emms Reviews, System Software

jdSystemMonitor aims to provide as much information about your system as possible, focusing on process management.

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HyperDX – observability platform

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

HyperDX is a cloud-based production monitoring and debugging tool that allows you to correlate logs, metrics, traces, and user sessions

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Jaeger – distributed tracing system

February 25, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Jaeger is a distributed tracing platform which lets you monitor and troubleshoot distributed workflows.

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