/system-monitoring-center

GTK and Python based, system performance and usage monitoring tool

Primary LanguagePythonGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

System Monitoring Center

Multi-featured system monitor

*** Announcement (31.10.2023): End of support for System Monitoring Center v2.x.x. The project is ended. System Monitoring Center 12.2020-10.2023. ***

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Features:

  • Detailed system performance and usage usage monitoring/managing features:
    • Monitoring CPU, RAM, Disk, Network, GPU hardware/usage information
    • Monitoring and managing processes and services (systemd)
    • Monitoring users, sensors and general system information
  • Supports PolicyKit. No need to run the application with "sudo"
  • Hardware selection options (selecting CPU cores, disks, network cards, GPUs)
  • Plotting performance data of multiple devices at the same time
  • Interactive charts for querying performance data on any point
  • Option for showing processes as tree or list
  • Optimized for low CPU usage
  • Customization menus for almost all tabs
  • Supports ARM architecture
  • Hardware accelerated GUI
  • Free and open source

Installation:

  • There are several options for using System Monitoring Center:
    • Installing from Flatpak (Details)
    • Installing from application stores (Pardus Application Center, Pi-Apps Store)
    • Installing from repositories of distributions
    • Installing from PyPI as a Python package. There will be no new packages on PyPI (Details)
    • Running from source code:
      • For SMC v2: in src/ folder, run: python3 ./run_from_source.py
      • For SMC v1: in src/ folder, run: python3 ./Main.py

Dependencies:

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Dependencies

There is no need to install these dependencies for installing the application from Flatpak. For other installation types:

  • For System Monitoring Center v2.x.x:

    • dmidecode, gir1.2-adw-1, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gtk-4.0, gir1.2-pango-1.0, hwdata, iproute2, python3 (>=3.6), python3-cairo, python3-gi, python3-gi-cairo, util-linux (>=2.31)
  • For System Monitoring Center v1.x.x:

    • dmidecode, hwdata, iproute2, procps (>=3.3), python3 (>=3.6), python3-cairo, python3-gi, python3-gi-cairo, util-linux (>=2.31)
  • Following dependencies may be required on some systems:

    • libcairo2-dev (for systems with .deb packages)
    • polkit (for Arch Linux)
  • Optional dependencies:

    • vcgencmd (for physical RAM size, GPU frequency and video memory information on Raspberry Pi devices)
    • x11-xserver-utils or xorg-xrandr (for more accurate screen resolution and refresh rate detection of System Monitoring Center v1.x.x)

Limitations and Known Issues:

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Limitations

  • GPU usage information availability depends on vendor/driver.
  • GPU load is not tracked if GPU tab is switched off (for lower CPU usage).
  • Virtual machines may not provide CPU min-max frequencies, sensors and RAM hardware information.
  • Non-Flatpak versions of the application has higher performance (start speed, CPU, RAM usage).
  • GTK4 (used for SMC v2) consumes about 2x RAM when compared to GTK3 (used for SMC v1).
  • Running SMC v1 after SMC v2 resets application settings

Known Issues

  • Expander/Collapser arrows do not work sometimes if processes are listes as tree (Processes tab). Issue

  • Tab customization menus are not closed when clicked outside of the popover menu after using a dropdown menu on the popover menu.

    • This is a GTK4 bug. These menus can be closed by using Esc key.

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