An Accessible, Lighweight and Beginner-Friendly System Resource Monitor Interface for Linux

A desktop application built using Python, PyQt6, and pyqtgraph for real-time visualization and data management.

Features

• Interactive PyQt6-based GUI
• Real-time graphs using pyqtgraph
• Modular frontend and backend
• Easy setup using Python virtual environments

Installation

1. Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/DPCS3810/project-1-another1bytesthedust.git
cd project-1-another1bytesthedust

2. Create virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv

4. On Linux environment:

source venv/bin/activate

This activates the virtual environment. Once activated, your terminal prompt should start like (venv)

4. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt   

5. Build backend (Make)

cd ~/Downloads/project-1-another1bytesthedust-main && \
rm -rf backend/build && \
cmake -S "$(pwd)/backend" -B "$(pwd)/backend/build" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && \
cmake --build "$(pwd)/backend/build" -- -j"$(nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null)" && \
echo "Build complete! Run: ./backend/build/system_monitor"

6. Run! python3 frontend/main.py

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your system:

• Python 3.8+
• pip (Python package manager)
• git

To verify:

bash
python3 --version
pip --version
git --version

File Structure

> backend
    > build
        build files...
    > include
        > nlohmann
            json.hpp
        cpu.hpp
        memory.hpp
        process.hpp
        disk.hpp
        network.hpp
    > src
        main.cpp
        cpu.cpp
        memory.cpp
        process.cpp
        disk.cpp
        network.cpp
    CMakeLists.txt
> dist
    final executable
> frontend
    main.py
    backend_reader.py
    cpu_tab.py
    gauge.py
    graph_utils.py
    process_table_model.py
    range_proxy_model.py
    srm.ui
    table_widgets.py
    UI Palette.xml
    ui_helpers.py
.gitignore
README.md
requirements.txt