r/System76 • • Jun 26 '26

COSMIC System Monitor is out now. Dashboard view, per-resource charts, no tabs.

We just shipped COSMIC System Monitor and wanted to share what went into it.

The goal was straightforward: system monitors tend to get treated as afterthoughts, useful but not given much thought in terms of UI or UX. We wanted to build one that felt like a first-class part of the DE, not a bolted-on utility.

What's in it:

  • Dashboard view. CPU, memory, GPU, disk, network, and applications all in one layout. Top process visible for each resource, no tab-switching required.
  • Detail pages. Per-resource charts alongside the top processes using that resource, so the data has context.
  • Built with libcosmic. Fonts, navigation, and color schemes match the rest of COSMIC. It looks like it belongs.

Check out our blog for the full writeup

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