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Conky VS Venmon

Compare Conky VS Venmon and see what are their differences

Conky logo Conky

Latest commit 262a292 on Dec 7, 2017 brndnmtthws Add missing build dep. Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop.

Venmon logo Venmon

Compact size system resources monitoring utility and multi-ping tool for Windows
  • Conky Landing page
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    2023-09-21
  • Venmon Website
    Website //
    2024-03-31
  • Venmon System Tab
    System Tab //
    2024-03-31
  • Venmon Processor Tab
    Processor Tab //
    2024-03-31
  • Venmon Graphics Tab
    Graphics Tab //
    2024-03-31
  • Venmon Storage Tab
    Storage Tab //
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  • Venmon Network Tab
    Network Tab //
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  • Venmon Ping Tab
    Ping Tab //
    2024-03-31
  • Venmon Settings Tab
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  • Venmon About Tab
    About Tab //
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  • Venmon Mini Window
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Venmon is a system resource monitoring and multi-ping tool for Windows. It can monitor system memory, processor, battery life, uptime, idle time, network traffic, and drives. It uses minimal processing power and memory usage while displaying real-time statistics. Venmon can run in portable mode, such as off a USB stick and does not require the installation of runtime modules such as .Net, Java, C++. Freeware with no bundled malware or advertisements.

Conky

Website
github.com
Pricing URL
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$ Details
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Platforms
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Release Date
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Venmon

$ Details
free
Platforms
Windows
Release Date
2023 November

Conky videos

Conky System Info for Ham Radio Digital Operators

More videos:

  • Review - LEGO Conky Robot MOC Review from Pee-Wee's Playhouse #ToyReplay
  • Review - Making Linux Look Good - Conky First-Time Setup - Live Stream

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Conky and Venmon)
Monitoring Tools
74 74%
26% 26
Command Line Tools
100 100%
0% 0
Log Management
53 53%
47% 47
Tool
100 100%
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Conky seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 42 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Conky mentions (42)

  • An app to count down till certain day
    Maybe put something like echo $(($(date -d 24-Dec +%j) - $(date +%j))) days into your bashrc. Conky should be able to display it nicely on the desktop. Source: 10 months ago
  • Do you plan on adding widgets to your desktop in Sonoma?
    What I could go for is something like Conky (https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky). Source: 12 months ago
  • Give Wayland a shot, don't base your opinion off of 2013 articles!
    Funny meme btw. Personally, I use xorg with 3 displays. Fortunately, the resolution is same on all screens (full HD). I use Komorebi for live wallpapers and conky for sidebar. It works flawlessly. Source: 12 months ago
  • Issue in hyprland
    If you are using Wayland, then you may want to do some searches related to "wayland conky transparency" and see what results. Also, if you are using wayland, you will want to be sure you are using the latest possible version of conky, as close to 1.18.x or 1.19.2 as possible, as wayland support is a relatively new addition to conky. If you are on the latest or a late version and are also using the wayland video... Source: 12 months ago
  • I need a small tool to monitor the CPU temperature and Fans RPM in Fedora 38
    Conky is the best.... you can set whatever info you like and display the info in many style..... Source: 12 months ago
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Venmon mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Venmon yet. Tracking of Venmon recommendations started around Mar 2021.

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