Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Conky

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. subtitle

The top open-source alternatives to Conky are Rainmeter, glances system monitoring, and Netdata. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Rainmeter Landing Page
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Rainmeter

Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Device Management #Monitoring Tools #System Information 6 social mentions
glances system monitoring Landing Page
2

glances system monitoring

Glances is a cross-platform system monitoring tool written in Python. Written in Python, Glances will run on almost any plaftorm : GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OS X and Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 21 social mentions
Netdata Landing Page
3

Netdata

Monitor your servers, containers, and applications, in high-resolution and in real-time.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $3.0 / Monthly (Netdata Pro, $3 /Node /mo - Netdata Business, $4 /Node /mo )
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Incident Management 5 social mentions
Stacer Landing Page
4

Stacer

Ubuntu system optimizer
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring
gtop Landing Page
5

gtop

System monitoring dashboard for terminal
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 2 social mentions
Zabbix Landing Page
6

Zabbix

Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions
Prometheus Landing Page
7

Prometheus

An open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management 224 social mentions
Process Hacker Landing Page
8

Process Hacker

Process Hacker is a feature-packed tool for manipulating processes and services on your computer.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #File Sharing 39 social mentions
px app Landing Page
9

px app

ps and top for human beings
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Command Line Tools #Linux #Console Application
Stats Landing Page
10

Stats

Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Mac Tools #Device Management 94 social mentions
psutil Landing Page
11

psutil

psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 1 social mentions
Ruler for Windows Landing Page
12

Ruler for Windows

It's a screen ruler for Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Tool #Online Services #Affiliate Marketing 2 social mentions