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Terminal system resource monitor for hybrid LLM workloads

81 starsRust

Ktop – a themed terminal monitor for GPU, CPU, RAM, temps and OOM kills

by brontoguana·Feb 21, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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●●SolidSolve My ProblemEye Candy

Monitors GPU+CPU+memory in one themed terminal view—leaner than Glances.

Strengths
  • •Combines NVIDIA + AMD GPU monitoring with network stats in unified TUI (rare gap)
  • •50 color themes with live preview and persistence; eye candy for a sysmon tool
  • •Claims lower CPU overhead than Glances (testable claim, not just marketing)
Weaknesses
  • •Linux-only; Windows/macOS users excluded despite LLM popularity across all platforms
  • •Audience is niche: LLM builders who want prettier sysmon, not broader infra market
Target Audience

ML engineers running local LLMs, DevOps, anyone monitoring resource-intensive workloads on Linux

Similar To

Glances · Btop · vtop

Post Description

I built a terminal system monitor that fills a gap I kept hitting when running local LLMs: GPU usage and memory (for both NVidia and AMD) alongside CPU usage and memory, temps, upload, download and OOM kill tracking. All in one view with 50 colour themes.

Consumes less cpu usage than glances (in my testing).

One line install.

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