Plasma System Monitor

KDE's desktop application for monitoring system sensors, running processes and resource usage on Linux.

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About Plasma System Monitor

Plasma System Monitor is the KDE tool for watching what a Linux machine is doing. It shows system sensors, process information and other resource usage, such as CPU, memory and network activity, in customizable pages.

It ships with the Plasma desktop and is released alongside it, and it can be installed through Discover, other AppStream stores or a distribution's package manager. It fits best on a KDE Plasma desktop but is a regular Linux application.

Strengths

  • Shows sensors, processes and resource usage in one window
  • Customizable monitoring pages
  • Available through Discover and distribution package managers
  • Released together with KDE Plasma

Limitations

  • Linux only
  • Most at home on a KDE Plasma desktop

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source, developed by the KDE community.
License
GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
Developer
KDE
Platforms
Linux
How it runs
Downloadable app
Account
Not required
Works offline
Yes
Best suited for
KDE Plasma users who want a graphical task manager and resource monitor
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

Alternatives to Plasma System Monitor

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Software that can replace Plasma System Monitor for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.

  • GNOME System Monitor

    GNOME's process viewer and resource monitor for checking CPU, memory, network and file system usage.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    GNOME System Monitor is designed for GNOME and offers a simpler task manager with resource graphs and less detail than specialised tools.

  • Mission Center

    A Linux system monitor that looks like the Windows Task Manager, which is exactly the point.

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    Mission Center uses a Windows Task Manager style GTK4 interface with GPU usage for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA, distributed as AppImage and Flathub.

  • Resources

    A GNOME app that shows CPU, memory, GPU, network, storage and battery usage and manages processes.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Resources is a GNOME app covering CPU, memory, GPU, network, storage and battery with process management, best on GNOME.

  • NeoHtop

    Inspect running processes in a desktop system monitor.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    NeoHtop is an MIT-licensed desktop process monitor that also runs on Windows and macOS, with CPU and memory views and process search.

  • htop

    Interactive process viewer for the terminal.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    htop is a terminal process viewer for killing, renicing and filtering processes, with no historical graphing or sensor pages.

  • btop++

    A terminal resource monitor that looks good enough to leave open, with processes, CPU, memory, disks, network and GPUs.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    btop moves monitoring into a terminal, adding GPU graphs and working over SSH, and also runs on macOS.

  • bottom

    A graphical system monitor for the terminal, with charts for CPU, memory, network, temperature and disk over time.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    bottom is an MIT-licensed terminal monitor charting CPU, memory, network, temperature and disk over time on Linux, macOS and Windows.

  • Glances

    A cross-platform system monitor that runs in a terminal, in a browser, or as an API feeding a dashboard.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand lineWeb

    Glances runs in a terminal or browser across Linux, macOS and Windows, and also monitors Docker and Podman containers.

Plasma System Monitor as an alternative

Listings that name Plasma System Monitor as an alternative.

  • lm-sensors

    Linux command-line utilities and a library for reading hardware temperature, voltage and fan sensors.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    Plasma System Monitor shows sensors in a graphical KDE window alongside processes and resource usage, and fits best on a Plasma desktop.

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