brndnmtthws/conky
Light-weight system monitor for X, Wayland, and other things, too observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
90/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 77
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 32
- age_days: 4998
- days_rel: 76
- days_push: 26
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
8485 stars · 666 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Conky is a lightweight, highly configurable system monitor that displays system statistics and other information directly on your desktop. It supports X11 and Wayland, offers 300+ built-in objects, and can be extended with Lua, Imlib2, and Cairo.
Use cases
- display cpu and memory usage on my linux desktop
- show a system stats widget on wayland
- monitor network traffic and disk usage in real time
- customize a desktop hud with lua scripts
- show music player info like mpd on my desktop
- lightweight alternative to heavy system monitors
When to choose
- you want a lightweight, scriptable desktop system monitor on Linux/BSD/macOS
- you need customizable widgets with Lua, Cairo, or Imlib2 drawing
- you want stats output to console, file, or HTTP instead of a GUI
When to avoid
- you need full-featured graphical dashboards with charts and alerting
- you require a cross-platform monitor with first-class Windows support
- you want a point-and-click monitoring tool without config-file editing
Facets
application · maturity active
monitoring gui terminal-ui monitoring desktop-applications operating-systems developer-tools bsd cross-platform system-monitor wayland x11 lua-scripting desktop-widget cairo imlib2 system-stats linux macos docker
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky · fetched 2026-08-28 · b77db50922be
- homepage: https://conky.cc · fetched 2026-08-29 · b3760f795059
- site_page: https://conky.cc/documents/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0bd3fef8fc52
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| brndnmtthws/conky | main | 90 |
For agents
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