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brndnmtthws/conky

Light-weight system monitor for X, Wayland, and other things, too observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/brndnmtthws/conky · homepage · C++ · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) 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

Full methodology

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

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
brndnmtthws/conkymain90

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