# paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet

Display system informations in gnome shell status bar, such as memory usage, cpu usage, network rates…

Repository: https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-03-11T06:20:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 27/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 10, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5584, "days_push": 540, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1769, forks 333 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:33.783607+00:00)

## What it is
A GNOME Shell extension that displays system information such as CPU usage, memory usage, and network rates directly in the GNOME Shell status bar. This original repository is deprecated in favor of a fork (gnome-shell-system-monitor-next-applet) supporting GNOME Shell 40+.

## Use cases
- show cpu and memory usage in gnome top bar
- monitor network rates from the gnome shell status bar
- display system stats without opening a separate monitor app
- monitor nvidia gpu memory in gnome shell
- install a system monitor extension on ubuntu gnome

## When to choose
- you run GNOME Shell 3.26 to 40 and want system stats in the status bar
- you want a lightweight in-shell alternative to gnome-system-monitor

## When to avoid
- you run GNOME Shell 40 or later - use the mgalgs fork instead
- you need a full graphical system monitor with charts and process management

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, developer-tools
- domain: monitoring, desktop-applications, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: gnome-shell-extension, system-monitor, status-bar, cpu-usage, memory-usage, network-monitoring, deprecated, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet (main) score 27

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.783607+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:26:06.623269+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.783607+00:00, sha 51eb1eaeec8d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.