The R.A.P.L. GROUP System Monitor is a lightweight, customizable, and open-source application designed to display real-time performance statistics of your CPU, RAM, and NVIDIA GPUs. It runs as a small, frameless window that can be placed on any monitor, making it ideal for multi-monitor setups or as a subtle overlay.
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Real-time Monitoring: Displays CPU usage, temperature, frequency, RAM usage, and NVIDIA GPU usage, temperature, and VRAM.
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Customizable Visibility: Toggle the visibility of entire sections (CPU, RAM, GPUs) or individual metrics (e.g., CPU frequency, GPU VRAM).
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Adjustable Refresh Rate: Choose between Fast (0.5s), Normal (1.5s), and Slow (3s) update intervals.
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Window Customization:
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Frameless Design: No standard window title bar.
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Adjustable Transparency: Control the window's opacity.
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Always on Top: Keep the monitor window visible above other applications.
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Click-through Mode: Make the window transparent to mouse clicks for seamless interaction with applications beneath it.
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Draggable: Easily reposition the window by dragging (when click-through is disabled).
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System Tray Integration: Access settings and control the application (show/hide, exit) from a convenient system tray icon.
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Theme Support: Utilizes pyqtdarktheme for various dark and light themes.
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Settings Persistence: Your preferences are saved automatically to your user's AppData directory and loaded on startup.
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Open Source: Free to use, modify, and distribute.
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git clone https://github.com/EmperorHeyman/HardwareMonitor/tree/main
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pip install PyQt5 psutil pynvml pyqtdarktheme WinTmp
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PyQt5: For the graphical user interface.
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psutil: For cross-platform system information.
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pynvml: For NVIDIA GPU monitoring. (Requires NVIDIA GPU drivers installed.)
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pyqtdarktheme: For theme customization.
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WinTmp: For more reliable CPU temperature on Windows.
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python hw_monitor.py
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**Administrator Privileges (for CPU Temp):**For accurate CPU temperature readings, it is recommended to run the application with administrator privileges. Right-click on your hw_monitor.py file (or its shortcut) and select "Run as administrator."
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**Positioning the Window:**Drag the frameless window to your desired position on any monitor (ensure "Enable Click-through" is disabled in settings if you want to drag it).
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Accessing Settings:
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Click the ⚙ (gear) icon in the top-right of the application window.
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Right-click on the system tray icon (looks like a gear) and select "Open Settings".
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Double-click the system tray icon.
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**Click-through Mode:**If you enable "Click-through" in the settings, the application window will become non-interactive to mouse clicks. You must use the system tray icon to open settings or close the app when this mode is active.
Contributions are welcome! If you have ideas for new features, improvements, or bug fixes, feel free to fork the repository on GitHub and submit a pull request.
This project is released under a permissive open-source license. Please refer to the LICENSE.md file for details.
R.A.P.L. GROUP
I was looking for something not demanding, light, and modular that I could just stick on my 3rd monitor and leave it there... I didn't find anything that fit my needs, so I made this.