# diorser/litemonitor

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4,109 stars · 170 forks · C#

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/Diorser/LiteMonitor
- Homepage: https://litemonitor.cn
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/diorser-litemonitor.md

## Topics

`cpu-monitor` `fps-counter` `hardware-monitor` `lightweight` `memory-cleaner` `network-monitor` `plugins` `system-monitor` `taskbar` `web-server` `windows`

## Description

LiteMonitor is a customizable desktop system dashboard and hardware performance monitor. It provides a visual overlay for tracking real-time CPU, GPU, memory, and network metrics, including temperature and power consumption.

The application is an extensible system monitor that uses a modular plugin system to integrate third-party data sources, such as weather, stocks, and cryptocurrency, alongside core hardware telemetry.

The tool includes a theme engine for adjusting colors, fonts, and layout, as well as window management controls for transparency and click-through behavior. It supports system resource visualization through formatted progress bars and alert thresholds that automatically change the color of UI elements when specific hardware limits are exceeded.

## Tags

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Desktop Overlays](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/overlay-rendering-architectures/desktop-overlays.md) — Provides a semi-transparent visual overlay rendered on top of all system windows for real-time monitoring.
- [External Data Plugins](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/integration-extensibility/extensibility/plugin-architectures/developer-authoring-interfaces/custom-module-implementations/module-functionality-extenders/plugin-extenders/data-component-plugins/external-data-plugins.md) — Enables the integration of external data such as weather, stocks, and cryptocurrency through a customizable plugin system. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/diorser/litemonitor@master/README.md))
- [Plugin-Based Architectures](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/software-architecture/architectural-patterns/plugin-module-systems/modular-plugin-architectures/plugin-based-architectures/plugin-based-architectures.md) — Uses a modular architecture that allows extending core functionality by loading external plugins to fetch third-party data.

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [Hardware Performance Monitoring](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/hardware-performance-monitoring.md) — Tracks real-time hardware-level metrics including CPU, GPU, memory, disk, network, temperature, and power consumption. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/diorser/litemonitor@master/README.md))
- [Hardware Metric Polling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/hardware-metric-polling.md) — Performs periodic sampling of system APIs and hardware libraries to retrieve real-time performance data.
- [Monitoring Extensions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/monitoring-extensions.md) — Includes a plugin system to integrate third-party data sources like weather and stocks into the monitor.
- [Performance Dashboards](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/performance-dashboards.md) — Provides a customizable visual overlay on the screen to monitor hardware vitals and external data in real-time.
- [Hardware Health Monitors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/real-time-monitoring/hardware-health-monitors.md) — Tracks real-time CPU, GPU, memory, and network performance including temperature and power consumption.
- [System Monitoring Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/system-monitoring-tools.md) — Ships a graphical interface for tracking and displaying real-time hardware and process metrics.
- [Alert Thresholds](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/alert-thresholds.md) — Defines numerical limits that trigger automatic color changes in progress bars when metrics are exceeded. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/diorser/litemonitor@master/README.md))
- [Hardware Metric Visualizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/metrics-visualizers/hardware-metric-visualizers.md) — Offers a lightweight display for system performance statistics with adjustable themes and window transparency.
- [Resource Visualization Dashboards](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/resource-visualization-dashboards.md) — Implements a graphical dashboard for monitoring hardware and system performance in real-time.
- [Threshold Monitoring](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/threshold-monitoring.md) — Implements systems for triggering automatic visual changes when hardware metrics exceed predefined numerical limits.

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Desktop Extension Systems](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/app-development-toolkits/desktop-environment-applets/desktop-extension-systems.md) — Provides a modular system for extending desktop functionality through a customizable plugin architecture.

### Operating Systems & Systems Programming

- [Desktop Customizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/desktop-customizers.md) — Serves as a tool for modifying the behavior and appearance of the desktop interface via a customizable system utility.

### User Interface & Experience

- [Display Settings](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/layout-configurations/display-aware-layout-managers/display-layout-managers/display-settings.md) — Provides user-facing configurations for adjusting the application's visual presentation, language, and orientation. ([source](https://litemonitor.cn/))
- [Style Configurations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/style-configurations.md) — Provides tools and settings for defining custom styling rules via external configuration files to decouple appearance from logic.
- [Theme Customization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/visual-theme-configurations/visual-themes/theme-customization.md) — Allows users to personalize the application appearance by defining colors, fonts, and spacing in configuration files. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/diorser/litemonitor@master/README.md))
- [Visual Theme Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/visual-theme-engines.md) — Implements a system for managing dynamic visual styles and interface themes through a configuration-driven engine.
- [Click-Through Controls](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/window-effects/window-transparency/click-through-controls.md) — Provides controls for window transparency and mouse click-through behavior for a seamless overlay experience.
- [Window Behavior Controls](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/window-management/window-lifecycle-controllers/window-behavior-controls.md) — Offers settings for managing window transparency, layering, and automatic hiding when docked. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/diorser/litemonitor@master/README.md))

### Web Development

- [State-Driven Visuals](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/component-based-architectures/component-based-architectures/state-driven-visuals.md) — Features UI components that automatically update their visual state based on real-time hardware telemetry.