# zhongyang219/trafficmonitor

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/zhongyang219-trafficmonitor.md

## Description

TrafficMonitor is a system performance monitor that provides a floating desktop window and taskbar overlay to track real-time CPU, memory, and network speed metrics. It functions as a customizable system overlay and hardware resource tracker, displaying live statistics and user-defined data through transparent desktop widgets.

The project uses a plugin-based system and dynamic-link libraries to extend data sources and add new hardware tracking capabilities. It includes a theme engine that reads external configuration files to apply custom skins, fonts, and background colors to the interface.

The software covers hardware health monitoring for GPU utilization, disk usage, and component temperatures, alongside network traffic analysis for tracking data usage across specific adapters. It also provides tools for resource visualization via bar charts and scrolling graphs, as well as the ability to set performance alerts based on defined thresholds.

## Tags

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [System Performance Monitors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/system-performance-monitors.md) — Provides a floating window and taskbar overlay to track real-time hardware metrics and resource utilization from the operating system. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/trafficmonitor#readme))
- [Hardware Metric Polling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/hardware-metric-polling.md) — Periodically queries system APIs and hardware libraries to retrieve CPU, memory, and network statistics.
- [Hardware Monitoring Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/hardware-monitoring-tools.md) — Tracks real-time performance metrics for physical hardware components including CPUs and GPUs. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/trafficmonitor#readme))
- [Hardware Resource Tracking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/hardware-resource-tracking.md) — Observes GPU utilization, disk usage, and component temperatures to maintain a clear view of PC health.
- [System Usage Monitors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/monitoring-and-observability/observability-platforms/metric-performance-monitors/system-usage-monitoring/system-usage-monitors.md) — Retrieves real-time metrics like network speed, CPU utilization, and memory usage for use in the monitor and extensions. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6%E5%BC%80%E5%8F%91%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97))
- [Network Traffic Analyzers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/network-traffic-analyzers.md) — Tracks detailed network interface information and provides historical data usage statistics. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/trafficmonitor#readme))
- [Real-Time Monitoring Dashboards](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/real-time-monitoring-dashboards.md) — Provides an interface for tracking system health and performance metrics, such as CPU and memory, in real-time.
- [Real-Time Network Monitors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/real-time-network-monitors.md) — Monitors real-time internet speeds and data usage across specific network adapters for performance tracking.
- [Metric-to-UI Mapping](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/metric-to-ui-mapping.md) — Links hardware identifiers to interface display nodes to update real-time performance metrics in the UI.
- [Monitoring Alerting Systems](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/monitoring-alerting-systems.md) — Triggers system notifications when data usage, memory utilization, or hardware temperatures exceed defined thresholds. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/%E9%80%89%E9%A1%B9%E8%AE%BE%E7%BD%AE))
- [Performance Visualization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/monitoring-and-observability/observability-platforms/metric-performance-monitors/performance-visualization.md) — Provides visual dashboards for monitoring real-time system performance data and hardware health at a glance.
- [System Monitoring Integrations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/system-monitoring-integrations.md) — Uses a dynamic-link-library plugin system to extend data sources and add new hardware tracking capabilities.

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Customizable Desktop Widgets](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/customizable-desktop-widgets.md) — Provides personalized floating displays for system stats and external data using custom skins and themes.
- [Resource Usage Visualizations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/data/charts-and-visualization/resource-usage-visualizations.md) — Renders CPU, memory, and network activity as bar charts or scrolling graphs in the taskbar background. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/%E9%80%89%E9%A1%B9%E8%AE%BE%E7%BD%AE))
- [Infrastructure Monitoring](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devops/infrastructure-monitoring.md) — Desktop monitor for network, CPU, and memory.
- [Windows 端](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/more/windows.md) — Listed in the “Windows 端” section of the Great Open Source Project awesome list.

### Graphics & Multimedia

- [Device Context Rendering](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/device-context-rendering.md) — Provides the underlying rendering mechanism for transparent floating windows and taskbar overlays using device contexts.
- [Custom Drawing Routines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/graphics-engines-rendering/rendering/engines/canvas-vector-graphics/custom-shape-rendering/custom-renderable-interfaces/custom-drawing-routines.md) — Draws custom graphics and text in the display area using device contexts with dark-mode awareness. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6%E5%BC%80%E5%8F%91%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97))

### Operating Systems & Systems Programming

- [Desktop Customizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/desktop-customizers.md) — Allows creating personalized floating displays for system stats with custom skins and themes to modify the desktop interface.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Plugin Extenders](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/integration-extensibility/extensibility/plugin-architectures/developer-authoring-interfaces/custom-module-implementations/module-functionality-extenders/plugin-extenders.md) — Loads external binary files to add new features and monitoring capabilities to the main interface. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/trafficmonitor#readme))
- [Dynamic Library Loaders](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/software-architecture/architectural-patterns/plugin-module-systems/dynamic-library-loaders.md) — Uses a dynamic-link-library system to load external binary files at runtime for extending monitoring capabilities.
- [Plugin Data Mapping](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/integration-extensibility/extensibility/third-party-plugins/plugin-integrations/plugin-data-mapping.md) — Maps specific identifiers from plugins to display nodes in the interface to show custom monitoring metrics. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/%E7%9A%AE%E8%82%A4%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B))
- [Theme Configuration Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/theme-configuration-engines.md) — Implements a theme engine that reads external configuration files to apply custom skins and styles to the interface.

### User Interface & Experience

- [Overlay Systems](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/overlay-systems.md) — Implements a skinnable framework for rendering and managing UI overlays to display live hardware statistics.
- [System Performance Overlays](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/overlay-systems/system-performance-overlays.md) — Displays live hardware statistics as transparent windows or taskbar elements for at-a-glance monitoring.
- [Skinnable System Widgets](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/skinnable-system-widgets.md) — Provides a skinnable interface for displaying live hardware statistics and user-defined data as transparent floating windows.
- [Custom Dashboard Items](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/custom-dashboard-items.md) — Enables the display of user-defined information like weather or stocks in the taskbar and main window. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6%E5%BC%80%E5%8F%91%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97))
- [Window Interaction Controllers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/event-driven-state-managers/window-interaction-controllers.md) — Handles mouse events and window state changes to manage layering and click-through behavior for the overlay.
- [Interface Layout Customization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/interface-layout-customization.md) — Allows users to modify fonts, colors, and layout settings for the main and taskbar monitoring windows. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/trafficmonitor#readme))
- [Overlay Aesthetic Personalization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/overlay-aesthetic-personalization.md) — Adjusts fonts, text colors, and background transparency to match system themes or personal preferences. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/%E9%80%89%E9%A1%B9%E8%AE%BE%E7%BD%AE))
- [Visual Theme Configurations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/visual-theme-configurations.md) — Uses configuration files to define custom backgrounds and layout styles for the monitoring window. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/%E7%9A%AE%E8%82%A4%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B))
- [Window Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/window-management.md) — Controls window properties such as layering, click-through, position locking, and automatic hiding. ([source](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/%E9%80%89%E9%A1%B9%E8%AE%BE%E7%BD%AE))