Tux Manager

A Linux Task Manager alternative built with Qt6, inspired by the Windows Task Manager but designed to go further - providing deep visibility into system processes, performance metrics, users, and services.

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Screenshots (Dark Theme)

CPU	Memory	GPU

Screenshots (Light Theme)

CPU	Memory
Disk	Swap
Processes	Process tree
Users	Services

Installing

Debian / Ubuntu / Fedora / EL derivatives (Rocky/Alma/OL)

Use prebuilt packages that can be downloaded from releases

AUR

Use an AUR helper like paru or yay:

yay -S tuxmanager

Nix flake

Add the following to your flake.nix:

inputs.tuxManager.url = "github:benapetr/TuxManager/";
inputs.tuxManager.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; # optional, deduplicates dependencies

You can then access the package at: inputs.tuxManager.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default

Others

You can use an AppImage that can be downloaded from releases or just build it yourself.

Building

qmake

# cd to root of the repo and then:
mkdir build && cd build
qmake6 ../src
make -j$(nproc)
./tux-manager

Core philosophy and goals of this project

• KISS - keep it simple stupid
• Lean and clean codebase, minimal system footprint (low RAM and CPU usage)
• Stability and reliability, easy debugging
• No overengineered or unnecessary extra features
• Simple packaging flow - for each packaging tool, there should be a script or 1 line command
• Minimal dependencies on 3rd party libs besides Qt so that building anywhere should be trivial
• Keep everything well documented

License

GPL-3.0-or-later