LinProcessManager
Watch, understand and control Linux processes offline.
A desktop process manager and system monitor for Linux, everything in one window, fully offline and with no root required. Live process table and tree, signals and renice, resource history, PSI and a searchable systemd-journal log viewer.
- statusPhase 2/8
- licenseCC BY-NC 4.0
- built withPython · GTK 3
- 25 columns
- Fully offline
- No root needed
In development: Phase 2 of 8; the data core and sampler are shipped, the live table is landing, logs analytics are designed.
What it does
Features
- 01
Live process table
Every process updated in place; filter by name plain or regex, scope to your own processes, hide kernel threads.
- 02
25 sortable columns
CPU, memory, swap, per-process disk I/O and network rates, threads, nice, OOM score, cgroup unit and more.
- 03
Signals & priorities
Stop, Continue, End, Kill or any signal from a picker; renice presets, CPU affinity; outcomes are verified and reported.
- 04
Graphs & disks
Six system dashboards with 5-minute history, per-filesystem capacity bars and per-device read/write rates.
- 05
Journal logs
The systemd journal with presets, unit and priority filters and severity colouring; saved views are in development.
- 06
Fully offline
Reads /proc, /sys and local journalctl only; makes no network connections, enforced by test gates.
A closer look
Install
Run from the checkout with the system Python; four system packages, no pip and no venv.
Requirements
- Python 3.10+
- python3-gi, gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- python3-cairo, python3-pil
- Debian/Ubuntu family (Mint first)
- systemd journal (journalctl)
git clone https://github.com/MensuraMedia/linprocessmanager.git
cd linprocessmanager
./run.sh # == python3 src/main.py (system python, no pip/venv)- System packages: python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 python3-cairo python3-pil
- Python floor 3.10; verified on Mint 22 / Ubuntu 24.04
- The user manual is docs/USER_MANUAL.md
Full and current instructions: the README on GitHub.
At a glance
| Status | in development, Phase 2 of 8 |
|---|---|
| Verified on | Linux Mint 22 / Ubuntu 24.04, Python 3.12, GTK 3.24.41 |
| Python | 3.10+ |
| Privacy | fully offline; no root, no elevation paths |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 |