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83 lines
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# Introduction
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**socktop** is a TUI-first remote system monitor built with Rust. Two components:
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- **socktop (TUI Client)** - A terminal-based user interface for viewing system metrics
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- **socktop-agent** - A lightweight background service that collects and serves system metrics over WebSocket
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## Features
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- TUI built with ratatui, Catppuccin Frappe theme
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- CPU: overall sparkline + per-core bars, accurate per-process CPU% (normalized 0-100%)
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- Memory/Swap gauges
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- Disks: per-device usage
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- Network: per-interface throughput with sparklines
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- Temperatures: CPU (optional)
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- Top processes (top 50): sortable by CPU% or memory, scrollable
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- Optional GPU metrics
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- Remote monitoring via WebSocket (JSON over WS)
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- Optional WSS (TLS): agent auto-generates self-signed cert on first run, client pins cert via --tls-ca/-t
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- Optional auth token
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- Connection profiles for quick access to saved hosts
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- Built-in demo mode (--demo)
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## Architecture
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socktop uses a client-server architecture:
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```
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┌─────────────────┐ WebSocket ┌──────────────────┐
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│ │ ◄────────────────────────► │ │
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│ socktop (TUI) │ (with TLS optional) │ socktop-agent │
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│ Client │ │ (Background) │
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│ │ │ │
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└─────────────────┘ └──────────────────┘
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│ │
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│ │
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▼ ▼
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User Terminal System Metrics
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Local or Remote (sysinfo crate)
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```
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The agent runs on each system you want to monitor, collecting metrics using the `sysinfo` crate. The client connects to one or more agents to display real-time system information.
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## Quick Demo
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```bash
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socktop --demo
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```
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Spins up a temporary local agent on port 3231 and connects to it. Stops automatically when you quit.
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## Use Cases
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- Remote server monitoring
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- Homelab / Raspberry Pi cluster monitoring
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- Development / testing resource usage
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- Custom dashboards via `socktop_connector` library
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## Project Status
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socktop is actively maintained and used in production environments. The project follows semantic versioning and maintains backward compatibility within major versions.
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- **Current Version**: 1.50.x
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- **Minimum Rust Version**: 1.70+
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- **Supported Platforms**: Linux (amd64, arm64, armhf, riscv64)
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- **License**: MIT
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## Community and Support
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- **GitHub Repository**: [https://github.com/jasonwitty/socktop](https://github.com/jasonwitty/socktop)
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- **Issue Tracker**: Report bugs and request features on GitHub
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- **crates.io**:
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- [socktop](https://crates.io/crates/socktop) - TUI client
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- [socktop-agent](https://crates.io/crates/socktop-agent) - Background agent
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- [socktop-connector](https://crates.io/crates/socktop-connector) - Library for integrations
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- **APT Repository**: [https://jasonwitty.github.io/socktop/](https://jasonwitty.github.io/socktop/)
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## Next Steps
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See [Quick Start](./installation/quick-start.md) for installation.
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