KVitals

A lightweight KDE Plasma 6 panel widget that displays live system vitals directly in your top bar.

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Live monitoring — CPU usage, RAM, CPU temperature, GPU metrics (when available), battery status, power draw, network speed, disk I/O, fan speeds
Display modes — Text, Icons, Icons + Text, or None (values only) for the panel view
Custom icons — Pick any icon from your installed theme for each metric
Font customization — Choose any system font and size
Configurable — Toggle each metric, adjust refresh rate, tune colors, organized in 4 settings tabs
Minimal footprint — Native KDE KSysGuard sensors + QML, no heavy dependencies or excessive subprocesses
Click to expand — Detailed popup view with all stats

Install directly from the KDE Store:

Or from within KDE Plasma:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/yassine20011/kvitals/releases/latest/download/install-remote.sh | bash

wget -qO- https://github.com/yassine20011/kvitals/releases/latest/download/install-remote.sh | bash

git clone https://github.com/yassine20011/kvitals.git
cd kvitals
bash install.sh

Then restart Plasma and add the widget:

plasmashell --replace &

Right-click the widget → Configure KVitals... to access settings in four tabs:

General — Display mode, layout, icon size, font, update interval
Metrics — Toggle CPU, RAM, Temperature, GPU, Battery, Power, Network, Disk, Fan
Icons — Customize icons for each metric from your theme
Colors — Set custom font colors and optional threshold-based metric colors

rm -rf ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kvitals

Then restart Plasma: plasmashell --replace &

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