KVitals Roadmap

This roadmap outlines planned features and improvements. It is not a strict commitment—priorities may shift based on community feedback and contributions.

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Currently Supported Metrics

CPU Usage
CPU Temperature
CPU Frequency
RAM Usage
GPU (Usage, VRAM, Temperature) — with multi-GPU and custom labels
Battery & Power Consumption
Network Speed (Download/Upload)
Disk I/O (Read/Write rates)
Disk Temperature (highest across all NVMe/SATA drives)

Currently Supported UX Features

Custom metric order (drag to reorder)
Per-metric compact panel visibility toggle
Metric grouping (merge CPU+Temp, Battery+Power, split GPU)
Threshold-based coloring (warning/critical per metric)
Custom font color
Display modes: Text, Icons, Icons+Text
Horizontal / Vertical layout
Unit Preferences (°C/°F, Bytes/Bits)

Planned

New Metrics

KSystemStats Sensors

These sensors are exposed by ksystemstats and are planned for future releases:

Disk Usage — Used/free space per partition via disk/all/usedPercent or per-disk breakdown
CPU Load Averages — 1, 5, and 15-minute averages via cpu/loadaverages/*
Swap Usage — Used/total swap memory via memory/swap/*
GPU Frequency & Power — Core frequency and power draw via gpu/<device>/coreFrequency and gpu/<device>/power
Battery Health — Degradation percentage via power/<device>/health
System Uptime — Via os/system/uptime

External Sensors (lmsensors)

These require lmsensors to be installed and configured:

Fan Speed — CPU fan RPM (where available)

UX & Configuration

Per-metric custom label — Let users rename metric labels (e.g. "CPU" → "Processor")
Tooltip customization — Choose which metrics appear in the hover tooltip
Click action — Configure what happens when clicking the widget (e.g. open System Monitor)

Under Consideration

These are ideas being evaluated — no commitment yet:

Per-core view — Individual core usage/temperature in the popup
Pressure metrics (PSI) — CPU/IO/Memory pressure via Linux PSI interface
Wayland multi-screen — Better handling across multiple monitors
Tray icon mode — Minimal system tray alternative to panel widget

Not Planned

Graphs or charts in the compact panel (out of scope for a panel widget)

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