ConSync Monitor

A multi-process system monitoring tool with both CLI and GUI interfaces.

Project Structure

The project is organized into the following directories:

ConSync Monitor/
├── src/                    # Source code
│   ├── core/               # Core monitoring functionality
│   │   ├── cpu.c/h         # CPU monitoring
│   │   ├── memory.c/h      # Memory monitoring
│   │   ├── system.c/h      # System information
│   │   └── user.c/h        # User session monitoring
│   ├── gui/                # GUI-related code
│   │   ├── gui.c/h         # Main GUI implementation
│   │   └── gui_utils.c/h   # GUI utility functions
│   ├── platform/           # Platform-specific implementations
│   │   ├── platform.h      # Common platform interface
│   │   ├── platform_linux.c # Linux-specific implementation
│   │   └── platform_mac.c  # macOS-specific implementation
│   ├── utils/              # Utility functions
│   │   ├── common.h        # Common definitions
│   │   └── error.c/h       # Error handling
│   └── main/               # Entry points
│       ├── main.c          # CLI entry point
│       └── gui_main.c      # GUI entry point
├── scripts/                # Build and run scripts
├── logs/                   # Log files
└── build/                  # Build artifacts

Requirements

• C compiler (GCC or Clang)
• For GUI version: GTK+3 development libraries

Installing Dependencies

macOS

brew install gtk+3

Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev

Fedora

sudo dnf install gtk3-devel

Building

Using Make

Build both CLI and GUI versions (if GTK is available):

make

Build only CLI version:

make cli

Build only GUI version:

make gui

Using Scripts

Build the GUI version:

./scripts/compile_gui.sh

Running

CLI Version

./system_monitor_cli [options]

Options:

• --samples=N: Number of samples to collect (default: 10)
• --tdelay=N: Delay between samples in seconds (default: 1)
• --system: Display only system information
• --user: Display only user information
• --graphics: Enable graphical output in CLI
• --sequential: Use sequential output mode

GUI Version

./system_monitor_gui

Or use the provided run script:

./scripts/run_gui.sh

For debugging:

./scripts/run_gui.sh --debug

Features

• Real-time CPU usage monitoring
• Memory usage tracking
• System information display
• User session monitoring
• Graphical visualization (in GUI version)
• Multi-process data collection for improved performance

Platform Support

• Linux
• macOS