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Extensible GTK system monitoring application. Version 2.5.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gkrellm

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gkrellm

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/gkrellm/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gkrellm

Debian stable package indexes · gkrellm · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install gkrellm

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gkrellm · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gkrellm

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gk/gkrellm/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gkrellm

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gkrellm · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Extensible GTK system monitoring application

Commands and aliases

  • gkrellm
  • gkrellmd

history

Project history and usage

GKrellM is an extensible GTK system-monitoring application built around a vertical stack of small monitors. It shows CPU, disk, network, memory, swap, sensors, file systems, mail, battery, uptime, and other host data in one themed process, with plugins and a gkrellmd server for remote monitoring.

Project history

The official release README identifies Bill Wilson as author, Stefan Gehn as maintainer, and gives copyright years beginning in 1999. It describes GKrellM as GNU or Gtk Krell Monitors, a single process that manages multiple stacked monitors and supports themes.

GKrellM evolved in the classic GTK desktop-monitor tradition: dense visual meters, configurable alarms, click actions, mailbox checks, hardware sensors, and many themes. Its official page emphasizes matching the user's window manager or GTK theme and reducing system load by putting many monitors into one process.

The maintained source release history shows long-lived care for portability and packaging. Later releases added OpenSSL and GnuTLS updates, systemd service files for gkrellmd, Meson build rules, macOS build choices, Solaris and BSD fixes, Windows fixes, and modern compiler compatibility.

Adoption history

GKrellM's adoption came from Unix desktop users who wanted always-visible local telemetry before dashboard web apps became common. The official page points to theme documentation, plugins, screenshots, and mailing-list archives, which reflects a desktop community built around customization.

Package metadata in this batch shows GKrellM packaged by Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Ubuntu, and openSUSE. That spread is typical for a long-lived GTK utility that remained useful to desktop and workstation users across Unix-like systems.

How it is used

Practitioners run gkrellm as a desktop monitor or gkrellmd as a data-collection server. The client can connect to a remote gkrellmd host, which lets users watch another machine with the same compact panel interface.

Users configure themes, sensor warnings, chart behavior, mail checks, mount buttons, click commands, and plugins through files under the GKrellM configuration directory. The result is closer to a personalized instrument panel than a generic metrics dashboard.

Why package nerds care

GKrellM matters because it is a durable example of old Unix desktop tooling that did many practical things in a small footprint. It packs sensors, mail, network, filesystems, plugins, theming, and remote collection into one GTK application.

For packagers, it is interesting because it carries desktop UI dependencies, optional sensor and TLS features, daemon installation, translations, plugins, and platform-specific build paths in one compact package.

Timeline

  • 1999: The release README's copyright range begins, identifying the early project era.
  • 2010: GKrellM 2.3.5 documents portability, IPv6, mail, and build fixes.
  • 2016: GKrellM 2.3.8 through 2.3.10 add disk, network, Pango, and NVMe-related fixes.
  • 2019: GKrellM 2.3.11 updates OpenSSL support and fixes disk-formatting safety issues.
  • 2025: GKrellM 2.4.0 and 2.5.0 modernize service installation, TLS support, Meson builds, and platform support.
  • 2026: GKrellM 2.5.1 fixes Windows, Solaris, DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, and Meson build issues.

Related projects

  • GTK is the UI toolkit used by GKrellM.
  • gkrellmd is the companion server for remote monitoring.
  • lm_sensors, sysfs sensors, mbmon, hddtemp, and nvidia-settings are named sensor data sources.
  • GKrellM plugins and themes form the surrounding customization ecosystem.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 6 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 4 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.gkrellm2/user-config~/.gkrellm2/theme_config~/.gkrellm2/plugin_enable~/.gkrellm2/plugin_placement~/.gkrellm2/themes/*/gkrellmrc~/.gkrellmd.conf/etc/gkrellmd.conf/usr/local/etc/gkrellmd.conf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.gkrellm2/user-config

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gkrellmcliglobal executable
gkrellmdcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.5.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://billw2.github.io/gkrellm/gkrellm.html

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gkrellm
Version2.5.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gkrellm
Homepagehttps://billw2.github.io/gkrellm/gkrellm.html
Repositoryhttp://git.srcbox.net/gkrellm
Upstream docshttps://billw2.github.io/gkrellm/gkrellm.html
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://gkrellm.srcbox.net/releases/gkrellm-2.5.1.tar.bz2
Dependenciesgdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, gtk+, openssl@3, pango
Build dependenciesgettext, meson, ninja, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegkrellm
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

gkrellm 2.3.11-2+b1

GNU Krell Monitors

http://gkrellm.net/

sudo apt install gkrellm
  • Section: x11
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 12 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gkrellm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

gkrellmd 2.3.11-2+b1

GNU Krell Monitors Server

http://gkrellm.net/

sudo apt install gkrellmd
  • Section: x11
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gkrellmd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gkrellm

nix profile install nixpkgs#gkrellm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gk/gkrellm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

gkrellm 2.3.11-2build2

GNU Krell Monitors

http://gkrellm.net/

sudo apt install gkrellm
  • Section: universe/x11
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 12 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gkrellm from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

gkrellmd 2.3.11-2build2

GNU Krell Monitors Server

http://gkrellm.net/

sudo apt install gkrellmd
  • Section: universe/x11
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gkrellmd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

gkrellm 2.4.0-6.fc44

Multiple stacked system monitors in one process

https://gkrellm.srcbox.net/

sudo dnf install gkrellm
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 17 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gkrellm from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

gkrellm-daemon 2.4.0-6.fc44

The GNU Krell Monitors Server

https://gkrellm.srcbox.net/

sudo dnf install gkrellm-daemon
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 8 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gkrellm-daemon from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

gkrellm-devel 2.4.0-6.fc44

Development files for the GNU Krell Monitors

https://gkrellm.srcbox.net/

sudo dnf install gkrellm-devel
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gkrellm-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gkrellm 2.5.1-1.1

Manages Multiple Stacked Monitors

https://gkrellm.srcbox.net/

sudo zypper install gkrellm
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: System/Monitoring
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 16 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gkrellm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gkrellm-devel 2.5.1-1.1

Files needed for gkrellm2 development

https://gkrellm.srcbox.net/

sudo zypper install gkrellm-devel
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Development/Sources
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gkrellm-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gkrellm-lang 2.5.1-1.1

Translations for package gkrellm

https://gkrellm.srcbox.net/

sudo zypper install gkrellm-lang
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: System/Localization
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 1 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gkrellm-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gkrellmd 2.5.1-1.1

Multiple Stacked Monitors daemon

https://gkrellm.srcbox.net/

sudo zypper install gkrellmd
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: System/Monitoring
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gkrellm
  • 6 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gkrellmd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

gkrellm

sudo port install gkrellm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gkrellm
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/gkrellm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • gdk-pixbufRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gtk+Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pangoRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • mesonBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • ninjaBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • bpytopShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, system-monitoring.
  • collectdShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, plugins, system.
  • glancesShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, system-monitoring.
  • lcdprocShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, system-monitoring.
  • monitoring-pluginsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, plugins, system.
  • nagios-pluginsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, plugins, system.

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