install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install syswatch

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#syswatch

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

overview

Package summary

Cross-platform system diagnostics TUI

Project links

Commands and aliases

syswatch

history

Project history and usage

SysWatch is a read-only terminal system-diagnostics application for macOS and Linux. Its twelve tabs combine CPU, memory, disk, filesystem, process, GPU, power, service, network, timeline, and anomaly views in one TUI.

Project history

Matthew Hart published SysWatch 0.1.0 in May 2026 and iterated rapidly through the 0.7 series. The project grew from a live single-host dashboard into a session-oriented diagnostic tool with settings, snapshots, recording and replay, historical scrubbing, and plain-English anomaly cards.

Adoption history

The project ships through Cargo and Homebrew and publishes prebuilt release binaries; the supplied package metadata also records Nix packaging. Its official project page presents it as part of the NetWatch Labs family of focused terminal observability tools.

How it is used

Running syswatch starts a 1 Hz dashboard; flags select a faster tick, an initial tab, or a recorded session to replay. Single-key controls switch tabs, filter and sort processes, pause collection, change graph style and theme, capture snapshots, record sessions, and scrub backward through the session.

Why package nerds care

SysWatch packages the jobs of many classic host-inspection commands into one Rust TUI without requiring sudo or a resident daemon. It is especially useful for package users who want a portable first-response console rather than a monitoring service.

Timeline

2026-05: SysWatch 0.1.0 was released.
2026-05: Releases through 0.7.0 added and refined the multi-tab diagnostics workflow.
2026-06: Version 0.7.2 expanded per-process accounting.
2026-07: Versions 0.7.4 and 0.7.5 were released.

Related projects

NetWatch is the sibling network-analysis tool, DiskWatch covers disk diagnostics, and netwatch-sdk supplies shared network and disk parsers. The README compares individual tabs with htop, iostat, nettop, powermetrics, df, ps, and systemctl.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for syswatch. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 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.

Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/syswatch/config.toml~/.config/syswatch/config.toml
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/syswatch/config.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`syswatch`	cli	global 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 generated2026-07-25

manager version0.7.5

manager updated2026-07-19

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.7.5

https://github.com/matthart1983/syswatch

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:syswatch
Version	0.7.5
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/syswatch
Homepage	https://www.netwatchlabs.com/labs/syswatch
Repository	https://github.com/matthart1983/syswatch
Upstream docs	https://github.com/matthart1983/syswatch#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/matthart1983/syswatch/archive/refs/tags/v0.7.5.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-19T07:00:25Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	syswatch
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Requirements	arch
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
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.

Nix95%

syswatch

nix profile install nixpkgs#syswatch

normalized package name match
Matched by: Syswatch

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sy/syswatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/syswatch.yml

Used sources

Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install syswatch with Homebrew, Nix