Cpp-System-Monitor

A system monitoring tool similar to htop, written in C++.

ncurses

ncurses is a library that facilitates text-based graphical output in the terminal. This project relies on ncurses for display output.

Install ncurses within your Linux environment:
Debian based system: sudo apt install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev
Arch based systems: sudo pacman -S ncurses

Make

This project uses Make. The Makefile has four targets:

• build compiles the source code and generates an executable
• format applies ClangFormat to style the source code
• debug compiles the source code and generates an executable, including debugging symbols
• clean deletes the build/ directory, including all of the build artifacts

Build Instructions

1. Clone the project repository: git clone https://github.com/utkarsh914/Cpp-system-monitor.git

2. Build the project: make build

3. Run the resulting executable: ./build/monitor