GKrellM

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#15 of 29

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Score

5.9

The facts below are what the maker publishes about GKrellM, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From GKrellM's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
GKrellM	Free	Released under the GNU General Public License

Each one read from GKrellM's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Mail: The mailbox monitor checks mbox, maildir, MH, POP3, and IMAP mailboxes and can launch a mail reader or mail checking program.checked 8 Oct 2026
Plugins: Both GKrellM and the gkrellmd server support plugins for adding specialized monitors.checked 8 Oct 2026
Purpose: GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors that supports themes matching a window manager, GTK, or another theme.checked 8 Oct 2026
Remote monitoring: GKrellM can run in client mode and collect data from a gkrellmd server on a remote machine.checked 8 Oct 2026
Requirements: GKrellM requires GTK, GDK, and GLib; the gkrellmd server requires GLib and can be installed without GTK or X libraries.checked 8 Oct 2026
Sensors: Temperature, fan, and voltage monitors can show configurable warnings and alarms when supported by the system hardware and software.checked 8 Oct 2026
Support: The page invites users to email Bill Wilson with questions or suggestions.checked 8 Oct 2026
System monitoring: Built-in monitors include CPU, processes, disks, network interfaces, memory, swap, filesystems, uptime, and internet connections.checked 8 Oct 2026

Platform support: The page lists Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Windows builds or compilation options.checked 8 Oct 2026