SystemPulse

A bar widget that displays live CPU and RAM usage, with a detailed panel showing CPU, RAM, Disk, Network, and GPU monitoring. Clicking the widget toggles the panel.

Requirements

Requires Nvtop for detailed GPU telemetry (utilization, temperature, clock speeds, fan, power, VRAM, encoder/decoder). Without it, GPU monitoring falls back to basic values from systemStats().

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	arrifat346afs/systempulse
Entries	Bar widget: sysmon; panel: panel; shortcut: toggle

Usage

Add the sysmon widget from the Add-widget picker. Clicking the widget opens the system monitor panel, which attaches to the bar so its background follows the bar's background_opacity.

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
show_cpu	bool	true	Display CPU usage percentage in the bar.
show_ram	bool	true	Display RAM usage percentage in the bar.
show_gpu	bool	false	Display GPU usage percentage in the bar.
show_disk	bool	false	Display disk usage percentage in the bar.
show_network	bool	false	Display network usage in the bar.

IPC

Toggle the panel from the shell:

noctalia msg panel-toggle arrifat346afs/systempulse:panel

To bind it to a Hyprland key in your binds.lua, define the command prefix once and reuse it across keybinds:

-- Prefix for sending IPC messages; reuse for every SystemPulse binding.
local noctCall = "noctalia msg " -- trailing space keeps the command well-formed

hl.bind(
  "SUPER + SHIFT + S",
  hl.dsp.exec_cmd(noctCall .. "panel-toggle arrifat346afs/systempulse:panel"),
  { description = "Toggle SystemPulse panel" }
)

Shortcut

Add the toggle shortcut from Settings → Control Center shortcuts to toggle the SystemPulse panel from the control center.

Notes

• GPU monitoring uses nvtop when it is installed (queried periodically via nvtop -s), providing detailed data: utilization, temperature, clock speeds, fan speed, power draw, VRAM, and encoder/decoder usage.
• Without nvtop, the GPU monitor falls back to the basic usagePercent and temperature reported by the host's systemStats() API. These values are sparser and can be empty on some platforms, so installing nvtop is recommended for full GPU telemetry.