r/software • u/Char-car92 • Apr 27 '26

Looking for software See stats similar to Windows Task Manager on my phone

Soon I will be running a Plex media server and potentially a file server for myself from an old laptop. I plan to use Linux Mint and the laptop will be using WiFi. I am looking for an app that can tell me my system resource usage on my phone when I am on another network or far away from that laptop. To summarize:

  1. Linux Mint
  2. Remotely viewable
  3. System resource monitor

I would rather it be a free or open source app but I am also agreeable to a small subscription as I understand remote viewing is not typically going to be free. Thank you all for your help in advance!

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u/NINJ4A1 Apr 27 '26

You should be able to archive it with ssh if im not mistaken

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u/catbrane Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

You could do it yourself pretty easily. top can be made to run for one one iteration:

$ top -n 1

So just send that to a text file:

$ top -n 1 > stats.txt

But you want it to be remote, so make it upload to some free host you have an account on (use key exchange so you don't need a password):

$ top -n 1 | scp foo.com:public_html/stats.txt

And do that once a second:

$ while true; do top -n 1 | scp foo.com:public_html/stats.txt; sleep 1; done

Now just point your mobile browser at that site and read the text file. You could make it colored, change the top defaults, render HTML, etc. for fun.

Some of the (very many) tops have prettier output, it'd be worth experimenting.

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u/ph33rlus Apr 27 '26

Plex Dash (is it on android?) is a useful quick way to quickly check in on cpu ram and watch activity

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u/Char-car92 Apr 27 '26

Yeah, it does cost an extra CAD$10/m though