Nabdhu

A modern, fast, and lightweight Task Manager for Linux, built natively with C++ and FTXUI. Inspired by the sleek design of modern system monitors, this tool provides an elegant interface for managing processes, monitoring system performance, and controlling systemd services natively in your terminal.

🌟 Features

• Process Management: View all running processes with their CPU & Memory usage. Sort them instantly by Name or CPU usage by tapping the [f] keybind.
• Interactive Performance Graphs:
  • Real-time line charts drawn natively in the terminal.
  • Monitors global CPU utilization across all cores.
  • Detailed Memory and Disk usage panes.
  • Live Network monitoring with Upload and Download speeds.
• Hardware Details: Displays SysLoad, CPU model, core clocks, and core temps cleanly in the hardware info pane.
• Service Manager: Seamlessly view, start, stop, and restart systemd background services without leaving the UI.
• Smart Search: Filter processes and services instantly by simply typing in the search bar.
• Modern UI: Polished responsive flexbox design. The UI gracefully re-flows and dynamically adjusts whether you are in full screen or splitting your terminal in half.

🛠️ Prerequisites

To compile and run this project, you will need the following installed on your system:

• GCC / G++ (supporting C++17)
• CMake (>= 3.10)
• xdotool and xprop (required for seamless GUI window centering and single-instance enforcement)
• dmidecode (Optional, but highly recommended for reading RAM hardware details)
• polkit (Optional, for seamless GUI root access via Start Menu)

Installation on Arch Linux / Manjaro

sudo pacman -S base-devel cmake dmidecode polkit xdotool xorg-xprop

Installation on Ubuntu / Debian

sudo apt install build-essential cmake dmidecode policykit-1 xdotool x11-utils

🚀 Building the App

This project uses CMake for an easy, out-of-source build configuration.

git clone https://github.com/ItsMe-RiiK/Nabdhu.git
cd Nabdhu

# Generate build files
cmake -B build

# Compile the application
cmake --build build

💻 System-Wide Installation (Recommended)

Because Linux's security model protects deep hardware information (like RAM Speed or Motherboard slots) and the ability to start/stop system services, this application is best run as Root.

We provide a seamless system-wide installation that installs a secure Polkit wrapper (run_nabdhu). This securely elevates privileges while preserving your current $DISPLAY and graphical settings, ensuring it works perfectly on both X11 and Wayland.

To install the binary, icons, and Start Menu launcher system-wide, simply run:

sudo make -C build install
sudo update-desktop-database /usr/local/share/applications/

Once installed, you can launch Nabdhu directly from your Desktop Environment's Application Menu! It will securely prompt for your password via your native graphical prompt (e.g. GNOME PolicyKit dialog) and launch properly.

Running Manually from Terminal

You can still start the task manager normally by running:

/usr/local/bin/nabdhu

Or for full features:

sudo /usr/local/bin/run_nabdhu

⌨️ Controls

• Search: Just start typing! The search bar will automatically capture your keystrokes.
• Context Menu: Right-click on any process to reveal options like End Task (Kill) or Open File Location.
• Services: Use the buttons at the bottom of the Services tab to toggle active SystemD units.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.