A native desktop application built with Go + React + TypeScript + Wails v2 that provides real-time monitoring of your computer's key resources (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network, GPU).

• 🖥️ Native Desktop App: Cross-platform desktop application built with Wails v2 using web technologies
• 📊 Real-time Monitoring: Real-time system resource data collection and visualization at 3-second intervals
• 🎛️ Comprehensive Widgets:
  • CPU usage and individual core monitoring
  • Memory usage and detailed information
  • Disk I/O and capacity information
  • Network usage and status
  • GPU usage and process monitoring
  • System uptime, battery, process management, and more
• 🎨 Customizable Dashboard:
  • Drag and drop widget positioning
  • Widget resizing with automatic saving
  • Widget management features (fullscreen, settings, remove)
• 🌙 Theme Support: Light/Dark mode support
• 📱 Responsive Design: UI optimized for various screen sizes

Screenshots (click to expand)

Empty dashboard — right-click to add widgets	Add Widget — pick CPU / Memory / GPU / Network
CPU Usage — model, cores/threads with live chart	Drag & Drop / Resize — customize your dashboard

• Go (1.18 or higher) - for backend build
• Node.js (18.x or higher) - for frontend build
• Wails CLI - desktop app build tool

go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@latest

git clone https://github.com/hong-seongmin/HWnow
cd HWnow
start.bat 1

start.bat 2

start.bat 1

• Starts development server with automatic reload on code changes
• Native desktop window opens automatically
• Developer tools available

start.bat 2

• Generates optimized standalone executable HWnow-wails.exe (~30-40MB)
• Final version for distribution

After build completion, double-click HWnow-wails.exe to run

• Backend: Go 1.24.5 + Wails v2
  • System monitoring: gopsutil
  • GPU monitoring: nvidia-smi integration
• Frontend: React 18 + TypeScript + Vite
  • State management: Zustand
  • Grid system: react-grid-layout
• Desktop Framework: Wails v2

go: command not found

Solution: Install from Go official site and verify environment variables

npm: command not found

Solution: Install LTS version from Node.js official site

wails: command not found

Solution:

go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@latest

npm install failed

Solution:

cd HWnow-wails/HWnow-wails/frontend
rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json
npm install

• NVIDIA GPU: Verify nvidia-smi is in PATH
• Other GPUs: Currently only NVIDIA GPU supported

Test Environment: Windows 10/11, Go 1.24.5, Node.js v22.14.0, Wails v2.10.2

• Development Server Start: 10-15 seconds (first run)
• Production Build: 1-2 minutes (including dependency downloads)
• Final Executable Size: 30-40MB (all dependencies included)

• ✅ Real-time CPU, Memory, Disk, Network, GPU monitoring
• ✅ 3-second interval data updates
• ✅ Drag and drop widget management
• ✅ Light/Dark theme switching
• ✅ Responsive layout

• Overall CPU usage
• Individual core usage
• CPU model name and core count display

• Real-time memory usage
• Available memory
• Memory usage percentage

• GPU usage (NVIDIA only)
• GPU process list
• GPU memory usage

• System uptime
• Process monitoring
• Network status
• Battery information (laptops)

If this project has been helpful, please consider supporting with a sponsorship!

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/hong-seongmin/HWnow

Apache License 2.0 - See LICENSE file for details.