---
name: "gnome-system-monitor"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnome-system-monitor"
version: "48.1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnome-system-monitor"
---

# gnome-system-monitor(1)

view and control processes

## NAME

gnome-system-monitor — view and control processes

## SYNOPSIS

**gnome-system-monitor** \[**-s,--simple**\]

## gnome-system-monitor

The gnome-system-monitor allows you to view and control the  processes running on your system.  You can access detailed memory  maps, send signals, and terminate the processes.

In addition, the gnome-system-monitor provides an overall  view of the resource usage on your system, including memory  and CPU allocation.

## OPTIONS

This program accepts all the  standard GNOME and GTK+     options, which follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long  options starting with two dashes (\`-').  In addition to those  standard GNOME options, the  gnome-system-monitor accepts the following options:

- **-s,** **--simple**

  Show a simple dialog to end processes and log out.

## AUTHOR

The gnome-system-monitor was written  by Kevin Vandersloot .

This manual page was written by Colin Walters walters@debian.org for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU Free Documentation  License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free  Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover  Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.