↑↓ Internet Speed Monitor

A Gnome extension to Monitor Internet Speed and Daily Data Usage in an elegant and minimal fashion.

Table of Contents

• ↑↓ Internet Speed Monitor
  • Table of Contents
  • Screenshots
  • Updates
  • Features
  • Getting Started
    • Prerequisite: Install Gnome Tweaks
    • Install Internet Speed Monitor from Gnome Extensions
    • Install Internet Speed Monitor from source
  • Contributing
  • Thanks to
  • License

Screenshots

Updates

The new release packs the following new features.

• Added settings for more customization options.
  • You can now choose which side you want your widget to be located.
  • Choose whow much to display
  • Reset the data used info manually from settings
• Better implemented code.

Features

This extension has following features:

• Highly Customizable
• Minimal and elegant look
• Speed is shown with just one letter
  • K means KB/s
  • M means MB/s
  • G means GB/s
  • T means TB/s
• Similarly, data used is also shown with one letter after '=' symbol.
• Upload and Download speeds are shown after '↑' and '↓' respectively.
• If encountered any error, it prints the error in place of the extension so that the user if capable can solve it on their own.

Getting Started

To use this extension, you will need

• Gnome Shell 3.20 or later

Prerequisite: Install Gnome Tweaks

For Ubuntu,

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

For Fedora,

sudo dnf install gnome-tweaks

For Arch Linux,

sudo pacman -S gnome-tweak-tool

You may find Gnome Tweaks for other distributions as well. Install them accordingly.

Install Internet Speed Monitor from Gnome Extensions

Visit Internet Speed Monitor - GNOME Shell Extensions

Install Internet Speed Monitor from source

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/rishuinfinity/InternetSpeedMonitor.git

2. Change current directory to repository

   cd InternetSpeedMonitor

3. Now run

   chmod +x ./install.sh && ./install.sh

4. Hit ALT + F2, Type r and hit Enter

   If you are on Ubuntu wayland mode, then restart once.

5. Open Gnome Tweaks

6. Enable Internet Speed Monitor extension in Gnome Tweaks

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Thanks to

• This project is modified from Internet Speed Meter by Al Shakib

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

Copyright © 2021- Rishu Raj