Smart Process Manager (SPM)

Smart Process Manager (SPM) is a powerful, lightweight, and cross-platform system management tool written in C++11. It provides a modern graphical interface for monitoring processes, managing system resources, and analyzing hardware performance in real-time.

Features

Modern Dashboard

• Interactive Process Table: Real-time list of all running processes with PID, Name, Status, Priority, Memory Usage, and Owner.
• Search & Filter: Instantly find processes by name or owner using the integrated search bar.
• Vibrant UI: Built with Dear ImGui, featuring a "Task Manager" style dark theme with rounded corners and high readability.

Process Control & Safety

• Tiered Termination: Uses a "Graceful-then-Hard" strategy (WM_CLOSE/SIGTERM followed by a fallback kill) to prevent data loss.
• Priority Management: Change process priority levels (Idle to High) on the fly.
• System Protection: Automatically protects critical system/root processes by disabling management actions for them.

Performance Monitoring

• Real-time Graphs: Dedicated Performance tab with 2D scrolling graphs for global CPU and RAM usage.
• Asynchronous Updates: Background thread-safe snapshotting ensures the UI remains responsive regardless of system load.

Detailed Logging

• Implementation Logs: Tracks application events and errors.
• Process Snapshots: Logs formatted process tables to dedicated files for historical analysis.

Build Instructions

Prerequisites

• CMake (3.10 or newer)
• Compiler:
  • Windows: MinGW-w64 (64-bit) or MSVC
  • Linux: GCC/G++ (Requires build-essential, libglfw3-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev, libx11-dev, etc.)

Building from Source

Windows (MinGW)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/breadOnLaptop/SPM.git
   cd SPM

2. Generate build files:

   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" ..

3. Compile:

   mingw32-make

Linux

1. Install dependencies:

   # Ubuntu/Debian
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install build-essential cmake libglfw3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev

2. Build:

   cd SPM
   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake ..
   make

3. Run:

   ./spm

Repository Structure

SPM/
├── include/       # Core backend & UI headers
├── src/           # Implementation logic
├── third_party/   # Vendored Dear ImGui & GLFW
├── CMakeLists.txt # Build configuration
└── README.md

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.