🖥️ CoreTether

A lightweight C# Windows Forms tray app for monitoring a remote Linux server over SSH.

🚀 What Does It Do?

CoreTether connects to your remote Linux server over SSH and pulls live metrics — CPU load, RAM usage, CPU temperature, disk usage, and Wi-Fi/network usage — straight to a tray app on your Windows desktop. No dashboards, no terminal windows, no server-side daemon to install: it just polls over SSH and notifies you the moment something crosses a limit you set.

✨ Key Features

• System Tray App: Runs quietly in the background with a real-time summary on hover.
• SSH-Based Monitoring: Uses SSH.NET to poll metrics remotely — no extra software or daemon needed on the server.
• Configurable Metrics: Choose exactly what to watch — CPU Load, RAM Usage, CPU Temperature, Disk Usage, Wi-Fi Usage.
• Adjustable Check Frequency: Set how often (in seconds) the app should poll the server.
• Critical Alert Thresholds: Define limits for temperature, CPU usage, and RAM usage, and get a Windows notification the moment one is crossed.
• Demo Mode: Test the app without a real server — connects to test.rebex.net to verify connectivity while feeding the UI randomly generated sample metrics.
• Low Resource Footprint: Idles at ~30 MB RAM (peaking around 40 MB) while polling live metrics every second.

🛠️ Installation & Usage

1. Clone the repository or download it as a .zip:

git clone https://github.com/KenanExe/CoreTether.git

2. Open CoreTether.sln with Visual Studio (2022 or later).

3. Let Visual Studio restore the NuGet packages (including SSH.NET), then build the project (F5 or Ctrl+F5).

4. Once the app is open:

   • Enter your server's IP Address, Username, and Password under Server Profiles.
   • Pick a Check Frequency and select which values to monitor under Watching Settings.
   • (Optional) Set Critical Alert Thresholds for temperature, CPU, and RAM usage.
   • Click Connect, then Start to begin monitoring.
   • No server on hand? Check Demo Mode to try the app with simulated data.

📋 Requirements

• .NET Framework
• Windows operating system (this is a WinForms application)
• An SSH-accessible Linux server (username/password — no extra packages required)

🗺️ Roadmap

• Multiple server profiles / tabs
• Historical data graphs (usage over time)

🤝 Contributing

This is an open-source project; pull requests and suggestions are always welcome.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the .