Most terminal dashboards force a compromise: either they are fast but rigid (compiled C/Rust with fixed layouts and hardcoded charts), or they are extensible but slow (heavy Python or Electron apps).
To bridge this gap, I built Orbit (https://github.com/ziuus/orbit-tui) — an extensible, keyboard-driven developer dashboard and real-time system monitor written in Rust.
What Makes Orbit Different?
- WASM Plugin Architecture: Write custom telemetry plugins or workspace integrations in any language that compiles to WebAssembly. Orbit dynamically loads them at runtime without recompiling the core binary.
- Sub-millisecond Input Latency: Built with Ratatui and Crossterm using decoupled async background data pollers. UI rendering is locked at a steady 60 FPS while background workers stream stats.
- Modal Vim Navigation: Everything is keyboard-controllable. Switch panels with
h/j/k/l, inspect container logs with<Enter>, and customize keymaps directly in YAML. - All-in-One Developer Views:
- Host metrics: Per-core CPU utilization, memory pressure, NVMe I/O, network socket throughput.
- Container orchestration: Real-time Docker container states and log streams.
- Process tree with instant fuzzy filtering.
Installation & Quick Start
Via Cargo:
cargo install orbit-tui orbit Or download pre-compiled releases from GitHub: https://github.com/ziuus/orbit-tui/releases
Open Source & Community
Orbit is 100% open-source under the MIT license.
- GitHub Repository: https://github.com/ziuus/orbit-tui
- Website & Documentation: https://orbit-website.vercel.app
Stars, issues, and custom WASM widget ideas are welcome! Give it a spin in your terminal and let me know your thoughts.
