Real-time hardware monitoring inside VS Code. Talos Monitor adds a sidebar panel with live GPU, CPU, memory and disk metrics, so you can watch a training run or a heavy build without leaving the editor.
Features
GPU (NVIDIA) — utilization, temperature, VRAM used/total, fan speed and per-process VRAM usage, read from nvidia-smi.
CPU — overall usage, per-core load and package temperature.
Memory — used vs. total RAM with usage percentage.
Disks — space used per mount, plus live read/write throughput.
Alerts — native VS Code warnings when GPU temperature, VRAM, CPU temperature or RAM usage cross your thresholds, with a configurable cooldown.
Requirements
Multi-GPU aware; GPU metrics require an NVIDIA driver with nvidia-smi available on your PATH. Without it, the GPU section is hidden and every other metric still works.
CPU, RAM and disk metrics work on Windows, macOS and Linux. Some sensors (CPU temperature in particular) depend on what the operating system exposes.
Known limitations
GPU metrics are NVIDIA-only. AMD and Apple Silicon GPUs are not read.
CPU temperature shows n/a where the operating system exposes no sensor, which is common on Windows, Apple Silicon and virtual machines.
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
talosMonitor.refreshRate
1000
Refresh rate in milliseconds.
talosMonitor.alerts.global.enabled
true
Enable native VS Code warning toasts.
talosMonitor.alerts.global.cooldownMinutes
5
Minutes between repeated alerts.
talosMonitor.alerts.gpu.temperatureEnabled
true
Alert on high GPU temperature.
talosMonitor.alerts.gpu.temperatureThreshold
85
GPU temperature threshold (°C).
talosMonitor.alerts.gpu.vramEnabled
true
Alert on high VRAM usage.
talosMonitor.alerts.gpu.vramThresholdPercent
95
VRAM usage threshold (%).
talosMonitor.alerts.cpu.temperatureEnabled
true
Alert on high CPU temperature.
talosMonitor.alerts.cpu.temperatureThreshold
85
CPU temperature threshold (°C).
talosMonitor.alerts.ram.enabled
true
Alert on high RAM usage.
talosMonitor.alerts.ram.thresholdPercent
90
RAM usage threshold (%).
Usage
Open the Talos Monitor icon in the Activity Bar. The panel starts polling as soon as it becomes visible.
