wtf is kstats?

KStats is a small widget for the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment, a graphical interface used on many Linux systems, that shows live system statistics in the panel bar at the edge of your screen. It is inspired by an existing tool called Stats built for a different operating system, and brings a similar experience to KDE users. The widget appears as a compact strip of readings in your panel that you can click to open a dropdown with more detail. It reads CPU usage, memory usage, disk activity, and network activity using KDE's own sensor system, called KSysGuard, so it does not need to talk to hardware directly itself. The expanded dropdown view has separate tabs for CPU, GPU, network, and disk information, and can also show the CPU model along with automatically discovered temperature and fan sensors. GPU usage, memory, and temperature are picked up automatically in a similar way when available. Both the specific sensors used and how often the readings update can be configured. The README is upfront that a couple of features are not built yet, specifically voltage and power sensor readings, noting that those need hardware-specific backends and closer integration with KDE's sensor tools, and are planned for after the core widget is stable. To install it for your own user account, you run a single command using KDE's kpackagetool6 tool pointed at the project folder, then add KStats from Plasma's widget picker like any other panel widget. There is also a way to preview it locally without installing, using a tool called plasmoidviewer, and the widget is also published on the KDE store for a more typical one-click install. The README does not mention what license the project is released under.