speeder

A universal file generation speed monitor with Terminal User Interface (TUI). Monitor how quickly files are being created in any directory and visualize the processing rate in real-time.

Features

• 📊 Real-time speed curve visualization
• 📁 Monitor any directory for any file extension
• ⏱️ Calculate average and recent (5-min window) processing rates
• 🔄 Auto-refresh with manual refresh option
• ⌨️ Interactive keyboard controls
• 🎯 Lightweight and fast
• 🔧 Universal - works with any file type

Installation

From crates.io

cargo install speeder

From source

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/speeder
cd speeder
cargo build --release

Usage

# Monitor current directory for all files
speeder

# Monitor specific directory
speeder /path/to/directory

# Monitor for specific file extension
speeder --ext log /var/log

# Monitor current directory for .txt files
speeder -e txt

# Full help
speeder --help

Options

Option	Description	Default
[DIR]	Directory to monitor	current directory (.)
-e, --ext <EXT>	File extension to track (without dot)	all files
-h, --help	Print help	-
-V, --version	Print version	-

Key Bindings

Key	Action
q / Esc	Quit application
r	Refresh data manually
a	Toggle auto-refresh (default: ON)
h / ?	Toggle help dialog

Example Output

Speed Analysis Summary:
  Directory: /path/to/data
  File type: .log
  Total files: 1250
  Elapsed time: 45.5 minutes
  Average rate: 27.5 files/minute
  Recent rate (5min): 32.1 files/minute

Requirements

• Rust 1.85 or later
• Terminal with Unicode support

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0-or-later License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.