20KB open-source tool shows what's hogging your VRAM on Ubuntu+NVIDIA
Constant-Opening-743 · reddit · 2026-10-09
vram-manager is a free, open-source tool for Ubuntu + NVIDIA shipped as a 20KB .deb: no root, no network access. It keeps the VRAM number in the corner of your screen, lists which processes hold the memory, and pings you when something has been sitting idle on the GPU for 10+ minutes. Surprisingly handy if you install lots of random stuff.
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