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htop

htop - an interactive process viewer

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4 open source alternatives to htop
Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
btop	Full replacement	35k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	C++	v1.4.7	2026-10-03
Glances	Full replacement	34k	Other	Open source	No	Python	v4.5.7	2026-10-06
bottom	Full replacement	14k	MIT	Open source	No	Rust	0.14.9	2026-10-04
zenith	Full replacement	3.1k	MIT	Open source	No	Rust	0.15.1	2026-10-01

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4 alternatives

btop Full replacement

A monitor of resources

Processes plus CPU, memory, disk, network and GPU graphs.

Language: C++
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 35k
Latest: v1.4.7
Last push: 2026-10-03

Glances Full replacement

Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows operating systems.

Processes and system stats, with a web UI, a REST API and exports.

Language: Python
Licence: Other
Stars: 34k
Latest: v4.5.7
Last push: 2026-10-06

bottom Full replacement

Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

Processes and resource graphs, on Linux, macOS and Windows.

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 14k
Latest: 0.14.9
Last push: 2026-10-04

zenith Full replacement

Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, CPU, GPU, network, and disk usage

Processes plus CPU, memory, disk, network and GPU charts you can zoom back through.

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 3.1k
Latest: 0.15.1
Last push: 2026-10-01

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About htop

Language: C
Licence: GPL-2.0
Stars: 8.4k
Last push: 2026-10-02