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System monitors

Watch processes and resource use from a terminal.

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System monitors
ToolStarsLicenceTermsSelf-hostedLanguageLatestLast push
btop35kApache-2.0Open sourceNoC++v1.4.72026-10-03
Glances34kOtherOpen sourceNoPythonv4.5.72026-10-06
bottom14kMITOpen sourceNoRust0.14.92026-10-04
bandwhich12kMITOpen sourceNoRustv0.23.12026-08-01
nvtop11kOtherOpen sourceNoC3.3.22026-10-04
htop8.4kGPL-2.0Open sourceNoC3.5.32026-10-02
procs6.2kMITOpen sourceNoRustv0.14.122026-10-05
zenith3.1kMITOpen sourceNoRust0.15.12026-10-01

8 tools

Glances

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

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

Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

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

GPU & Accelerator process monitoring for AMD, Apple, Huawei, Intel, NVIDIA and Qualcomm

Language
C
Licence
Other
Stars
11k
Latest
3.3.2
Last push
2026-10-04
htop

htop - an interactive process viewer

Language
C
Licence
GPL-2.0
Stars
8.4k
Latest
3.5.3
Last push
2026-10-02
procs

A modern replacement for ps written in Rust

Language
Rust
Licence
MIT
Stars
6.2k
Latest
v0.14.12
Last push
2026-10-05
zenith

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

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

What these tools replace