btop AlternativesProcess Monitoring & Process Management Tools like btop

btop is described as 'Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes' and is a process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to btop for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best btop alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like btop are htop, Mission Center, Resources and Glances.

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Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

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btop alternatives page was last updated Mar 5, 2025
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  1. Process Explorer icon

    Process Explorer

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    Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information...

    72 Process Explorer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Process Explorer screenshot 1

    Process Explorer Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Affinity Mask
    4.  Portable

    Process Explorer VS btop

     

    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to btop.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to btop.

    • Process Explorer is Free and Proprietarybtop is Free and Open Source
  2. htop icon

    htop

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    htop is an interactive process viewer for Linux. It is a text-mode application (for console or X terminals) and requires ncurses. htop is an interactive top replacement that runs in the terminal. The available columns are: PID, STATE, PPID, PGRP, SESSION, TTY_NR, TPGID, MINFLT...

    70 htop alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    htop Screenshot

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Runs on command line
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Portable

    htop VS btop

     

    • htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to btop.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to btop.

    • htop is Free and Open Sourcebtop is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is Lightweightbtop is not according to our users
  4. Mission Center icon

    Mission Center

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    Monitor your CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU usage.

    109 Mission Center alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    Mission Center screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Memory Monitoring
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Disk Monitoring
    10.  GPU Monitoring
    11.  OPENGL

    Mission Center VS btop

     
  5. Resources icon

    Resources

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    Resources is a simple yet powerful monitor for your system resources and processes, written in Rust and using GTK 4 and libadwaita for its GUI.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Resources screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Memory Monitoring
    3.  CPU Monitoring
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Storage Monitoring
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  GPU Monitoring
    11.  CPU temperature

    Resources VS btop

     
  6. Glances icon

    Glances

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    Glances is a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a large amount of monitoring information through a curses or Web based interface. The information dynamically adapts depending on the size of the user interface.

    65 Glances alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Glances screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Filesystem
    4.  Custom Plugins
    5.  Website Monitoring

    Glances VS btop

     
  7. appstat icon

    appstat

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    Real-time monitoring of CPU, memory, disk, and thread metrics for running applications without workflow interruptions. Identify resource bottlenecks, memory leaks, and performance spikes. Freeware with no registration required, featuring dark/light modes, always-on-top option, and exportable logs for team analysis.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    appstat screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Resource monitoring
    6.  CPU Monitoring
    7.  Memory Monitoring
    8.  Metrics
    9.  On top
    10.  Export to CSV
    11.  Disk Monitoring

    appstat VS btop

     
  9. KSysGuard icon

    KSysGuard

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    KSysGuard, also known as KDE System Guard and KDE System Monitor, is designed to make simple process control available to a user without needing to do any special setup - the defaults are usually perfectly adequate.

    29 KSysGuard alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    KSysGuard screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    This app is unmaintained and no longer released by the KDE community. You can take a look at Plasma System Monitor icon Plasma System Monitor instead.

    KSysGuard Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  History graphs

    KSysGuard VS btop

     
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    NeoHtop

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    NeoHtop is a terminal based interactive resource monitor with a modern UI that works both on Linux, Windows and macOS.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    A view of NeoHtop when it is opened.

    NeoHtop Features

    1.  Cross-Platform
    2.  Rust
    3.  Resource monitoring
    4.  Terminal-based

    NeoHtop VS btop

     
  11. BPYTOP icon

    BPYTOP

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    Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

    Python port of bashtop.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Main

    BPYTOP Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Hardware Monitoring

    BPYTOP VS btop

     

  12. Bottom

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    Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NZ flagNew Zealand

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main dashboard

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Temperature Monitoring
    5.  Dashboard
    6.  Performance Monitoring
    7.  Cross-Platform

    Bottom VS btop

     
  13. vtop icon

    vtop

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    vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    vtop screenshot 1

    vtop Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Vim Key Mapping

    vtop VS btop

     
  14. btop4win icon

    btop4win

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    The Windows version of btop++, which is itself the re-implementation and continuation of bashtop and bpytop written in C++. A rich, featureful terminal-based resource monitor that shows usage and statistics for processor, memory, disks, network, processes and services.

    15 btop4win alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main UI showing details for a selected process (font: Terminess Powerline)

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Portable
    4.  Resource monitoring
    5.  Hardware Monitoring

    btop4win VS btop

     
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