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btop

 25 likes

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

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Linux
  • FreeBSD
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5 / 5 Avg rating (7)
25likes
3comments
24alternatives
0news articles

Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Process Monitoring
  2.  RAM Monitoring
  3.  CPU Monitoring
  4.  Resource monitoring
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Command line interface
  7.  No registration required
  8.  Works Offline
  9.  No Tracking

 Tags

  • system-information-utilities

btop News & Activities

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Recent activities

  • MapleMeeps and EmptyVoid liked btop
    27 days ago
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    POX added btop as alternative to jdSystemMonitor
    about 2 months ago
  • elmodos, MCQ333, bannert1337 and Managor liked btop
    2 months ago
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    POX added btop as alternative to appstat
    4 months ago
  • eco1 liked btop
    4 months ago
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    nordicw0lf added btop as alternative to NeoHtop
    6 months ago
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btop information

  • Licensing

    Open Source (Apache-2.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5

  • Alternatives

    24 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

OS & Utilities, Network & Admin, System & Hardware

GitHub repository

  •  25,224 Stars
  •  755 Forks
  •  408 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 14, 2025 
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about btop, and it has gotten 25 likes

btop was added to AlternativeTo by Vitaly Zdanevich on Apr 4, 2023 and this page was last updated May 24, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Sleeves Anon
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Aug 31, 2023
3

Cool and compact, makes me look smarter than I am.

fikio
Aug 20, 2024
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Very nice and detailed system monitor, and very light on resources. Aesthetically very pleasing. Installed on Manjaro Linux, over AUR

arsCynic ??
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Jul 29, 2023
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Aesthetically pleasing. Quite customizable as well.

What is btop?

Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes. C++ version and continuation of bashtop and bpytop.

  • Easy to use, with a game inspired menu system.
  • Full mouse support, all buttons with a highlighted key is clickable and mouse scroll works in process list and menu boxes.
  • Fast and responsive UI with UP, DOWN keys process selection.
  • Function for showing detailed stats for selected process.
  • Ability to filter processes.
  • Easy switching between sorting options.
  • Tree view of processes.
  • Send any signal to selected process.
  • UI menu for changing all config file options.
  • Auto scaling graph for network usage.
  • Shows IO activity and speeds for disks.
  • Battery meter
  • Selectable symbols for the graphs.
  • Custom presets

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