Glances Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Glances for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is htop, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Glances and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Glances are btop, Bashtop, BPYTOP and GNOME System Monitor.

Glances alternatives are mainly Process Management Tools but may also be Process Monitoring Tools or Network Monitors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Glances.

Glances

Free • Open Source
Process Management Tool

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htop
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Free • Open Source
Process Management Tool
Process Monitoring Tool
Mac
Linux
BSD
67 htop alternatives
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...
- - htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Glances.
- - htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to Glances.
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htop Features
1. Lightweighthtop consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Command line interfacehtop either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
3. Portablehtop can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
4. Ad-freehtop doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Runs on command line
Performance Monitoring
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btop
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Free • Open Source
Process Management Tool
Process Monitoring Tool
Mac
Linux
FreeBSD
21 btop alternatives
Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
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btop Features
1. Ad-freebtop doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. Command line interfacebtop either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
3. Lightweightbtop consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
RAM Monitoring
CPU Monitoring
Resource monitoring
Bashtop
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Free • Open Source
Process Management Tool
Process Monitoring Tool
Mac
Linux
BSD
20 Bashtop alternatives
Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor.
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Bashtop Features
1. Command line interfaceBashtop either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Intuitive Interface
Graphs
BPYTOP
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Disk Usage Analyzer
Mac
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13 BPYTOP alternatives
Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

Python port of bashtop.
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BPYTOP Features
Hardware Monitoring
Memory usage
GNOME System Monitor
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Free • Open Source
Process Monitoring Tool
Process Management Tool
Task Management Tool
Linux
BSD
GNOME
74 GNOME System Monitor alternatives
System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.
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GNOME System Monitor Features
1. Dark ModeGNOME System Monitor supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
2. Ad-freeGNOME System Monitor doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. LightweightGNOME System Monitor consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Application Monitoring
Bottom
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Free • Open Source
Process Monitoring Tool
Process Management Tool
Network Monitor
Mac
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Linux
10 Bottom alternatives
Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.
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Bottom Features
1. Command line interfaceBottom either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Terminal-based
Hardware Monitoring
Temperature Monitoring
Memory usage
Dashboard
Performance Monitoring
Customizable
Cross-Platform
vtop
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Free • Open Source
Process Monitoring Tool
Process Management Tool
System Information Utility
Mac
Linux
BSD
44 vtop alternatives
vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.
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vtop Features
1. Command line interfacevtop either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Terminal-based
Hardware Monitoring
Vim key mapping
Resources
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Free • Open Source
Linux
Flathub
102 Resources alternatives
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. It's capable of displaying usage and details of your CPU, memory, GPUs, network interfaces and block devices.
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Resources Features
Hardware Monitoring
Memory usage
Storage Monitoring
CPU Monitoring
Memory Monitoring
System Monitoring Center
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Free • Open Source
Process Management Tool
Task Management Tool
Linux
12 System Monitoring Center alternatives
System Monitoring Center gets information about system performance and usage.
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System Monitoring Center Features
Hardware Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
Sensors
ytop
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Free • Open Source
Task Management Tool
Mac
Linux
17 ytop alternatives
A TUI system monitor written in Rust. Contribute to cjbassi/ytop development by creating an account on GitHub.
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ytop Features
Hardware Monitoring
Terminal-based
gtop
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Free • Open Source
Linux
14 gtop alternatives
System monitoring dashboard for terminal.
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gtop Features
1. Command line interfacegtop either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Terminal-based
Works in a terminal
Dashboard
gotop
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Linux
13 gotop alternatives
Another TUI graphical activity monitor, inspired by gtop and vtop, this time written in Go!
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Discontinued
The latest version (3.0.0) is from 2019, and the GitHub repository has been archived.