htop Alternatives for Linux

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   btop++

    36 likes

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

   30 btop++ alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application types

   • Process Monitoring
   • Process Management

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • FreeBSD

   

   

   

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   Glances

    69 likes

   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.

   71 Glances alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Process Monitoring
   • Process Management

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   wanwel

   Positive comment•Nov 6, 2022

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   I like Glances because it has more visible information

   Guest

   Positive comment•Oct 18, 2020

   0

   its cli based and works on windows. exactly what i googled and looked for.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Glances is Free and Open Sourcehtop is also Free and Open Source
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   Mission Center

    30 likes

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

   123 Mission Center alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • System Information
   • Process Monitoring

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Snapcraft
   • Flathub
   • Linux Mobile

   

   

   

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   Michal D.

   Negative comment•Jul 12, 2025

   0

   Minimal functionality and setting, focused on displaying graph's, Process manager tab requires a loot of work

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Mission Center is Free and Open Sourcehtop is also Free and Open Source
   • Mission Center is Privacy focusedhtop is not according to our users
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   witr

    17 likes

   CLI diagnostic tool for tracing processes and their causal ancestry, explaining origins, supervising service, context like directories and containers, risk signals, with support for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, platform-specific inspection, JSON output, and open licensing.

   27 witr alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application types

   • Process Monitoring
   • Process Management

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • FreeBSD

   

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   Resources

    25 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • System Information
   • Process Monitoring

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Linux Mobile

   

   

   

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   KSysGuard

    28 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Process Monitoring
   • Process Management

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • KDE Plasma

   

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   ab1

   Negative comment•Jun 14, 2021

   0

   You can monitor GPUs with ksysguard-gpu.

   Guest

   Positive comment•Sep 13, 2020

   1

   It's a great alternative but it's not terminal

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   Guest

   Positive comment•Sep 5, 2017

   0

   more options and better UI

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • KSysGuard is Free and Open Sourcehtop is also Free and Open Source
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   BPYTOP

    12 likes

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

   Python port of bashtop.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application types

   • Process Monitoring
   • Process Management

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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    NeoHtop

     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows

    

    

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    Bottom

     11 likes

    Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Process Monitoring
    • Process Management

    Origin

    • New Zealand

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    Bashtop

     13 likes

    Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application types

    • Process Monitoring
    • Process Management

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell

    

    

    

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    Guest

    Positive comment•Oct 5, 2020

    0

    It has lots of info in just one screen. It's even better than htop. Nonetheless I have both installed, just in case.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.

    

    

    • Bashtop is Free and Open Sourcehtop is also Free and Open Source
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    vtop

     15 likes

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

    58 vtop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    • Process Monitoring
    • System Information

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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    Guest

    Positive comment•May 16, 2019

    -1

    Vtop has pretty braile graphs, as well as tight vim styled key bindings.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.

    

    

    • vtop is Free and Open Sourcehtop is also Free and Open Source
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    GNOME System Monitor

     35 likes

    System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

    82 GNOME System Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application types

    • Process Management
    • Process Monitoring

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    

    

    

    +3

    

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