Iotop Alternatives

Iotop is described as 'Linux has always been able to show how much I/O was going on (the bi and bo columns of the vmstat 1 command)' and is a process management tool in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Iotop for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and iPad apps. The best Iotop alternative is htop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Iotop are btop, Glances, Usage and Resource Monitor.

More about Iotop
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Iotop alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. htop icon

    htop

     276 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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...

    72 htop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    htop screenshot 1
     

    • htop is the most popular Linux alternative to Iotop.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Iotop.

    • htop is Free and Open SourceIotop is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is LightweightIotop is not according to our users
  2. btop icon

    btop

     33 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

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

    26 btop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    btop screenshot 1
     

    • btop is the most popular Mac alternative to Iotop.

    • btop is Free and Open SourceIotop is also Free and Open Source
    • btop is LightweightIotop is not according to our users
  4. Glances icon

    Glances

     66 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    64 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Glances screenshot 1
     

    • Glances is the most popular Windows alternative to Iotop.

    • Glances is Free and Open SourceIotop is also Free and Open Source
    • Glances is LightweightIotop is not according to our users
  5. Usage icon

    Usage

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    System Activity Monitor for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Customizable, precise, and lightweight apps to keep an eye on the activity and performance of your devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Usage screenshot 1
     

    • Usage is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Iotop.

    • Usage is Freemium and ProprietaryIotop is Free and Open Source
    • Usage is Lightweight and Privacy focusedIotop is not according to our users
  6. Resource Monitor icon

    Resource Monitor

     20 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Resource Monitor is a system application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to view information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time.

    50 Resource Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Resource Monitor screenshot 1
     
  7. Atop icon

    Atop

     7 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    An advanced interactive monitor for Linux-systems to view the load on system-level and process-level.

    15 Atop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Atop screenshot 1
     
  9. nmon icon

    nmon

     13 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    This systems administrator, tuner, benchmark tool gives you a huge amount of important performance information in one go. It can output the data in two ways

    16 nmon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Showing CPU/RAM/Disk utilisation , among other things
     
  10. ttop icon

    ttop

     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    System monitoring tool with TUI and historical data service.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    ttop screenshot 1
     
  11. Ctop icon

    Ctop

     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Top-like interface for container metrics. ctop provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers as well as a single container view for inspecting a specific container.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
    App in action
     
  12. Sternum icon

    Sternum

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Sternum seamlessly embeds security into your embedded devices. With a new approach to IoT security, Sternum has built a holistic, highly scalable IoT endpoint security solution, that prevents attacks in real-time and provides on-going visibility and monitoring into the device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Sternum screenshot 1
     

    • Sternum is the most popular Web-based alternative to Iotop.

    • Sternum is Free and ProprietaryIotop is Free and Open Source
10 of 10 Iotop alternatives