nmon Alternatives

nmon is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to nmon for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, Windows and iPhone apps. The best nmon alternative is htop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like nmon are Resources, Glances, GNOME System Monitor and vtop.

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nmon alternatives are mainly Process Monitoring Tools but may also be Process Management Tools or System Information Utilities.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of nmon.
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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

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nmon alternatives page was last updated Oct 19, 2023
  1. htop icon
     258 likes

    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
    htop Screenshot

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    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 iconnmon Icon

    htop VS nmon

    Is htop a good alternative to nmon?
     
    • htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to nmon.

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

    • htop is Free and Open Sourcenmon is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is Lightweightnmon is not according to our users
  2. Resources icon
     15 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.

    109 Resources alternatives
    Resources screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    Resources VS nmon

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  3. Glances icon
     59 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.

    63 Glances alternatives
    Glances screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    Glances VS nmon

    Is Glances a good alternative to nmon?
     
    • Glances is the most popular Windows alternative to nmon.

    • Glances is Free and Open Sourcenmon is also Free and Open Source
    • Glances is Lightweightnmon is not according to our users
  4. GNOME System Monitor icon
     33 likes

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

    79 GNOME System Monitor alternatives
    GNOME System Monitor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Application Monitoring
    GNOME System Monitor iconnmon Icon

    GNOME System Monitor VS nmon

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  5. vtop icon
     13 likes

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

    47 vtop alternatives
    vtop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    vtop Features

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

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  6. ttop icon
     3 likes

    System monitoring tool with TUI and historical data service.

    15 ttop alternatives
    ttop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Tui
    5.  Historical charts
    6.  Runs on command line
    ttop iconnmon Icon

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    Comments about ttop as an Alternative to nmon
     
    lopatoid

    It also records history, just like nmon.

    Positive commentJan 10, 2023
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    nmon Icon
    ttop icon
    • ttop is Free and Open Sourcenmon is also Free and Open Source
    • ttop is Lightweightnmon is not according to our users
  7. Usage icon
     1 like

    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.

    53 Usage alternatives
    Usage screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Battery level report
    6.  Network activity
    7.  Computer monitoring
    8.  Performance Monitoring
    9.  Hardware Monitoring
    10.  Battery Health
    11.  iOS widget
    12.  Stats
    Usage iconnmon Icon

    Usage VS nmon

    Is Usage a good alternative to nmon?
     
    • Usage is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to nmon.

    • Usage is Freemium and Proprietarynmon is Free and Open Source
    • Usage is Lightweight and Privacy focusednmon is not according to our users
  8. Resource Monitor icon
     20 likes

    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.

    47 Resource Monitor alternatives
    Resource Monitor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Resource Monitor Features

    1.  Performance Monitoring
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    Resource Monitor iconnmon Icon

    Resource Monitor VS nmon

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  9.  8 likes

    Linux has always been able to show how much I/O was going on (the bi and bo columns of the vmstat 1 command).

    10 Iotop alternatives
    Iotop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    nmon Icon

    Iotop VS nmon

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  10.  3 likes

    iptraf-ng is a fork of original iptraf-3.0.0. IPTraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring utility. IPTraf-ng gathers data like TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte...

    11 IPtraf-ng alternatives
    IPtraf-ng screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    IPtraf-ng Features

    1.  Traffic Monitoring
    2.  Traffic Analysis
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  11. psutil icon
     11 likes

    psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network, users) in a portable way by using Python, implementing many functionalities offered by command line tools such as: ps, top, df...

    15 psutil alternatives
    psutil screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    psutil Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Affinity Mask
    psutil iconnmon Icon

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  12. Atop icon
     6 likes

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

    15 Atop alternatives
    Atop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Atop Features

    1.  Persistent History
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    Atop iconnmon Icon

    Atop VS nmon

    Is Atop a good alternative to nmon?
     
    Comments about Atop as an Alternative to nmon
     
    lopatoid

    It also records history, just like nmon

    Positive commentOct 24, 2022
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    nmon Icon
    Atop icon
    • Atop is Free and Open Sourcenmon is also Free and Open Source
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