top Alternatives

top is described as 'The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system. It can display system summary information as well as a list of processes or threads currently being managed by the Linux kernel' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to top for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and openSUSE apps. The best top alternative is htop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like top are btop, Glances, BPYTOP and Pachtop.

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  1. htop icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • htop is the most popular Linux alternative to top.

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

    • htop is Free and Open Sourcetop is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is Lightweighttop is not according to our users
  2. btop icon
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    Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

    26 btop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
    • btop is the most popular Mac alternative to top.

    • btop is Free and Open Sourcetop is also Free and Open Source
    • btop is Lightweighttop is not according to our users
  3. Glances icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • Glances is the most popular Windows alternative to top.

    • Glances is Free and Open Sourcetop is also Free and Open Source
    • Glances is Lightweighttop is not according to our users
  4. Pachtop icon
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    Pachtop is a lightweight, performant, and opensource system monitor that provides real-time monitoring of your system's performance, application monitoring, and detailed system information. Built with Rust and Tauri

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  5. gtop icon
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    System monitoring dashboard for terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Ctop icon
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    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
     
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    jdSystemMonitor is an advanced, desktop-independent system monitor for Linux. Its goal is to provide as much information about your system as possible, with a focus on process management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. Atop icon
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    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
     
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    CoreFreq, a CPU monitoring software with BIOS like functionalities, is designed for the 64-bits Processors of architecture Intel Atom, Core2, Nehalem, SandyBridge and superiors; AMD Families from 0Fh ... up to 17h (Zen , Zen+ , Zen2), 18h (Hygon Dhyana), 19h (Zen3)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • CentOS
    • Ubuntu
    • Red Hat
     
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