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bottom – cross-platform graphical process/system monitor

bottom is a graphical process/system monitor for the terminal.

The tool is inspired by gtop, gotop, and htop.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • Graphical visualization widgets for:
    • CPU usage over time, at an average and per-core level.
    • RAM and swap usage over time.
    • Network I/O usage over time.
    • with support for zooming in/out the current time interval displayed.
  • Widgets for displaying info about:
    • Disk capacity/usage.
    • Temperature sensors.
    • Battery usage.
  • A process widget for displaying, sorting, and searching info about processes, as well as support for:
    • Kill signals.
    • Tree mode.
  • Customizable behaviour that can be controlled with command-line flags or a config file, such as:
    • Custom and pre-built colour themes.
    • Changing the default behaviour of some widgets.
    • Changing the layout of widgets.
    • Filtering out entries in disk and temperature widgets.
  • An htop-inspired basic mode.
  • Expansion, which focuses on just one widget.
  • Cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: github.com/ClementTsang/bottom
Support:
Developer: Clement Tsang
License: MIT License

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