gotop is a terminal-based system activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop. It brings together resource usage graphs and process information in a colourful dashboard, making it easier to spot sudden changes in system behaviour.
Its interface uses Unicode braille and block characters to draw graphs, so a terminal font with suitable character support is recommended.
Unlike a conventional scrolling process list, gotop emphasises the relationship between different system resources. A busy processor, an unexpected increase in network traffic or unusually high disk activity can be spotted without switching between separate monitoring commands.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays CPU activity, memory consumption and swap usage using live terminal graphs.
- Includes interactive process monitoring with sorting, filtering and process management.
- Tracks network traffic, disk activity and hardware temperatures through dedicated widgets.
- Supports selectable layouts and colour schemes, allowing different arrangements for small and large terminals.
- Offers configurable graph scaling and refresh intervals.
- Can display NVIDIA GPU statistics where the necessary monitoring utilities are available.
- Supports gathering system information from remote gotop instances.
- Provides layouts with different levels of detail, including minimal, battery-focused and more extensive monitoring displays.
Website: github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop
Support:
Developer: Caleb Bassi (original author); xxxserxxx (fork maintainer)
License: MIT License (Festival variant)
gotop is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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