Monitor System

gotop – terminal based graphical activity monitor

gotop is a terminal base graphical activity monitor which seeks inspiration from gtop and vtop.

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This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Color schemes.
  • Configurable graph scale factor.
  • Configurable refresh frequency.
  • Network usage widget.
  • Temperature widget
  • Disk usage widget.
  • CPU widget:
    • Show each CPU.
    • Show aggregate CPU.
    • Show average CPU.
    • Disable show average CPU.
  • Processes.
  • Show temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsuis.
  • Show a statusbar with the time.
  • NVidia GPU metrics. You’ll need nvidia-smi package installed.
  • Custom layouts.
  • Monitor remote machines.
  • Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows.

Website: github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop
Support:
Developer: Caleb Bassi (original author)
License: MIT License (Festival variant)

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