gptop is a terminal-based GPU monitoring utility designed to provide real-time insights into GPU activity in a text user interface similar to tools such as `top` or `htop`.
The application displays live charts and statistics for GPU usage, memory consumption, and hardware metrics, making it useful for developers, machine learning practitioners, and system administrators who need to monitor GPU workloads from the command line. It supports multiple hardware platforms and focuses on providing detailed process-level insights into how GPUs are being used on a system.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Apple Silicon and NVIDIA supported.
- Real-time GPU and memory utilization charts.
- Live stats: clock speed, temperature, power draw, FP32 TFLOPS.
- Per-process GPU usage, memory and CPU breakdown.
- Process inspector with detailed info (path, CWD, command line, etc.)
- Kill processes directly from the TUI.
- Multi-GPU support with side-by-side charts.
- Advanced view: hostname, uptime, external IP, RAM/Swap, encoder/decoder, fan speed.
- JSON output mode for scripting and monitoring pipelines.
- Configurable update interval and accent colors (persisted across sessions).
Website: github.com/evilsocket/gptop
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Developer: Simone Margaritelli
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
gptop is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| NVIDIA GPU Monitoring Tools | |
|---|---|
| NVTOP | (h)top like task monitor for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs |
| nvitop | Bills itself as “the one-stop solution for GPU process management” |
| LACT | Configures and monitors AMD, NVIDIA and Intel GPUs |
| GPU Hot | Real-time NVIDIA GPU monitoring dashboard |
| gpustat | Query and monitor GPU status |
| GreenWithEnvy | GUI System tool |
| NVDashboard | JupyterLab extension for displaying dashboards of GPU usage |
| nvidia-htop | Enriches the output of nvidia-smi |
| gptop | Cross-platform GPU monitor |
| NVIDIA System Monitor | Task manager monitoring your GPU |
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