sdtop is a terminal-based interactive dashboard for managing and debugging systemd services on Linux.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Service Management:
- View all systemd services with color-coded status indicators.
- Green = Running.
- Red = Failed.
- Gray = Stopped/Dead.
- Control services: start, stop, restart with visual feedback.
- Enable/disable services on boot.
- Filter services: all, running, failed.
- View all systemd services with color-coded status indicators.
- Real-time Monitoring
- Live log streaming from journald with priority highlighting:
- Red for errors
- Yellow for warnings
- Auto-scrolling with timestamps
- Process Tree View – See what’s actually running:
- Shows all processes for a service.
- Parent-child relationships.
- PIDs and command lines.
- Debug zombie processes.
- Understand CPU usage.
- Live log streaming from journald with priority highlighting:
- User Experience:
- Context-aware help and guidance.
- Intuitive empty states that explain what to do.
- Keyboard-driven interface with vi-style shortcuts.
- Fast, responsive, built with Go and Bubble Tea.
Website: github.com/YashSaini99/sdtop
Support:
Developer: Yash
License: MIT License
sdtop is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| systemd CLI/TUI Configuration Tools | |
|---|---|
| systemd-analyse | Helps uncover performance problems |
| systemctl-tui | Interact with systemd services |
| systemctl | Manage and monitor the systemd system |
| isd | Interactive systemd |
| Systemd manager tui | Manage systemd services |
| ServiceMaster | Powerful terminal-based tool for managing systemd units |
| lsu | View systemd service units |
| systemd_commander | Manage systemd services and browse journal logs with an ncurses TUI |
| sdtop | systemd TUI Manager |
| sdctl | Security-focused manager with polkit authentication and log browsing |
| chkservice | Terminal-based tool for managing systemd units |
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