Alternatives to dool
A Linux command-line tool that reports CPU, memory, network, disk and load statistics in real time. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
dool
A Linux command-line tool that reports CPU, memory, network, disk and load statistics in real time.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as dool.
sysstat
Collection of Linux command-line performance tools including sar, iostat, mpstat and pidstat.
Sysstat provides sar, iostat, mpstat and pidstat, adding recorded historical data for later review instead of a single combined live view.
nmon
A terminal performance monitor for Linux and AIX showing CPU, memory, disks, network and processes.
nmon shows many metrics on one interactive terminal screen with CSV recording and runs on Linux and AIX, but is not open source.
atop
A full-screen Linux performance monitor that reports and logs system and per-process resource usage.
atop is a full-screen Linux monitor with daily logging and per-process detail, including processes that exited during the interval.
Glances
A cross-platform system monitor that runs in a terminal, in a browser, or as an API feeding a dashboard.
Glances covers similar statistics in a terminal or browser across Linux, macOS and Windows, with APIs and exports to InfluxDB and others.
Performance Co-Pilot
A toolkit for collecting, archiving and analysing performance metrics across many systems.
Performance Co-Pilot collects and archives metrics across many hosts for live and historical analysis, with a steeper learning curve than a single script.
below
A Linux resource monitor that records system, cgroup and process statistics and replays them later.
below records system, cgroup and process statistics on Linux so past events can be replayed in an interactive terminal interface.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
htop
Interactive process viewer for the terminal.
btop++
A terminal resource monitor that looks good enough to leave open, with processes, CPU, memory, disks, network and GPUs.
bmon
A terminal bandwidth monitor that shows live traffic rates for each network interface.
iotop-c
A top-like Linux terminal tool that shows disk read and write activity for each process.
vnStat
A console network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that logs interface usage over time.
