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bottom vs GNOME System Monitor: catalog facts
bottom	GNOME System Monitor
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source, part of the GNOME project.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Plots CPU, memory, network, temperature and disk I/O over time, with a zoomable interval Process widget with sorting, searching, tree mode and kill signals	Simple graphical task manager for the Linux desktop Can end processes and change their priority
Some sensors and metrics are only available on some platforms Charts take terminal space; a small window gets cramped	Linux only and designed for GNOME Less detail than specialised monitoring tools
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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