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bottom vs NTop: catalog facts
bottom	NTop
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
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	htop-style process view in the Windows console Vi keybindings for navigation
Some sensors and metrics are only available on some platforms Charts take terminal space; a small window gets cramped	Windows only Infrequent updates
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
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 October 2, 2026

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