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gotop vs btop++: catalog facts
gotop	btop++
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source, funded by donations.
Windows, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Graphical charts for system activity inside a terminal Configurable layouts and colour schemes	Sortable, filterable process list with per-process detail, driven by mouse or keyboard Graphs for CPU, memory, disks and network in one screen
Development is moving from GitHub to Sourcehut, so the GitHub page may lag behind No GitHub releases published	No native Windows build; on Windows you need WSL It reports and does not manage: there is no alerting or historical logging
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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