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htop vs GNOME System Monitor: catalog facts
htop	GNOME System Monitor
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source, part of the GNOME project.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Kill, renice and filter processes interactively without typing PIDs Per-core meters and tree view make load easy to read at a glance	Simple graphical task manager for the Linux desktop Can end processes and change their priority
Terminal only, with no historical graphing Some counters differ per platform outside Linux	Linux only and designed for GNOME Less detail than specialised monitoring tools
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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