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htop vs gotop: catalog facts
htop	gotop
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Kill, renice and filter processes interactively without typing PIDs Per-core meters and tree view make load easy to read at a glance	Graphical charts for system activity inside a terminal Configurable layouts and colour schemes
Terminal only, with no historical graphing Some counters differ per platform outside Linux	Development is moving from GitHub to Sourcehut, so the GitHub page may lag behind No GitHub releases published
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
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 October 2, 2026

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