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htopgtop
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT license.

macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, 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
  • Presents system monitoring data in a terminal dashboard
  • Sorts processes by ID, CPU use, or memory use
  • Terminal only, with no historical graphing
  • Some counters differ per platform outside Linux
  • Requires Node.js
  • Windows support is partial
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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