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htop vs Mission Center: catalog facts
htop	Mission Center
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.
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	Familiar Task Manager layout with per-core and per-process detail GPU usage for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA cards
Terminal only, with no historical graphing Some counters differ per platform outside Linux	Linux only Fewer sensors and less depth than a command line monitor
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
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 21, 2026

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