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nvtop vs Nvidia System Monitor: catalog facts
nvtop	Nvidia System Monitor
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Displays usage information for multiple supported accelerators.	Graphical view of Nvidia GPU usage on Linux Lightweight Qt application
Available metrics depend on the GPU and installed driver.	Only works with Nvidia cards and requires nvidia-smi Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	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 1, 2026

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