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System Informer vs bottom: catalog facts
System Informer	bottom
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Open source under the MIT licence, unlike the Sysinternals equivalents Detailed stack traces with kernel-mode, WOW64 and .NET support	Plots CPU, memory, network, temperature and disk I/O over time, with a zoomable interval Process widget with sorting, searching, tree mode and kill signals
Windows 10 or later only Its kernel driver is sometimes flagged by security software	Some sensors and metrics are only available on some platforms Charts take terminal space; a small window gets cramped
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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