Bashtop

Bashtop is a terminal-based system monitor and resource dashboard for Unix systems, including Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. It provides a text-user interface for tracking real-time hardware performance and managing system processes.

The tool functions as a hardware dashboard that visualizes processor, memory, disk, and network usage. It includes process management capabilities that allow users to filter, sort, and terminate active system tasks directly from the command line.

Users can customize the visual appearance and behavior of the monitor through integrated menus or local configuration files. This includes managing visual themes and applying predefined color schemes to the interface.

Features

Real-Time Monitoring Dashboards - Features a real-time monitoring dashboard for tracking processor, memory, disk, and network usage.
Terminal Process Managers - Provides an interactive terminal interface for filtering, sorting, and terminating active system processes.
Process Signal Management - Allows users to terminate unresponsive system tasks by triggering OS-level signals directly from the interface.
Hardware Metric Polling - Gathers real-time system statistics by periodically sampling operating system kernel interfaces.
Hardware Performance Monitoring - Tracks processor, memory, disk, and network usage in real-time through a visual interface.
Terminal Resource Monitors - Serves as a real-time resource monitoring tool for tracking hardware usage within a terminal interface.
System Resource Monitors - Provides a performance dashboard for tracking real-time hardware and process metrics on Unix systems.
Unix Hardware Diagnostics - Provides live system metrics on Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD to identify resource bottlenecks and hardware activity.
TUI Hardware Dashboards - Provides a text-user interface that displays live system statistics with customizable color themes.
Terminal Customization - Allows personalization of the system monitor's appearance and behavior using custom themes and menus.
Cross-Platform Abstraction Layers - Implements a unified interface to retrieve hardware data across Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD kernels.
ANSI Escape Sequence Renderers - Uses ANSI escape sequences to control colors and visual layout within the terminal emulator.
State Redraw Loops - Updates the text-based interface by redrawing a grid of characters to visualize real-time system metrics.
Interface Appearance Customization - Supports adjusting the visual presentation of the terminal interface via menus and configuration files.
System Diagnostics - Resource monitor for Linux written in pure Bash.
Command Line Tools - Listed in the “Command Line Tools” section of the The Book Of Secret Knowledge awesome list.
System Dashboards - Bash-based resource manager for system metrics.
System Monitors - Resource monitor for Linux, OSX, and FreeBSD.
Terminal Utilities - Terminal-based resource monitor.

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Bashtop

Features

Real-Time Monitoring Dashboards - Features a real-time monitoring dashboard for tracking processor, memory, disk, and network usage.
Terminal Process Managers - Provides an interactive terminal interface for filtering, sorting, and terminating active system processes.
Process Signal Management - Allows users to terminate unresponsive system tasks by triggering OS-level signals directly from the interface.
Hardware Metric Polling - Gathers real-time system statistics by periodically sampling operating system kernel interfaces.
Hardware Performance Monitoring - Tracks processor, memory, disk, and network usage in real-time through a visual interface.
Terminal Resource Monitors - Serves as a real-time resource monitoring tool for tracking hardware usage within a terminal interface.
System Resource Monitors - Provides a performance dashboard for tracking real-time hardware and process metrics on Unix systems.
Unix Hardware Diagnostics - Provides live system metrics on Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD to identify resource bottlenecks and hardware activity.
TUI Hardware Dashboards - Provides a text-user interface that displays live system statistics with customizable color themes.
Terminal Customization - Allows personalization of the system monitor's appearance and behavior using custom themes and menus.
Cross-Platform Abstraction Layers - Implements a unified interface to retrieve hardware data across Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD kernels.
ANSI Escape Sequence Renderers - Uses ANSI escape sequences to control colors and visual layout within the terminal emulator.
State Redraw Loops - Updates the text-based interface by redrawing a grid of characters to visualize real-time system metrics.
Interface Appearance Customization - Supports adjusting the visual presentation of the terminal interface via menus and configuration files.
System Diagnostics - Resource monitor for Linux written in pure Bash.
Command Line Tools - Listed in the “Command Line Tools” section of the The Book Of Secret Knowledge awesome list.
System Dashboards - Bash-based resource manager for system metrics.
System Monitors - Resource monitor for Linux, OSX, and FreeBSD.
Terminal Utilities - Terminal-based resource monitor.

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Frequently asked questions

What does aristocratos/bashtop do?

What are the main features of aristocratos/bashtop?

The main features of aristocratos/bashtop are: Real-Time Monitoring Dashboards, Terminal Process Managers, Process Signal Management, Hardware Metric Polling, Hardware Performance Monitoring, Terminal Resource Monitors, System Resource Monitors, Unix Hardware Diagnostics.

What are some open-source alternatives to aristocratos/bashtop?

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