aristocratos/btop
Btop
Btop is a terminal-based system monitor that tracks and displays real-time hardware performance metrics. It functions as a resource usage dashboard, providing visibility into processor, memory, disk, network, and active process activity directly within a text-based interface.
The application utilizes ANSI escape sequences to render complex graphical interfaces and data visualizations within standard terminal emulators. It is designed as a cross-platform performance tool, maintaining consistent monitoring capabilities across various Unix-like operating systems through a platform-agnostic build abstraction.
Users can manage the application's runtime behavior and visual configuration through command-line arguments or persistent local configuration files. The tool supports granular control over settings such as update rates, themes, and process filters, and includes functionality for monitoring graphics hardware performance.
Features
- System Resource Monitors - Tracks real-time hardware performance metrics including processor, memory, and network usage within a terminal interface.
- Process Monitors - Displays real-time hardware performance metrics and active process information within a text-based interface.
- System Monitoring - Gathers and displays real-time hardware performance metrics via system polling.
- Terminal User Interfaces - Provides a rich, real-time graphical interface directly within the terminal using ANSI escape sequences.
- Build Automation Systems - Utilizes standardized build automation tools to compile source code and link system-specific dependencies across various Unix-like operating systems.
- Build Automation Utilities - Compile source code using standard build automation tools to create an executable binary tailored for specific operating systems and hardware architectures.
- Terminal User Interfaces - Provides an interactive and visually rich command-line interface for intuitive data visualization.
- System Infrastructure - Resource monitor with Vim-like navigation.
- System Dashboards - Resource monitor with additional system metrics.
- System Monitors - Resource monitor for Linux, OSX, and FreeBSD.
- System Utilities - Resource monitor for Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD.
- BSD Build Tools - Compile source code on BSD systems using the standard build utility to generate an executable binary and link all required project dependencies.
- Build Automation - Automates compilation and dependency linking across multiple Unix-like operating systems.
- Performance Analysis Tools - Building compiled utilities that provide consistent hardware monitoring capabilities across various Unix-like operating systems and hardware architectures.
- Performance Dashboards - Displays processor, memory, disk, and network activity through an interactive and customizable terminal dashboard.
- Command Line Interfaces - Processes startup flags to configure operational modes and visual settings.
- Configuration Management - Store application preferences in a local configuration file that is automatically created during the first run to ensure settings persist across sessions.
- System Administration Utilities - Delivers consistent hardware monitoring capabilities across various Unix-like operating systems and hardware architectures.
- Graphics Hardware Monitors - Track graphics card usage and performance metrics by installing necessary system drivers and dependencies to access hardware data.
- System Telemetry Collectors - Periodically reads kernel interfaces and system files to gather hardware performance metrics for display in the user interface.
