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btop

A monitor of resources

How to install btop

brew install coreutils

btop use case

Monitor system resource usage (CPU, memory, disks, processes, network, GPU) in real-time via an interactive terminal UI

When to use btop

  • When debugging high CPU or memory usage on a Linux/macOS/BSD system
  • When needing a real-time overview of system health and running processes
  • When managing processes interactively (kill, renicing) in a terminal

When not to use btop

  • For non-interactive or scripted resource monitoring (use tools like `top` in batch mode, `ps`, or `prometheus` instead)
  • For logging historical resource usage data

btop features

  • · Real-time display of CPU, memory, disks, network, GPU usage
  • · Mouse and keyboard navigable process tree with sorting/filtering
  • · Customizable color schemes and layout presets
  • · Built-in process management (kill, renicing, signal sending)

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