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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